The Dominican “roly-poly” did not stop Batyrgaziev. Albert easily defeated the opponent.
Sergey Sorokin July 28, 2023, 18:45 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
The Russian inflicted the first loss on Frometa and is looking forward to fighting Devin Haney.
On July 28, a boxing evening took place in Khanty-Mansiysk. In the main battle of the night, Albert Batyrgaziev and Francis Frometa faced each other. The Russian celebrated his ninth official fight. Eight previous ones have ended in victories. But an undefeated 17-0 Dominican boxer stood in his way. The fight took place in the 10-round format.
Batyrgaziev has to his credit very serious achievements at the amateur level. The boxer won gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics. The transition to the pros was great for Albert. He became the winner of all eight fights, and six of them were by knockout. The last time the Russian entered the ring was in February 2023. The duel with Jesreel Corrales ended with a victory in the ninth round.
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From the very beginning, Albert began to work very quickly, literally fluttering around the opponent. During the first round, he bothered the Dominican quite well with his attacks on several occasions. But Frometa did not show it, he showed that he was not very tense from all these blows. Also, Francis responded quite dangerously. With every second Batyrgaziev became more and more difficult. Albert understood that he was slowly losing the initiative, so he increased the pace. The Russian tried to change floors, attack in various ways.
In the fourth round, Batyrgaziev again began to escalate the situation. But it was considered that Frómeta was not losing danger, launching the most dangerous attacks at the right moment. And yet, followed by a huge blow from the Russians. He plucked up his courage and rushed in to literally finish off the opponent. But after several combinations that were most dangerous for the opponent, he sounded the gong. Albert’s annoyance, who wanted to end the fight ahead of schedule, was visible.
Closer to the equator of the duel, the intensity was seriously dormant. It was clear that Frómeta feared another similar failure. In addition, Francisco often literally hit the edge of what is allowed. It was noticeable that Albert had total control of the situation, he looked many times stronger than his opponent. He opened the eighth round with his marked “two” and showed that he was not going to let go of this fight. But the Dominican endured and endured until the end.
The final rounds were played in brilliant exchanges. Batyrgaziev worked more concentrated, but Frometa did not forget to respond. It is curious that before the tenth round, Francis ran out of ammunition almost, the glove was torn. But the Dominican team quickly corrected the situation. During the last three minutes, Albert attacked and pressed, and Frómeta suffered.
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The matter reached a court decision, but there were no intrigues. As a result, all three referees gave Batyrgaziev victory – 99-91, 100-90, 97-93. The Russian turned out to be stronger than Frometa and continues to move towards the top of the division. Albert wants to fight the best, Devin Haney.
