dagilechia wrote: ↑10 Jun 2019, 17:24
Różański is not a ''prospect'' at all - he started his pro career 29, he is 33 now, he has no amateur background, he was a friend and sparringpartner of Przemysław Saleta. He is a short brawler with no techinque skills. but what he has is undoubtedly punching power. we don't know nothing about his chin or stamina so far (he went 4 rounds only once, the rest ended up in 1 or 2). His most notable wins are over totally shot Albert Sosnowski (KO 1), and Michael Sprott (KO 2, in comparison, Sprott lasted 5 rounds vs Demirezen 6 months before).
As i said, he is not very skillful so don't expect to see him jabbing a lot, he relies only on pressure and volume punching (most of his punches are hooks). We know that Izu also have stamina problem and seems that his chin is not too durable, so Różański will be a threat in the first 3-4 rounds, no doubt. I think that Izu should outjab him in the first 4-5 rounds and then try to knock him out, we don't know about Łukasz's stamina too much but he doesn't look like a guy who should look fresh in the later rounds.
Izu is a favourite but this fight will be held in Różański's hometown Rzeszów, on the football stadium of a team that he is a fan of, and it's Różański's promoter event. We know how boxing is, it is an important factor as well.
My prediction is: Ugonoh by KO in 4-5 after a brawl or Ugonoh by KO in 6-8 after outjabbing and tiring Różański. By Różański by early KO is a possibility, no dount. Izu's last fight was against Breazeale and it was 28 months ago (i don't count the joke fight vs Kassi) + it will be his first fight with new trainer.
This is going to be a good event. One of the best LHW prospects in the world 12(11)-0
Paweł Stępień will face decent Polish/Euro level 16(7)-1(0)-1
Marek Matyja. Stępień is a tall fighter, with very good punching power, decent techincal skills, in defence he relies too much on his reflex though, he is good, my favourite Polish prospect, but he is not RJJ. He gets hit too easy, in his last fight he was knocked down by Dmitry Sukhotskiy. I hope he will not fight like that the next time. It was his fault, sometimes seems like he's not taking the opponents seriously. He is a very good body/liver puncher - in 2017/2018 he scored an impressive streak of 5 bodypunch KO's in a row, in total of 16 rounds + the opposition was not that bad at this stage of career (undefeated, euro-level, skilled Cuban Daryon Lester, durable journeyman Yevgeni Makhteienko, among others).
Fantastic, 23 years old, Ukraine-born, Poland-based MW/SMW 12(8)-0 prospect
Fiodor Czerkaszyn will finally step up to face 20(12)-2(0)-1 Australian
Wes Capper . Fiodor Łapin, who is a trainer of CW champions Krzysztof Głowacki and Krzysztof Włodarczyk, EBU champion Kamil Szeremeta, among others, said that Czerkaszyn is the biggest talent he's ever worked with. As a young fighter he had +400 fights in different fighting formulas. Strong, skilled, good jab, he is, like Stępień, good body/liver puncher as well - some call him ''Mr Liver''. He recently sparred with Callum Smith. At this point, it is hard to find flaws in his boxing, Capper will be his first step up though.
also: MW EBU champion
Kamil Szeremeta (his opponent still TBA), decent 7(5)-0 SMW prospect
Mateusz Tryc against a tough journeyman
Ivan Murashkin on the card.
It maybe doesn't sounds too interesting for non-Polish fans, but the match-ups seem to be entertaining, and we will see some prospect that have the world title potential so it's worth of watch.
Some of Różański's KO's (he brutally knocked Sosnowski out but i can't find it on youtube, i have found on the other site though):