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	This happens once every 100 years. The Belarusian became the world professional boxing champion. "I stayed on my feet in the ninth round solely due to my willpower. Lyakhovich deserved this victory, I take my hat off to him ... " - I don't think that on the eve of the fight Lamon Brewster, whose lips this revelation belongs to, could imagine such expressions. The journalists, gathered at the scent of the upset, hurriedly wrote down these revelations in order to publish them to the whole world. Like most experts, journalists do not consider the result of the fight for the WBO world title as anything else but upset. For them, the victory of the Belarusian heavyweight is akin to a knockout, in which Brewster, a recognized master of the one-punch knockout with the fitting nickname "Relentless", almost ended up.		This happens once every 100 years. The Belarusian became the world professional boxing champion. "I stayed on my feet in the ninth round solely due to my willpower. Lyakhovich deserved this victory, I take my hat off to him ... " - I don't think that on the eve of the fight Lamon Brewster, whose lips this revelation belongs to, could imagine such expressions. The journalists, gathered at the scent of the upset, hurriedly wrote down these revelations in order to publish them to the whole world. Like most experts, journalists do not consider the result of the fight for the WBO world title as anything else but upset. For them, the victory of the Belarusian heavyweight is akin to a knockout, in which Brewster, a recognized master of the one-punch knockout with the fitting nickname "Relentless", almost ended up.

	However, those who truly knew about the abilities of the Belarusian predicted the emergence of a new champion. "Sergei is a very versatile boxer. If he shows all his best qualities, he will be able to go all 12 rounds against the American," said Svyatoslav Rantsev's fighter, PABA world champion Russian Alexander Vasiliev, one of Liakhovich's first "victims". More than 7 years have passed since that fight in Borisov, but the intuition, which already then suggested that he had a future star in front of him, did not deceive an experienced trainer. During the fight, the Belarusian slightly injured his left hand, was knocked down in the seventh round, but managed to pull himself together in the ninth - now the American had to look for the fifth corner...		However, those who truly knew about the abilities of the Belarusian predicted the emergence of a new champion. "Sergei is a very versatile boxer. If he shows all his best qualities, he will be able to go all 12 rounds against the American," said Svyatoslav Rantsev's fighter, PABA world champion Russian Alexander Vasiliev, one of Liakhovich's first "victims". More than 7 years have passed since that fight in Borisov, but the intuition, which already then suggested that he had a future star in front of him, did not deceive the experienced trainer. During the fight, the Belarusian slightly injured his left hand, was knocked down in the seventh round, but managed to pull himself together in the ninth - now the American had to look for the fifth corner...

	"Lamon was a great champion. I knew he hit for real, hard. In addition, he has a strong will. But I answered him every time, and, in the end, he felt my power," the newly-crowned champion shared his first-hand impressions. "After the fourth round, I knew that I was in control of the fight, but Lamon also hit like a mule! I think I did the right thing when I took a knee at the end of the seventh round. By the way, I also almost put him out twice... "		"Lamon was a great champion. I knew he hit for real, hard. In addition, he has a strong will. But I answered him every time, and, in the end, he felt my power," the newly-crowned champion shared his first-hand impressions. "After the fourth round, I knew that I was in control of the fight, but Lamon also hit like a mule! I think I did the right thing when I took a knee at the end of the seventh round. By the way, I also almost put him out twice... "

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 *"The process of "Sovietization" of professional boxing is quite natural. Judge by yourself: the Americans used to dominate in the ring some time ago, and at the last Olympics, our heavyweight Viktor Zuev defeated Devin Vargas. In the recent matches between Belarus and the USA, our guys were also better" - Anatoly Grishchuk, head coach of Belarus national amateur boxing team
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	==Quotes==		==Quotes==
	*"The process of "Sovietization" of professional boxing is quite natural. Judge by yourself: the Americans used to dominate in the ring some time ago, and at the last Olympics, our "heavyweight" Viktor Zuev defeated Devin Vargas. In the recent matches between Belarus and the USA, our guys were also better" - Anatoly Grishchuk, head coach of Belarus national amateur boxing team		*"The process of "Sovietization" of professional boxing is quite natural. Judge by yourself: the Americans used to dominate in the ring some time ago, and at the last Olympics, our heavyweight Viktor Zuev defeated Devin Vargas. In the recent matches between Belarus and the USA, our guys were also better" - Anatoly Grishchuk, head coach of Belarus national amateur boxing team

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	*ESPN Punch Stats: Liakhovich 404/655 62%; Brewster 165/392 42%		*ESPN Punch Stats: Liakhovich 404/655 62%; Brewster 165/392 42%
	*CompuBox Punch Stats: Liakhovich 341/678 50.3%; Brewster 238/656 36.3%		*CompuBox Punch Stats: Liakhovich 341/678 50.3%; Brewster 238/656 36.3%

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			*"The process of "Sovietization" of professional boxing is quite natural. Judge by yourself: the Americans used to dominate in the ring some time ago, and at the last Olympics, our "heavyweight" Viktor Zuev defeated Devin Vargas. In the recent matches between Belarus and the USA, our guys were also better" - Anatoly Grishchuk, head coach of Belarus national amateur boxing team

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 *ESPN Punch Stats: Liakhovich 404/655 62%; Brewster 165/392 42%
 *CompuBox Punch Stats: Liakhovich 341/678 50.3%; Brewster 238/656 36.3%
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	A new heavyweight champion emerged on Saturday. After defeating Lamon Brewster on points in Cleveland, 29-year-old Belarusian Sergey Lyakhovich became the owner of the WBO version of the title in the most prestigious weight class.		A new heavyweight champion emerged on Saturday. After defeating Lamon Brewster on points in Cleveland, 29-year-old Belarusian Sergey Lyakhovich became the owner of the WBO version of the title in the most prestigious weight class.

	Of course, there will be those who consider Sergei Lyakhovich another "accidental" heavyweight champion, of which there have been many in recent years. In his 23 professional fights up to this Saturday, in which he won 23 victories, he really hardly met with the elite heavyweights. Maybe in the last fight before the title fight, in December 2004, he faced such a fighter - Dominick Guinn, whom he defeated on points. In general, ~~skeptics~~ will say that he was just lucky to become a contender with such questionable ~~track~~ record.		Of course, there will be those who consider Sergei Lyakhovich another "accidental" heavyweight champion, of which there have been many in recent years. In his 23 professional fights up to this Saturday, in which he won 23 victories, he really hardly met with the elite heavyweights. Maybe in the last fight before the title fight, in December 2004, he faced such a fighter - Dominick Guinn, whom he defeated on points. In general, sceptics will say that he was just lucky to become a contender with such questionable record.

	Those who hold a different point of view will have a strong counterargument - Lamon Brewster himself. You can't exactly call him an accidental champion. It is impossible to accidentally win the title by knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in April 2004, and then defend it three times by defeating Kali Meehan, putting Andrzej Golota on the floor in the first round and coming out a winner from a slugfest against Luan Krasniqi. After all, Brewster was talked about as essentially the most worthy among the four champions, and those were respected people who said that. And Lyakhovich beat this heavyweight. He won not due to a combination of circumstances, not due to some kind of lucky punch, but in a duel for which Brewster clearly prepared well and in which he did, and large, everything that he did in the duel against Krasniqi.		Those who hold a different point of view will have a strong counterargument - Lamon Brewster himself. You can't exactly call him an accidental champion. It is impossible to accidentally win the title by knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in April 2004, and then defend it three times by defeating Kali Meehan, putting Andrzej Golota on the floor in the first round and coming out a winner from a slugfest against Luan Krasniqi. After all, Brewster was talked about as essentially the most worthy among the four champions, and those were respected people who said that. And Lyakhovich beat this heavyweight. He won not due to a combination of circumstances, not due to some kind of lucky punch, but in a duel for which Brewster clearly prepared well and in which he did, and large, everything that he did in the duel against Krasniqi.

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	Those who hold a different point of view will have a strong counterargument - Lamon Brewster himself. You can't exactly call him an accidental champion. It is impossible to accidentally win the title by knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in April 2004, and then defend it three times by defeating Kali Meehan, putting Andrzej Golota on the floor in the first round and coming out a winner from a slugfest against Luan Krasniqi. After all, Brewster was talked about as essentially the most worthy among the four champions, and those were respected people who said that. And Lyakhovich beat this heavyweight. He won not due to a combination of circumstances, not due to some kind of lucky punch, but in a duel for which Brewster clearly prepared well and in which he did, and large, everything that he did in the duel against Krasniqi.		Those who hold a different point of view will have a strong counterargument - Lamon Brewster himself. You can't exactly call him an accidental champion. It is impossible to accidentally win the title by knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in April 2004, and then defend it three times by defeating Kali Meehan, putting Andrzej Golota on the floor in the first round and coming out a winner from a slugfest against Luan Krasniqi. After all, Brewster was talked about as essentially the most worthy among the four champions, and those were respected people who said that. And Lyakhovich beat this heavyweight. He won not due to a combination of circumstances, not due to some kind of lucky punch, but in a duel for which Brewster clearly prepared well and in which he did, and large, everything that he did in the duel against Krasniqi.

			He initiated exchanges, hoping that sooner or later Liakhovich would not withstand and crumble, just as strong and durable Golota and Krasniqi could not. But the tall Lyakhovich did not get hit so often and responded to every Brewster's attack with his own - and most often his attack was sharper, eventually turning the champion's face into one huge bruise. In the end, a few seconds before the bell in the seventh round, the American managed to knock the Belarusian to his knees, but even a knockdown did not stop Liakhovich.

			In the final rounds, both opponents looked deadly tired. But it was obvious that the contender still had a little more strength left in him. He also had the final word - in the form of a sensitive blow to the ribs - in the 12th round. Having delivered it, Liakhovich defiantly dropped his hands, as if to show Brewster: try to get me. The exhausted American tried, but his fists cut through the air. In general, no one at that moment doubted that he would not get the victory. The judges, unanimously giving it to Liakhovich, only proved the correctness of the impression.

	Now we have a situation in the heavyweight division that was unimaginable back in the 90s. The weight class, which - almost without a chance for the rest - was dominated by black boxers, now has Russian Nikolai Valuev (WBA) and Belarusian Siarhei Liakhovich as champions. And the contenders for the WBC and IBF titles are another representative of Russia - Oleg Maskaev - and Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko.		Now we have a situation in the heavyweight division that was unimaginable back in the 90s. The weight class, which - almost without a chance for the rest - was dominated by black boxers, now has Russian Nikolai Valuev (WBA) and Belarusian Siarhei Liakhovich as champions. And the contenders for the WBC and IBF titles are another representative of Russia - Oleg Maskaev - and Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko.

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	We will do wrong if we indifferently pass by Lyakhovich's victory. Heavyweight champions are supermen. Books have been written and films made about each. Lithuanians were known about in the 90s only because their boy Jonas Zukauskas (Jack Sharkey) became world champion. Siarhei Liakhovich glorified Belarus!		We will do wrong if we indifferently pass by Lyakhovich's victory. Heavyweight champions are supermen. Books have been written and films made about each. Lithuanians were known about in the 90s only because their boy Jonas Zukauskas (Jack Sharkey) became world champion. Siarhei Liakhovich glorified Belarus!

			<big>'''Belarussian defeated American champion'''</big>

			<small>By Alexei Dospekhov, ''Kommersant'', April 3, 2006</small>

			A new heavyweight champion emerged on Saturday. After defeating Lamon Brewster on points in Cleveland, 29-year-old Belarusian Sergey Lyakhovich became the owner of the WBO version of the title in the most prestigious weight class.

			Of course, there will be those who consider Sergei Lyakhovich another "accidental" heavyweight champion, of which there have been many in recent years. In his 23 professional fights up to this Saturday, in which he won 23 victories, he really hardly met with the elite heavyweights. Maybe in the last fight before the title fight, in December 2004, he faced such a fighter - Dominick Guinn, whom he defeated on points. In general, skeptics will say that he was just lucky to become a contender with such questionable track record.

			Those who hold a different point of view will have a strong counterargument - Lamon Brewster himself. You can't exactly call him an accidental champion. It is impossible to accidentally win the title by knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in April 2004, and then defend it three times by defeating Kali Meehan, putting Andrzej Golota on the floor in the first round and coming out a winner from a slugfest against Luan Krasniqi. After all, Brewster was talked about as essentially the most worthy among the four champions, and those were respected people who said that. And Lyakhovich beat this heavyweight. He won not due to a combination of circumstances, not due to some kind of lucky punch, but in a duel for which Brewster clearly prepared well and in which he did, and large, everything that he did in the duel against Krasniqi.

			Now we have a situation in the heavyweight division that was unimaginable back in the 90s. The weight class, which - almost without a chance for the rest - was dominated by black boxers, now has Russian Nikolai Valuev (WBA) and Belarusian Siarhei Liakhovich as champions. And the contenders for the WBC and IBF titles are another representative of Russia - Oleg Maskaev - and Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko.

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	There are enough smart guys among Belarusian amateurs who are ready to follow Liakhovich to the top spots of the world ratings in a couple of years. The same Viktor Zuev has a lot in common with Sergei Lyakhovich. Both started their journey in the same camp from which the Olympic champion Vyacheslav Yanovsky once entered the big sport, both fighters were nurtured by the same coach - the famous specialist from Vitebsk Anatoly Kolchin, both at different times were winners of the world championships. These "coincidences", you see, say a lot and give us a lot of hope...		There are enough smart guys among Belarusian amateurs who are ready to follow Liakhovich to the top spots of the world ratings in a couple of years. The same Viktor Zuev has a lot in common with Sergei Lyakhovich. Both started their journey in the same camp from which the Olympic champion Vyacheslav Yanovsky once entered the big sport, both fighters were nurtured by the same coach - the famous specialist from Vitebsk Anatoly Kolchin, both at different times were winners of the world championships. These "coincidences", you see, say a lot and give us a lot of hope...

			We will do wrong if we indifferently pass by Lyakhovich's victory. Heavyweight champions are supermen. Books have been written and films made about each. Lithuanians were known about in the 90s only because their boy Jonas Zukauskas (Jack Sharkey) became world champion. Siarhei Liakhovich glorified Belarus!

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	"Liakhovich became world champion?! Defeated Brewster?! This is truly breaking news!" - those are the words of another Russian - WBA world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev. For him, Liakhovich's victory was a complete surprise, especially in light of the fact that Brewster was considered as one of the likely "The Rock"'s opponents in a unification fight for the WBA and WBO titles. What awaits the world of professional boxing now? Some of the experts are already predicting a "Slavic dominance" in the world of boxing, predicting all 4 heavyweight belts to be held by immigrants from the former USSR at the end of this year (WBA - Nikolai Valuev, WBC - Oleg Maskaev, IBF - Wladimir Klitschko, WBO - Siarhei Liakhovich).		"Liakhovich became world champion?! Defeated Brewster?! This is truly breaking news!" - those are the words of another Russian - WBA world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev. For him, Liakhovich's victory was a complete surprise, especially in light of the fact that Brewster was considered as one of the likely "The Rock"'s opponents in a unification fight for the WBA and WBO titles. What awaits the world of professional boxing now? Some of the experts are already predicting a "Slavic dominance" in the world of boxing, predicting all 4 heavyweight belts to be held by immigrants from the former USSR at the end of this year (WBA - Nikolai Valuev, WBC - Oleg Maskaev, IBF - Wladimir Klitschko, WBO - Siarhei Liakhovich).

			"Why not?", unlike most Western colleagues, the head coach of the Belarus national boxing team Anatoly Grishuk does not see an upset in Siarhei Liakhovich's victory. "They all came from amateur boxing, their fundamentals were instilled in them by our boxing school. The process of "Sovietization" of professional boxing is quite natural. Judge by yourself: the Americans used to dominate in the ring some time ago, and at the last Olympics, our "heavyweight" Viktor Zuev defeated Devin Vargas. In the recent matches between Belarus and the USA, our guys were also better."

			There are enough smart guys among Belarusian amateurs who are ready to follow Liakhovich to the top spots of the world ratings in a couple of years. The same Viktor Zuev has a lot in common with Sergei Lyakhovich. Both started their journey in the same camp from which the Olympic champion Vyacheslav Yanovsky once entered the big sport, both fighters were nurtured by the same coach - the famous specialist from Vitebsk Anatoly Kolchin, both at different times were winners of the world championships. These "coincidences", you see, say a lot and give us a lot of hope...

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