Barashian upsets Ulrich!
Saturday, February 23 2008
Photo: Eroll Popova
Mandatory challenger Yuri Barashian (25-2, 17 KOs) dethroned European light heavyweight champ Thomas Ulrich (31-4, 21 KOs) via eighth round KO on Saturday at the Sporthalle Brandberge in Halle, Germany. Action was fast and furious for the first several rounds, but Barashian slowly began to get the upper hand as the bout progressed. The game Ulrich was down three times from hooks to the liver in round seven and Barashian's brutal body attack finally finished him in the eighth. Time was :56.
In the co-feature, WBO Intercontinental cruiserweight champion Alexander Alekseev (14-0, 13 KOs) battered Talmadge Griffis (24-8-3, 16 KOs) dropping him twice before the bout was stopped at the beginning of round three.
Unbeaten WBA #5 super middlweight Dimitri Sartison (22-0, 14 KOs), who took the bout on late notice, scored an impressive TKO over recent world title challenger Pablo Daniel Zamora Nievas (19-3-1, 13 KOs). Nievas took WBA titleholder Anthony Mundine the distance last June, but Sartison got him out of there at the 1:46 mark of round eight.
WBO #2 junior middleweight Lukas Konecny (36-2, 18 KOs) tuned up for his world title shot against WBO world champion Sergej Dzinziruk with a second round destruction of Kimfuta Makussu (10-12, 3 KOs). Time was 2:10.
Cruiserweight Santander Silgado (12-0, 12 KOs) looked like a force to be reckoned with as he mugged John Anthony (6-9), getting the TKO stoppage at 2:30 of round two.
In front of their hometown crowd, SES welterweights Norman Schuster (14-1, 6 KOs) and Oliver Güttel (12-1, 7 KOs) were both victorious. Schuster TKO'd Lucien Lufulwabo at 1:38 of round two and Güttel outpointed Juan Martinez over eight by scores of 79-73, 78-75, 77-75.
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