Itauma v Mezencev on the Feb card
Posted: 29 Jan 2024, 06:18
Itauma is matched against the German ilja mezencev.
It's an odd matchup. Team itauma are hoping for a quick ko.
Mezencev is a curious one. He has a huge winning record but against low level ops, a similar record to Alexander Frank. They build up big records in Germany this way.
Mezencev turned pro as a teenager and his two significant fights were stoppage losses to Tom Schwartz. But these were actually decent fights. Mezencev has drifted between the heavy and cruiser limit without having any other significant fights. He lost last time out, outpointed over six by Christian demaj who was blown away by schwartz immediately after, so the form isn't good, and since moving back to heavyweight he has got a bit too fat round the middle.
But the two Schwartz fights were interesting in the sense that there was obvious grudge between them. Both were fired up for the fights. That's the difference with having padded records, you rarely get motivated for fights.
Aside from the two losses to TS there is nothing to suggest Mezencev will get ko`d by Itauma who is completely untested at this stage in his career.
That said, it will be interesting if Mezencev comes in in shape and let's his fast combos off early against Itauma. This could go one of two ways but the likely result is a points win for itauma. However, if Mezencev is up for the fight which is on a massive stage he could make it interesting.
It's an odd matchup. Team itauma are hoping for a quick ko.
Mezencev is a curious one. He has a huge winning record but against low level ops, a similar record to Alexander Frank. They build up big records in Germany this way.
Mezencev turned pro as a teenager and his two significant fights were stoppage losses to Tom Schwartz. But these were actually decent fights. Mezencev has drifted between the heavy and cruiser limit without having any other significant fights. He lost last time out, outpointed over six by Christian demaj who was blown away by schwartz immediately after, so the form isn't good, and since moving back to heavyweight he has got a bit too fat round the middle.
But the two Schwartz fights were interesting in the sense that there was obvious grudge between them. Both were fired up for the fights. That's the difference with having padded records, you rarely get motivated for fights.
Aside from the two losses to TS there is nothing to suggest Mezencev will get ko`d by Itauma who is completely untested at this stage in his career.
That said, it will be interesting if Mezencev comes in in shape and let's his fast combos off early against Itauma. This could go one of two ways but the likely result is a points win for itauma. However, if Mezencev is up for the fight which is on a massive stage he could make it interesting.
