Avtandil Khurtsidze vs. Attila Kovacs
Avtandil Khurtsidze 160 lbs beat Attila Kovacs 158 lbs by MD in round 12 of 12
- Date: 2009-03-28
- Location: Budivelnik, Cherkasy, Ukraine
- Referee: Lahcen Oumghar
- Judge: Mikael Hook 114-114
- Judge: Henk Meijers 115-113
- Judge: Ventsislav Nikolov 116-112
On Saturday March 28th in Ukrainian city of Cherkassy, K2 East Promotions, promotional company of Klitschko brothers, carried out a big professional boxing tournament which got the name “Tornado 2“. In the main event WBA intercontinental middleweight champ Avtandil Khurtsidze (18-1-2, 11 KOs), a Ukraine based Georgian, faced very strong opposition fighting former IBO light middleweight titlist Attila Kovacs "Viper" (25-3-0, 17 КОs). Judges had quite a difficult task in determining the victor since both fighters did not waste a single moment and furiously attacked each other from the initial bell. It was a competitive fight all the way with Khurtsidze just slightly busier. After twelve action packed rounds which thousands of fans in Budivelnik Sports Palace in Cherkassy welcomed so much judges finally gave split nod to Khurtsidze: 115-113, 116-112, and 114-114.