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On Saturday night, June 11, at
the Sport Hall in Trencin,
Slovakia, Georgian underdog
Giorgi Beroshvili stunned former
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
World Champion and local
favorite Tamas Kovacs to win the
vacant WBF Euroasia Light
Heavyweight title.
Kovacs, cheered on by a nice
crowd at the Sport Hall in
Trencin, won the first two
rounds with superior boxing, and
seemed to have the wild-swinging
visitor under control, but in
round three it all went down
hill for the veteran when a big
left hook from Beroshvili
detonated on his chin.
Kovacs was
dropped hard, but made it
to his feet
before referee Tamas Sasvari
reached the count of ten, and
used some clever tactics to buy
himself some more time when he
spit out his mouthpiece.
However, it was not enough, as
Beroshvili
had no intentions of letting his
big chance pass him by
and went for the finish.
Beroshvili soon found the chin
of Kovacs with another big left,
sending him down again, and this
time it was all over even though
Kovacs gamely got up again, as
the fight was waved off.
Official time of stoppage was
1:50 of round number three.
A disappointed Kovacs, now 27-2
(16), took the chocking loss
admirably, and the sporting
crowd cheered both fighters when
the upset was a reality. This
was without a doubt the biggest
victory to date for 24-year-old
Giorgi Beroshvili, who improved
his record to 27-11-2 (19).
Promoter was Profibox-Promotion.
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