Juho Haapoja vs. Valery Semishkur
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Juho Haapoja 230 lbs beat Valeri Semiskur 257 lbs by TKO at 1:40 in round 2 of 8
- Date: 2009-02-21
- Location: Rewell Center, Vaasa, Finland
- Referee: Erkki Meronen
- Judge: Esa Lehtosaari
- Judge: Arvo Kivela
- Judge: Santeri Kanninen
BBU Heavyweight champion Juho Haapoja (Fin) made his first BBU title defense on the last Saturday in Vaasa. Haapoja beat up his Estonian opponent Valery Semishkur in two rounds.
After a bit easy start Haapoja put more speed on his hands and caused big troubles for experienced Estonian boxer. Two hard right hands put Semishkur down on knee for 8 count and shortly after that Haapoja drove Semishkur towards ropes while punching with both hands. The referee Erkki Meronen saved Semishkur at time 1.40 on the second round. Impressive win for Haapoja, now 8 (6 KO) - 2 - 1. The show was promoted by a new Finnish promotional group Caramelito Promotions, lead by Haapoja´s coach Petro Koskimies.