By Alexey Sukachev at ringside / Photos by Sergey Sinyakin (RPBF), April, 14, 2007

One shot, and it was all over for Sairung Suwanasil, 31, this day. It took Uzbek Kahramon Arzykulov (now 13-2-1, 8 KOs) just 51 second to destroy usually tough Thai export and to retain his WBO intercontinental title in super flyweight division for the first time. Arzykulov-Suwanasil collision was the main event of a huge show, staged in “Krilya Sovetov” sports arena, Moscow, by the “Imperia” promotional company in association with Nikolay Grammatikov.

After a short exchange Arzykulov, 27, threw a devastating left hook to the liver that brought Suwanasil (42-10, 26 KOs) for the full count. Time was 0:51 of the very first round. What on paper was a competitive fight turned out to be a horrible mismatch as Asian pugilist seemed totally unprepared for a heated action in the ring. The reason can be found considering that Suwanasil was two pounds over this weight class and did his best to de-hydrate his body at the weigh-in on Thursday.

Kahramon had captured his title in July, 2006, via spectacular unanimous decision over former fringe contender Marat Mazimbaev in what clearly was the fight of the year candidate in this country. Arzykulov’s devastating victory over Suwanasil, who has never been stopped so short into the fight, was a powerful message for the current WBO king Fernando Montiel from the fifth-ranked contender, who aims a title shot pretty soon in his future career.   

Demyanenko - Koswara

In co-feature bout of the show, WBO #12 welterweight Vitaly Demyanenko (11-0, 8 KOs), 23, of Kazakhstan retained his WBO Asia Pacific and PABA titles via hard-fought ten-round TKO over Indonesian champion Tia Koswara (11-3, 5 KOs).

The show started with a huge right bomb by Demyanenko that stunned Koswara in round one. Heavily tattoed Indonesian was able to survive the round, but Kazakh fighter dropped his foe with a vicious right-left combo in round two. Tia bravely beat the count and continued the fight, trying to reach Vitaly with wild swings all around. The same round saw boxers deducted one point each – Koswara was penalized for intentional head-butt and Demyanenko was punished for a low blow.

In rounds three and four Kazakh fighting ability seemed to be equalized by the Koswara’s raw power and physical strength, but in the fifth Indonesian was down again after a huge overhand right. Asian fighter, however, was able to survive and to make a strong comeback later in the round.

Koswara regained his confidence in round six, when Demyanenko, visibly tired, preferred to clinch with his opponent more than to throw punches. Asian export felt though uncomfortable on the distance, however, Kazakh fighter failed to capitalize on his height advantage.

In round nine Demyanenko finally found his range and started landing vicious punches trying to dispose his opponent. Koswara was hit roughly but never hurt badly. Unfortunately for him and his corner, Koswara’s right eye was almost shut by Kazakh power punches, and in round ten this pretty competitive fight was stopped by referee Yuri Koptsev on an advice of ring physician due to a severe gash. Fightnews scored it 88-81 prior the stoppage.

This win marked the second defense of both his titles for Demyanenko. However, he has to learn much more to be competitive at this level. At the time his WBO ranking, especially seems to be a sudden gift.

Romanchuk - Lobachev

Crowd-pleaser Eduard Romanchuk (3-0, 2 KOs) looked a bit like Roy Jones Jr. and Floyd Mayweather combined in his fourth-round TKO over durable Roman Lobachev (6-11-1, 2 KOs). Unofficially nicknamed as The Great Black Russian Hope, Eduard ‘Ed’ Romanchuk is a brother-in-law for amateur star Roman Romanchuk. With hugely popular Roman in attendance and the crowd, shouting his name, Eduard engaged willingly into the brawl with bigger Lobachev. Lobachev was wobbled several times by extremely quick Eduard and was on the brink of the first-round defeat, when he threw a wild left hook almost knocking unprepared Eduard out of the ring.

In round two Romanchuk changed his tactics, using huge left jab to pepper Lobachev’s face. Roman was simply out of control, taking a bitter punishment while landing none for himself. The third round turned to be a boxing lesson as talented Eduard played with his foe and clowned him all the time. The fight was stopped for good early in round four by the corner of battered and bloodied Lobachev.

Undercard

Andrey Isaev (14-1, 4 KOs) of Belarus was too much for Russian featherweight Sergey Yurovskih (6-6-1, 1 KO), earning pretty easy UD 8 over his rival. That was the second victory for rangy Isaev since his credible loss to British Kevin Mitchell last September.

Former kickboxing world champion Ayup Arsaev (5-0, 2 KOs) won the slugfest over Ukrainian Mamed Yadgarov (2-3). The fight was stopped by Yadgarov’s corner in round four. Also Ruslan Amirov (2-0, 1 KO) kayoed Tajik Dilshod Akbarov (0-2) in the second round.  

A fight between Alisher Rahimov and Yuri Romanovich for the Russian super featherweight title was scratched due to the health issues.