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Kostecki Comes Through To Be King

Posted on April 26 2010                                              Bookmark and Share
By: WBF

         

 
 
Knockout artist Dawid Kostecki last Saturday became the second current World Boxing Federation titleholder from Poland (after cruiserweight champion Pawel Kolodziej) when he had to settle for a unanimous decision over Italian-based Romanian Giulian Ilie in a very competitive fight for the world light heavyweight crown.

In a fight promoted by Knockout Promotions and televised live by Polsat, Kostecki won by scores of 118:110 (from Wlodzimierz Gulc and Leszek Jankowiak) and 117:111 (by American judge Larry Hazzard Jr.) over Ilie, but had to battle hard in every round to keep Ilie from gaining the upper hand.

While Kostecki, now 34-1 (23), controlled the general flow of the fight, Ilie nailed him at the ropes as early as the third round with a thunderous right hand - and the Pole had to summon all reserves to keep upright.

The fans in Gdynia - a beautiful East Sea resort - where on their feet in the final two rounds, when both fighters cut lose with heavy artillery. However, despite the hectic action, US referee Eddie Cotton had little work with the two fine sportsmen.

The WBFed world light heavyweight title became vacant when Slovakian Tamas Kovacs, 16-0 (11), notified that he will not be able to meet the required defence deadline.


 
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