Khetag Kozaev vs. Jurijs Boreiko

Khetag Kozaev 166 lbs beat Jurijs Boreiko 164 lbs by TKO at 1:42 in round 3 of 10

• Date: 2009-10-03
• Location: Russian State University of Physical Culture, Moscow, Russia
• Referee: Rozalin Nasibulin
• Judge: Leonid Sorokin
• Judge: Doniyor Ergashev
• Judge: Roman Filimonov

Summary

18-year old super middleweight Khetag Kozaev from Tskhinvali, South Ossetia (5-0-0) captured vacant WBC Baltic super middleweight title WTKO3 Latvian journeyman Jurijs Boreiko from RIGAS RINGS club (Riga, Latvia) (14-18-1)

Notes

• That was third bout of Edmund Lipinski Memorial Tournament

• WBC Baltic Sea Championship recognizes Khetag Kozaev as its super middleweight champion.

• Khetag Kozaev was forced to spend more than 3 minutes in the ring for the first time in his pro career

• Show was attended by South Ossetian president Eduard Kokoity

• Boreiko down in round 1

• Action was stopped in round 3 with Boreiko lying helplessly on the ropes

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