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January 25th 1989 Stoczniowiec Olivia Arena, Poland
IBO SMW Super 8 Tournament
Balzay stops Tiozzo and advances to semifinals!
Kardy Balzay 27-3-0 (20) stopped Christoffe Tiozzo 15-4-0 (8) on the ninth round after dropping him four times.
Balzay easily dominated the first three rounds of the fight clearly outlanding Tiozzo. On the fourth stanza a great straight right by Balzay dropped Tiozzo for a nine count. Balzay continued dominating on the fifth stanza too. The sixth round had back and forth action and for the first time Tiozzo edged a round. Balzay regained the control on the seventh round in which Tiozzo hardly connected a punch.
Tiozzo had his best round on the eight one, but this angered Balzay that on the following stanza destroyed the frenchman dropping him three times, the last one for good with a terrible body shot. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 78-73 (x3) for Balzay.
Jeff Lacy destroyed local hero Piotr Wilczewski!
Jeff Lacy 29-1-1 (23) scored an spectacular KO3 win with a great shot under Piotr Wilczewski’s (21-2-2 (6)) ribcage. The spectacular body shot left the Poland on the canvas claiming for air and without forces to get up.
The first round of the fight was in favor of the local fighter and the second one was an even stanza. Finally around thirty seconds into the third round came the sudden definition.
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