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Cloutier's Canada Corner
Makhmudov vs. Wach Weigh-In Montréal
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The Montrealer Russian heavyweight Arslanbek
Makhmudov will be back in action at the Montréal Casino
Saturday evening. Makhmudov, who has a perfect pro record
(13-0-0, 13 wins by KO or TKO), will challenge the Polish
Mariusz Wach (36-7-0) in a NABA and NABF North American
championship.
“It’s a good challenge for me,” said Makhmudov at the weigh
in. “Wach is taller than me and has more experience than me
in pro boxing.”
Makhmudov is 6’5’’, and Wach is 6’7’’.
Makhmudov said: “I am ready for 10 rounds of action, but I
will try to hurt Wach and stop him before the 10th round.”
The Machmudov’s trainer, the Montrealer Marc Ramsay, said:
“Arslanbek got a good preparation. During the training camp,
Arslanbek told me that it was a great challenge for him,
considering that Wach is tall and experimented.”
Wach said: “I know that Makhmudov is undefeated, but I like
this kind of challenge. I am positive I will get out of the
ring in the winning shoes. I am ready for this challenge. I
fought fighters stronger than Makhmudov in the past. I
fought Wladimir Klitschko, Alexander Povetkin and Dillian
White.” But Wach lost against these three fighters.
Watch as a a regular weight of 275 pounds, versus about 260
for the Montrealer Russian.
At the weigh in, supervised by the Régie Québécoise des
combats de boxe yesterday, Makhmudov posted an official
weight of 259.2 pounds, and Wach got a weight of 260.8
pounds.
And the result of the weigh in of the other fighters on the
card: the heavyweights Simon Kean (246.4 pounds), from
Trois-Rivières, and Shawdell Terrell Winters (241.2 pounds),
from USA; the middleweights Alexandre Gaumon (160 pounds),
from Buckingham. Québec, and Armando M’orales (157.2 pounds,
from Mexico; the super featherweights Thomas Chabot (127.6
pounds), from Thetford Mines, Québec, and Maximo Toala
(127.2 pounds), from Mexico; the super featherweights Avery
Martin-Duval (127.4 pounds, from Montréal and Juan Esteban
Avila (129.2 pounds), from, Mexico; the super lightweights
Luis Santana (137.6 pounds), from Montréal and Brandon
Garcia Orozco (136.4 pounds, and finally, a female fight,
the super featherweights L:eila Beaudoin (130 pounds) and
Monica Selenme Alcala (128.6 pounds.
Kean has a pro record of 20-1-0, Winters 13-6-0, Gaumont
2-0-0, Morales (1-2-0), Chabot (5-0-0), Toala (15-10-1),
Martin-Duval (5-0-1) Avila (9-3-1) Santana (4-0-0) Orozco
(4-1-0), and finaliy, Beaudoin (3-0-0) and Alcala (5-1-0).
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