Dorticos 21-0 stopped Kalenga in a WAR Friday

[TheBeast]

Friday 20 May 2016
Palais des Sports Porte de Versailles, Paris XV, Paris, France
commission: Fédération Française de Boxe
promoter: Sebastien Acaries (Univent Production)

Youri Kayembre Kalenga 22 2 0
vs
Yunier Dorticos 20 0 0
Cruiserweight
vacant WBA World cruiserweight title

Arsen Goulamirian 16 0 0
vs
Andrey Knyazev 13 2 0
Cruiserweight

Mickael Diallo 12 0 2
vs
Pablo Sosa 6 5 3
Super Middleweight

Dylan Charrat 8 0 0
vs
Sacramento Pereira Fernandes 7 3 0
Super Welterweight

Angelique Duchemin 10 0 0
vs
Taoussy L'Hadji 4 4 0
Super Featherweight








EVENT POSTER











It's a hard one to predict... who's more proven? Kalenga no doubt... questionable loss to Lebedev


and some VERY solid wins on his resume including Masternack and KO artist Daley.


Kalenga is durable, fights at a high pace and has deceptive pop.


I'd like to see Kalenga more active but like most top fighters from France, fighting twice a year is the norm.










Dorticos works in compact straight punches combo from the boundary of the pocket and cumulates damage that way mixing to the head and body.


So far he looks pretty solid and his patient style has got him 19 KOs in 20 fights (with the scalps of Mendoza, Fields, castillo and miranda).




He is a dirty fighter though... might get him in trouble at some point.








I remember the first time i saw Dorticos (and imo the first time he was on TV) was on the undercard of a telemundo card. They only showed Hls of his fight in the portion they used to do at the end of their broadcasts showing the most brutal moment of the night...


I was right away intrigued and impressed at the shot landed...







Kalenga has been hurt in a few fights but never stopped. So it will be interesting to see if Dorticos' pop is elite... Galen Brown says it is... let's see How Kalenga reacts after getting hit flush because Dorticos has the better technique and pop... But never faced anything like Kalenga... a HUGE step up for him... and in France, should be hard to win on the cards... so i'd have Kalenga by decision as the most probable outcome. If Daley couldn't stop Kalenga, i'm just not sure Dorticos will.














More Card details and breakdowns Here:
http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... 8#p1692258


ENJOY!!

[crusader]

Great preview, although I don't see how the loss to Lebedev was questionable.

Really looking forward to this

[TheBeast]

I also thought Lebedev won but the cards were pretty close. I meant Kalenga was in the fight with the traded KDs and that he was in a close fight vs one of the top cruisers.

[Cutman Scabbers]

I think Kalenga will knock him out

[PsychoGamerTwo]

Definitely a good, interesting matchup...

[boxing_rocks]

Great preview, although I don't see how the loss to Lebedev was questionable.

Really looking forward to this

Yes, Lebedev clearly outboxed Kalenga, but Kalenga is one tough SOB.

[TheBeast]

Undercard highlights have been posted, Main event starting LIVE:
http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... 5&t=120279

[crusader]

Why do I have to be a work right now

[crusader]

fornicate it I'm watching anyway

[TheBeast]

LOL

We are really alike

It kills me to not watch when i';m at work

[crusader]

Kalenga wins the first
Dorticos drops him in the second with uppercuts, Kalenga gets up and fights back hard

19-17 Dort

[Counter-puncher]

Nice matchup, thanks Beast

[crusader]

Good fight! Thew threw down in the 5th...Dorticos was looking a bit weary but ended the round strong by teeing off on Kalenga in a corner.

[TheBeast]

It's an excellent matchup as expected.

The early pop and better compact skills from Dorticos won him a few rounds... But after trying to get Kalenga out after the KD, Dorticos seems more and more hittable... less mobile... loss his sting... and Kalenga is stalking and getting to him with flush awkward bombs.

[crusader]

Kalenga takes the 8th IMO....he jarred Dort with a nice right.

[TheBeast]

For those who are used to watch Kalenga... this is EXACTLY the type of fights he likes. Kalenga is like a trap in that he is so easy to hit. Dorticos had success but now ran out of stamina, pop and mobility... Kalenga is still grinding with his arm punches which cumulate damage. Kalenga could get the late stoppage by teeing off on Dorticos.

[Boxing Writer]

WOW. Amazing fight! Great win for Dorticos. This division probably has the best bunch of prospects - Usyk, Briedis, Dorticos, Gassiev, Makabu. Merhy, Cieslak and Hunter might be good prospects too. here are also two good champions Glovacki and Lebedev (I expect him to beat Ramirez tomorrow). Add here Marco Huck, Drozd (if he comes back) and you can see this division is probably the most interesting in whole boxing.

[chucktaylor]

Dayyum! Well that was some great mid-afternoon ultraviolence.

[TheBeast]

Fight and Card highlights Here for those who missed this great fight:
http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... 0#p1692540


ENJOY!!

[crusader]

Great fight. I thought Dorticos had faded more than Kalenga but he turned it back on there in the 10th.

[TheBeast]

i posted the full fight and Hls for those who missed it

[Seven Tapered Knives]

Kalenga's corner was an utter shambles.

[Andrew]

Brilliant fight what a chin Kalenga has.

[boxing_rocks]

WBA crooks allow two jokers, Shumenov and Wright to fight for their regular belt, while Dorticos is way more deserving to have it.

[GalenBadBoyBrown]

WBA crooks allow two jokers, Shumenov and Wright to fight for their regular belt, while Dorticos is way more deserving to have it.

Wright isn't as good as Dorticos I fought them both, there both solid but Dorticos is a beast for sure he is going to be a very tough fight for any Crusierweight out there