Marcus Adeyemi: "I want Hnatiuk again"
The split decision of October 2024 still stings. "Two judges saw it his way, one mine. I will make it three-nil next time," Adeyemi said ahead of his main event against Kwame Asante.
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Kovalchuk and Okafor to meet for the women's title
The two best records in the women's division will settle it in Odesa. Both are unbeaten in the league: Olena Kovalchuk has won all three of her bouts, Amara Okafor all three of hers, one of them by stopping Marta Nowak with three knockdowns in Lviv. Tickets are on sale …
Kenta Mori moves his camp to Lviv
Kenta Mori will prepare for the December 13 card at the Stryiska gym, sparring with Taras Hnatiuk. "I need someone who walks forward all round," says Mori. "There is nobody better for that."
Taras Hnatiuk: the man who never steps back
He wakes at six, runs along the Stryiskyi park and is in the gym by eight. "Pace is a habit," Taras says. "If you only train it before a bout, it is not yours."
103 seconds: Asante's fastest knockout
Kwame Asante waited for Jordan Baptiste to switch stance and met him with a right hand on the way in. The count reached ten at 1:43 of the first round. It is Asante's third finish in four league bouts.
Fight Night 4: Hnatiuk stops Savchenko, Adeyemi sweeps Mori
Taras Hnatiuk closed Fight Night 4 the way he opened the season: walking forward. The referee stepped in midway through the second round after a knockdown, and the main event went to Hnatiuk by technical knockout. Marcus Adeyemi took all three rounds on all three cards against Kenta Mori, and …
Aliya Nurlanova: "I learned to fight in the third round"
**You lost to Okafor on a split decision in October 2024. What changed since?** My conditioning. In taekwondo the rounds are short; here the third round decides everything, so we rebuilt the camp around it. **And the bout with Kovalchuk?** I took the first round and then she found the …
