Kevin Lerena vs Vasil Ducar

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Cruiserweight action live on NoxBation this Saturday, Lerena seems to have fought more on the channel than any other Brit in the last year, dominant win over Kucher then a KO over the unbeaten Artur Mann last time out, he's a decent fighter Lerena, a bit slow but a strong southpaw, puts some shots together nicely, with Usyk moving up and the WBSS finishing soon, Lerena can become a player in the division

Ducar is unbeaten in 8(6KOs and a draw) no wins of note this is a big step up and a bit of a strange match up on paper, I'm guessing the promoters thinking 6KOs in 7 wins for Ducar is a decent selling point to South Africans?? He's fought most of his career in his native Czech Republic but did score a KO at the York Hall in his second pro fight I noticed

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Ducar is a fit and tough guy, he has a kickboxer/MMA background so I expect technically he wont be great, but he is tall and long which could cause the shorter, hook happy Lerena some problems.

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One-sided affair this as expected, Lerena showed a solid straight one-two and some decent body work but wasn't forced out of second gear by a dogged but fairly static, unambitious opponent. Ducar started to let his hands go a touch in the last couple of rounds but it was way too little, too late. A stoppage looked quite likely after 4/5 rounds but Ducar toughed it out to the final bell.

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Lerena wins a pretty uninspired and unsurprising wide UD, I agreed with the judge who only gave Ducar one round, I probably generously gave him the last, he fought like what he was, a novice, there's probably a better boxer in there but he needs training and belief because there was none in his work, Lerena reminds me of a southpaw Martin Murray, albeit southpaw, strong, workmanlike and can win at a decent level(probably)


Lerena puts together some nice combinations, especially to the body i like his right hand, digs to the body well, uppercut and the hook around the side, he just needs to stop being a bit predictable, walking into straight lines and switching off, he's slow but if he puts a bit a more urgency in his work then he'd have more chance of breaking guys like Ducar down

Lerena's nothing special but he probably mixes it with Usyk and Gassiev's scraps

[handsofstone]

One-sided affair this as expected, Lerena showed a solid straight one-two and some decent body work but wasn't forced out of second gear by a dogged but fairly static, unambitious opponent. Ducar started to let his hands go a touch in the last couple of rounds but it was way too little, too late. A stoppage looked quite likely after 4/5 rounds but Ducar toughed it out to the final bell.

[THEBUTCH]

I thought it was a decent card. All the bout were watchable. The only decision I didn't agree with was the Allen-Zhuravskiy fight. I thought the Khazak had done enough to take the decision. I could be wrong but one of the rounds seemed to end a minute early when Allen was in difficulty.