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00:01In the menu, you receive my instructions in the dressing room, listen to my command at all time, protect yourself
00:05at all time, good luck.
00:3030-pound division, WBA gold middleweight belt on the line, we saw one winner, super middle last time out, and
00:39this the first defense for two goals, WBA number one, Yonir Hernandez, the Cuban, who is 10-0, and Erislander
00:49Lari holds the title, he's been around forever.
00:54Another one who boxed Canelo, of course, you can open, you can open your problems, actually.
00:58Oh, a very nice boxer, isn't he, and he's done so well to keep going for, for so long.
01:05Just shows, keep yourself in good shape.
01:07Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's not the sport that you really want, longevity's not your friend in boxing, by the
01:12way, I would say that, but, for your help purposes, but I mean, yeah, he's been in tip-top condition,
01:17and, discipline is the key word here, and discipline as well.
01:21But, Tukov here is a very, very sharp boxer, quite adaptable at times, but he can be, but, he'll control
01:27everything behind the jab if he can, and it's a perpetual job there, to get behind that jab, and put
01:31a little bit of pressure here on Tukov.
01:33But, at this distance at the minute, he stays this way, and Tukov will get a little bit of a
01:38lead, and we'll feel comfortable, and have it nice and relaxed.
01:41Yeah, he's got a lovely jab, and we're looking for a new star in this middleweight division, how far can
01:47this guy go?
01:50Vadim Tukov, the southpaw from Buenos Aires, Papeci, just trying to give Tukov plenty to think about, but, we saw
02:02in the previous fight levels, and class, and, is he good enough to make a real dent on this unbeaten
02:08Russian?
02:08He's already shown more ambition than Garcia in the last contest, for sure, and he's just trying to fire back
02:13on Tukov, but Tukov has good feet.
02:15I mean, he's not, he's not fluent and bouncy on his feet, but he's sliding out of distance, and he
02:19just saw it then, with Papeci trying to, trying to count it with a combination, and Tukov just snagled, sliding
02:25back.
02:26Two little slides, and he pivots off. And that's sort of the rule you have as an amateur. More than
02:31two steps back, and you've got to go left or right.
02:32Never go back more than three steps, otherwise, you're usually on the ropes.
02:36Lovely demonstration of the jab in this opening round from Tukov. Everything nice and tight, letting his hands go, Papeci.
02:46We're trying to get inside, and maybe try and target the body. That was better from the Argentinian, and you're
02:51right, there's more purpose, there's more commitment to his challenge here.
02:56He just, and it's difficult, because he's aware of what's coming back with Tukov with the better timing, and you've
03:01got to try and block those shots.
03:02You've got to try and keep moving your head side to side as well, or roll, you know, bob and
03:07weave, whatever you want to call on a different side.
03:09But you've got to give Tukov a target to go searching for, not a target that hits, and that's two
03:13different things.
03:14Whilst you're advancing forward, you're trying to put pressure on him. So Tukov, now, if there's no pressure on Tukov,
03:18he's going to control the space with that jab and that movement quite comfortable.
03:22So you've got to make him work harder than he wants to work.
03:25And I think Pupeschi, sort of stylistically, will want to do that.
03:30Go!
03:43Katerinberg in Russia, the crowd for Dmitry Bivel later on, and a good start to this one, Tukov, with the
03:52quality.
03:53But good mix of styles, Pupeschi the southpaw likes to keep busy, and I'm sure they'll be confident enough with
03:59that start.
04:00And it's true there that Tukov can just be aggressive and abandon the thought process of what's coming back, because
04:07Pupeschi there's a nice little right to a counter.
04:10And he's looking at the counter in combination, just hasn't really got the right timing yet for that, but I
04:15think he has to be the one pushing forward.
04:16Even if he is going to be a counter-puncher, he's got to be slipping inside the shots to really
04:21be effective against a guy like this with good feet, a good boxing brain and a very, very good jab.
04:25From the Premier Boxing Academy, Vadim Tukov, who won this WBA gold belt last time out, he forced Kudratia Abdukharov
04:38to retire after seven rounds here last July.
04:43And he'll be looking to box well in front of his home crowd and try and force this WBA title
04:52challenge.
04:52They're carving out for him the promotional backers, 32 years of age, 34 Pupeschi.
04:59He's lost five times, but he's always given a good account of himself and he's fought in decent class.
05:06And it's exactly the sort of test that Dean Tukov wanted.
05:10Yeah, he's coping really well here, Tukov with the softball stance, he always moves to his left.
05:16He's getting the jab in to play very early, he's quite comfortable, and usually that's quite difficult for a guy
05:21who works behind the jab against the softball fight from the other stance.
05:24He jabs always have a thing to get, to get him to play clean.
05:28He is quite comfortable with that, and then spinning around the floor now right heaping hook right hand to the
05:33body.
05:35Good little Pupeschi there.
05:37Yeah, he's a decent pro all round Pupeschi.
05:44And winning those belts back in South America has given him confidence that he could travel well too,
05:51but this guy too got really good amateur, won the World University Championships gold in 2018.
05:58He beat fighters from Japan, Lithuania, France and Belarus.
06:02He's been around and you can see that he's well built as a boxer.
06:07The good foundations, the, look at that foot movement there and everything nice and tidy behind the jab.
06:14Nothing dramatic, just simple, effective boxing.
06:19Yeah, Pupeschi here needs to up the pace.
06:22I mean, there's a risk that you make more mistakes there, and I understand why you wouldn't do that, but...
06:27You know, because a guy who's an alternate boxer, which Tukov is, and technically better than you,
06:32you've got to make them rush their work, or try to make them rush their work, but you're up in
06:35the pace and put a bit more pressure on him.
06:37That's good body shots there from Tukov, just exploring the downstairs area.
06:44He's a solid, Pupeschi, but there was a gap or two under the elbows and the speed of Tukov was
06:51good.
06:53He's quite quick to himself, Pupeschi.
06:57Fluid, Pupeschi. Nice smooth pressure fighter.
07:00Greg, one step back.
07:01Okay, he just needs to just...
07:04Just crank up the volume a little bit more, the intensity just a little bit more, without making any silly
07:09mistakes.
07:11Two-goat boxing Mario jumping into combinations nice and easy.
07:15Yeah, he's just got the edge in class, hasn't he, at the moment, although Pupeschi sustaining the effort early,
07:23hands nice and high, and not taking too much damage, keeping right in front of Tukov,
07:28hoping that the Russian will tie up at two up, Vadim Tukov.
07:39Good night of Russian boxing, topped, of course, by Dmitri Bivol's return.
07:45How we have been waiting to see his supreme, sublime skills back in action.
07:51Not at the same level, of course, but Vadim Tukov looking to try and become a world champion.
07:58And boxing well so far, the corner will be happy, Barry.
08:01Yeah, he's a boxing man who's taking a few shots in on again, but you've got to learn it against
08:05someone who's coming at you.
08:07But he's controlling everything with the feet, more than the jab of the feet.
08:10The jab's working well against the softball stance, which I'm surprised it's too easy to land with that left hand.
08:15But, yeah, his feet, his footwork is off really getting him in and out of trouble.
08:19Spinning him on the tag quite easily then, to be able to throw that loop in right hand to the
08:24body.
08:24And when he's punching forward with straight punches, he's up and down, body and head with the shots.
08:29And that's showing good adaptability in his work.
08:32Decent opening six minutes from Vadim Tukov.
08:36Gritty, though, Sebastian, Horacio Papeschi, who is 34 La Promesa, he calls himself.
08:44Five-foot-nine-inch southpaw from Argentina, the Lujan area of Buenos Aires.
08:50First fight of 2026 for Papeschi.
08:54Coming off a seventh-round victory over Kevin Fernando Zarate.
08:58That was last August, but he looks in good nick, doesn't he? Doesn't look ring rusty at all.
09:03No, he's good, and again, I wrote down he's a real smooth pressure fighter.
09:08I think we're sort of seeing that.
09:10He doesn't look up for himself, his natural power, because he gets a lovely turn on his body when he
09:14throws that.
09:15Sitting in the left hand from the softball stance.
09:18But he's just, again, I just think the tempo he's boxing at, that's better than the injection of the pace.
09:23But for the most part, the tempo he's boxing at, he's going to shoot the suit to cough.
09:31You give him too much time to engage his brain and really set the attacks up.
09:36Throw him when you have to and when you want to are two different things,
09:39two different rhythms to the way you punch.
09:41And if you throw out the necessity, you quite often will snatch at your punches.
09:45And the timing's different, you'll miss, and that's your chance to get in, that's your entry point.
09:49If you give him time to set up the attacks, there's more smoothness,
09:53because you're judging the distance with your eyes and your feet, you're getting your feet ready,
09:56and everything, you're setting yourself up to throw the shots.
09:59Tukic, Tukov, back behind the jab.
10:02We say it's the most potent weapon in boxing, there's a right hand that follows, but you need more as
10:07well.
10:07You need a variety too, to become a great fighter.
10:10Yeah, so he can't just rely on that orthodox jab, that the foot movement is important, but also cute right
10:17hands, combinations when needed.
10:19It's not wasting punches, but it's also making sure that Perpeci doesn't get some confidence,
10:26because if he just has a jab to try and deal with, he's got a life chance here.
10:32Yeah, it's a funny thing, because if it's working for you, why would you change it?
10:37And that's one thing, but also, again, that goes back to that coasting scenario we've spoken about in the fight
10:41before.
10:42You coast the fight, the other fighter thinks, actually, what's happening here, I can do more work,
10:46and then he gets a bit of success, or she, depending on who's boxing, and then the whole dynamics change,
10:52and then you're fighting with someone, and then with real belief all of a sudden, rather than keeping them demoralized,
10:56and keeping them second guessing, and keeping them panicking, why aren't things working?
11:00So you have to, you know, control in the tempo, and usually do that with variety of shots,
11:05not just the one punch that's working for you.
11:07But Tukov's, you know, he's boxing, but I think he could do a little bit more variety in some of
11:11his work,
11:12but, I mean, he's letting that right hand go with the feet of good, and he is throwing, you know,
11:16some hooks now and again, but,
11:20Perpeci's not really, again, he's having a little bit of a goal, but still, just not enough speed in his
11:25world to worry Tukov.
11:26Yeah, good boxing here from Vadim Tukov at the end of the third round,
11:31a round that it seemed like Perpeci was injecting some pace in, but, being outclassed.
11:39Provodnikov.
11:41Good fighter him.
11:42Unbelievable.
11:43Wasn't he?
11:44Timothy Bradley.
11:47Ruslan Provodnikov.
11:49There's a name.
11:51Good fighters, down the years.
11:54How many better than Dimitri Bivol, who returns tonight?
11:59This is the corner of Sebastiano Papeci.
12:03Came out, um, full of confidence.
12:05Good attitude, though.
12:08Yeah, no, he's, he's sort of doing the right things.
12:11He's trying, he's trying to make Tukov work.
12:13Look, he's constantly keeping Tukov working, and that's, of course, you want to try and tire him out.
12:17But I think he's still allowing Tukov a little bit too much time.
12:20So, you know, he's having to throw a lot of shots.
12:22He's been able to get himself prepared to throw the shots if that makes any sense, rather than forcing him
12:27to rush his work.
12:27That's when, that's when they tire, when you can't regulate your breathing out and throw the punches.
12:32That's just going to tire him out.
12:34Because Tukov's not loading up on the shots.
12:36If he was loading up, that would be different.
12:38He's not, so you've got to make him rush his work a little bit more.
12:41But with that, there's the jeopardy of walking onto a shot yourself, of course.
12:46Papeci in the Argentinian colours, the skirt-like outfit.
12:50Used to be worn by the likes of our friend Johnny Nelson and other fighters in the Winkerbank stable.
12:56Five out of seven, Papeci has won.
13:00Went the distance with Fyodo Zerezan, who was 24-1.
13:05And Merilin Nurson-Talov stopped him in five back in 2022.
13:10But he's a decent all-round technician, Sebastian Papeci.
13:16Is he good enough at this level to do some damage here to Vadim Tukov, who's won everything so far,
13:22Mary?
13:23Yeah, he's really stepped in with that jab there, Tukov.
13:27Yeah!
13:27Yeah!
13:29Just got, again, not rolling so much.
13:33He'd even slide.
13:35Slide inside and outside that jab there.
13:38Papeci, as he's coming forward.
13:40And then with that then, throw that left hand over the top.
13:43Come and then fire back on that left hook.
13:44Don't square your feet up.
13:46Turn the body into the shot, then come back and get yourself on line with the hook.
13:50Left eye just closing up of Sebastian Papeci.
13:55He's trying to make Tukov work hard, isn't he?
13:57The intense there.
13:58Just the feet are not quick enough to get their target.
14:02As hasty as he needs to.
14:04A good, honest, professional is Papeci.
14:06He really is at a level that will do well going to England and taking on some of our middleweights.
14:12Good learning fights, education.
14:14I think if you try and push him back, he'll be a problem.
14:19Walking him on the shots, as we're seeing here from Tukov, he's not really losing it up.
14:22Maybe he should start putting more weight, certainly in our right hand.
14:26But, you know, pushing him back, I think he fired.
14:28I think he looks strong.
14:30I think he'll be able to push you back and fire with you and then engage you in any sort
14:34of fight.
14:35But I'm going to walk you down here.
14:36Oh, nice right hand there.
14:38He's just got the edge, hasn't he?
14:39Every time, Tukov, in the ability, the way he throws his shots, the way he moves around the ring.
14:46Stop boxing, stop boxing.
14:51But also, he's afforded a little bit, not a lot, just a little bit more time than he should be,
14:57really, to be honest.
14:59And that's why he's allowed to get himself back in the centre of the ring.
15:01Good shot there from Tukov.
15:03Just called Papeci there, squaring his feet up.
15:10Just not quite solid enough with the jab.
15:14Papeci and Tukov comes in with the right hand.
15:16Oh lovely.
15:17Yeah, beautiful at times.
15:19Against the art of boxing, Barry.
15:21Yeah, when he's on the ball to his feet, he's just showing the quickness that he dipped with Stan around.
15:26Not an easy thing to do, he did it quite comfortable though, really, really good work.
15:36Papeci having a go there, but good firing back there, Tukov to finish the round.
15:40Yeah, plenty of energy from Sebastian Papeci, but just not landing the clean punches that catch the eyes of the
15:47judges.
15:48And Vadim Tukov, an expert at that solid amateur career.
15:51And 16 and 0 as a professional.
15:54Lovely body shot.
15:56Picks his work well.
15:58Nothing that exciting, dramatic.
16:01No firecrackers yet from Tukov.
16:04But he's not that sort of a boxer.
16:05He's based in foundation and pedigree and not making too many mistakes.
16:14Yeah, he hasn't been the enemy force, but that's why.
16:16And that's a combination of his good footwork and his intelligence.
16:20And also, Papeci's probably just slower footwork, I would say.
16:23You know, his hands are quite fast, but his feet are not as fast as you'd want to be to
16:27really slide into the distance.
16:29The Tukov control and everything, and he's relaxed and relaxed, and just, you're always looking, and you always want to
16:34see a little bit more from a fighter.
16:35So, it was maybe now and again, just push off that back leg, get a bit more weight in some
16:39of these shots,
16:40and try and walk Papeci onto a bit of a, bit of a solid shot, and then maybe throw a
16:45combination off that there,
16:47and try to maybe see if you can push him back and try and put a dent in him a
16:50little bit.
16:52Trying his best, Sebastian Papeci, but needs some sort of change here, as he challenges for this WBA gold at
16:59Evanstone 6 belt.
17:00This is an opportunity on a big stage.
17:02He's come a long way from Buenos Aires.
17:05And Vadim Tukov in control, and it looks like he's in second gear, maybe.
17:11Just going through the motions a bit, it's very technical from Tukov, it's effective, and it's scoring, and it's winning
17:19the rounds.
17:21You see there from Papeci there, he took, you know, he blocked the shot, but where was the advancement then?
17:27You block, you know, you've got to start, you know, smothering some of that work there.
17:31You take that shot on the clubs, then you break it down, then you just push back, push forward with
17:35it.
17:36And then throw one on your own, so block and counter, slide, slide your foot forward, block, counter, slide your
17:41foot forward.
17:42Every time, stealing that space, and just trying to make Tukov just, you know, rush his work a little bit.
17:49Because at the minute, he's controlling it, and he's calm, and he's only throwing when he wants to, and he
17:53needs to.
17:55And that won't tire him out, even if he's throwing a million punches, that won't tire him out.
17:58No, you're right, and you talk a lot about that, about dictating the pace and conserving energy, and that's exactly
18:03what Vadim Tukov is.
18:05And you don't have to be a fighter coming forward, people think you've got to be the boss in it
18:08from the centre ring and pushing people back, you can dictate the pace on the move, like this.
18:13I mean, comfortably like this, quite easy to do this way, when you have the faster feet.
18:19This is, this is, this is.
18:22Good work from Tukov.
18:29Papesci still coming forward, still thinking of ways to trap his man in the corner.
18:35Tukov has a bit cat and mouse in this round.
18:38Nice.
18:39Some clever work in here.
18:40It's clever work, but it feels like he's playing with his foodie over here.
18:45Yeah, he's in and out, he's just trying to box rings around Papesci, who surely has to back him up
18:52into corners and onto the ropes and let those shots go.
18:56Maybe try and target that body area, take him out of his comfort zone, because at the moment it's all
19:01too easy.
19:02Yeah, and the harder he tries to come forward, the easier it is to hit, and that was always a
19:06worry about that.
19:08My little voice up there from Papesci, but his feet are too slow, that's all.
19:13I don't think, I mean, you are what you are.
19:16I mean, he has the intention, the intention is good, you're trying to get close, and he's not afraid of
19:20letting his hands go.
19:22He's too readable for getting from A to B.
19:25So interesting, isn't it, with boxing, you keep your eyes on the fists, on the punches, but it's the footwork
19:31that is absolutely key.
19:32Vidal Riley was talking about that at your call last night.
19:35The feats are fantastic.
19:38I remember watching Vasyl Lomachenko against Luke Gamble, and I spent about ten rounds watching his feet, they were so
19:43good.
19:44Do you know what I realised how good footwork it was?
19:46I watched Michael Nunn win the IBF Middle World Championship of the World against Frank Tate.
19:51And Southwark vs. Orthodox, and the fight from the waist down was a fight of its own, and the fight
19:57from the waist down was another fight.
19:59It was absolutely beautiful to see where you put your feet at the right time, inside and outside the distance,
20:04outside the foot.
20:05It's amazing how footwork is.
20:07Every punch in the book, if your feet can't get you to the target, they're just a shadow boxer.
20:13What's the key for young fighters, Barry, to do, to work on that side of them, the feet?
20:19What's the best thing they can do?
20:21The first thing to do is learn what you need to release.
20:22Get yourself in the centre of your stance, balance is everything.
20:26With that bump balance, then you can learn the footwork.
20:27And you have to sway your weight from the front foot to the back foot.
20:30And footwork is not about like I was a dancer and a mover.
20:34No, no, I mean, Golovkin had great footwork.
20:36You wouldn't believe it, because you know what the side of the distance is.
20:39There's different horses for courses, of course, but balance is everything.
20:43You've got to get your balance right first, so that's always being neutral, almost all the time.
20:46And then you sort of deviate from that, depending on whether you're being aggressive or defensive.
20:52Fascinating, and that's...
20:53I was never aggressive though, so I don't know what I'm talking about.
20:54Yeah, you have great feet though, and it's so important.
20:58And Tukov demonstrating that, you wait for Dimitri Bibble later on if you want to watch great feet.
21:03And then also, a neutral stance I talk about, he's always...
21:07Always.
21:08He's never that balance, is he?
21:09He's got the perfect balance, hasn't he?
21:12Like an acrobar almost, really, really solid.
21:14Nassim Hammond was, like that wasn't he, a five foot three southpaw who was...
21:19Johnny Nelson!
21:20Incredibly balanced, Johnny Nelson, a huge guy.
21:22And they worked very, very hard on that with the circles and all the different techniques in Brendan Ingalls' gym.
21:28See, we had the squares like the Russians did, rather than the circles.
21:31They used the rectangles and squares.
21:34It's funny how different techniques from different from around the world are they still as effective.
21:38Absolutely, some of the old-fashioned techniques.
21:41And old-fashioned performances from Sebastian Poppeci, who's a southpaw, but he's fighting very aggressively.
21:47And he's come to win, but he just doesn't seem to have the tools, the arsenal.
21:53And maybe just that quality that's needed to negate Vadim Tukov, who's at the moment dancing well around the ring,
22:02utilizing the jab.
22:03The thing is, Poppeci, he is trying to cut the ring off as well, so he's not following on the
22:07ring.
22:08He is sliding to his right-hand side, trying to cut that ring off.
22:11It's just his feet, they're not, he's sort of heel-toe.
22:13You've got to be on the balls of your feet, sliding forward a little bit.
22:16He's walking, heel-toe, heel-toe, which makes you too slow.
22:20And also, what makes you readable, because a guy with good vision will see your front toe, you'll see your
22:24toes come up.
22:25And as soon as your toes come up, he just moves away.
22:28Like, Nassim, look at your feet.
22:30Nassim never looking in the eye, he's looking at your feet.
22:33As soon as you move your foot, he knew what to do.
22:35He'd hit you with a screw shot, or he'd back up, or he'd do whatever he wanted to do.
22:40Very clever, and I think good footwork is often from very early on.
22:46The younger you start, the likes of Floyd Mayweather, who was boxing since he could stand really.
22:53Lovely right hand for Vadim Tukov.
22:55I think the nature you get, the older you get, it's a bit harder, I suppose, with any sport, really.
23:00Yeah, of course, it definitely is.
23:02See, I think your vision grows when you get it.
23:03So that affects your timing, and when you throw a punch, when you don't throw a punch,
23:07and certainly Nassim punch is coming back.
23:09But right now, because Tukov is smarter, has the better feet, better understanding here.
23:16But Perpeci goes full of ambition, but his feet can't keep up with his effort.
23:24He's found 23 wins, Perpeci throughout his career, and you can see at a lower level how he could do
23:33that,
23:33and he's just beginning to have a real go here, and he needs to.
23:38But again, a little late in the round.
23:41Something to build on.
23:43This is an opportunity.
23:44Look at the crowd, look at the stage.
23:47But for now, I think the way the fight has gone so far, what we've seen in the two fighters,
23:52some lovely shots here from Tukov.
23:56Perpeci needs Tukov to slow down, start struggling for pace a little bit.
24:00That's what he needs, and then when his feet slow down, I think,
24:03because he's willing to let his hands go, Perpeci,
24:05and the way he throws, there's a little divider.
24:08He'll have success.
24:10But he hasn't been able to get to the target quicker than any of his desire
24:15to have any sort of meaning in the fight, or certainly on the scorecard.
24:19Turn off the ball, turn off the ball, and then he'll have to go.
24:22Good?
24:23Good.
24:26Team Tukov.
24:28But when you start to tire, Tukov is, you know,
24:30and your feet are not as mobile as they once were,
24:33that's when you've got to start sitting down with the shots,
24:35and trying to walk onto the shots with a bit more weight,
24:38and then you use that semi-circle around the body,
24:41and you stay close, and you, rather back and forth,
24:44you're left and right, just side to side, and pivoting from left to right.
24:48Four to go here.
24:50WBA gold middleweight title on the line.
24:53The come-forward Argentinian colours of Sebastian Horacio Papeci,
25:00and the predominantly black with the red and the yellow stripe of Vadim Tukov,
25:07who's boxed ever so well here tonight, particularly I thought the first four rounds.
25:12Just going through the motions slightly since then,
25:15and Papeci upped the commitment, the tempo,
25:20he's also attempting something different, but he needs something major here,
25:23because he just isn't winning rounds.
25:26No, he's got no idea where he's winning rounds.
25:29But, and two comps really dissipated, and I would argue maybe two dissipated,
25:34because he hasn't really shown, I mean he's shown what the adaptability is,
25:37but no real variety or, or,
25:41pizzazz, I don't know, maybe it's the word I've written before,
25:44I'm not quite sure, but I mean, a little spark,
25:50I mean, Tukov made his pro debut back in February 2020,
25:54and by then Papeci was already a 14-2 pro,
25:58he's, he's been around a long time,
26:00he's kept himself in very good condition,
26:03but, um, with that left eye slightly damaged,
26:08left hook, he attempts.
26:09Does he have an answer?
26:11Does he have a way of prizing Tukov apart?
26:16Nine knockouts on the record, he's,
26:18not a thunderous banger.
26:21You normally say he should have worked the body early,
26:23just throw the legs down,
26:24but he has to never get close enough to do that anyway, is he?
26:26So, I mean, that's just been a problem,
26:28I mean, not his desire to let his hands go,
26:31he's shown, he wants to let his hands go,
26:32and he has some good, some good rhythm to his world,
26:35when he does throw the shots,
26:37he just can't get anywhere near, too costly to let it be any sort,
26:42implement any sort of success.
26:44I mean, now all Gonzalo Garcia didn't win a round against Nikita Zon,
26:47Sebastian Perpeci having the same issue here,
26:49Zon and Tukov just look like they're very comfortable boxing at their pace,
26:55and you've got to be something different to provide them stiffer tests.
27:01I mean, this is a guy that's ranked so high in the WBA,
27:06and in the IBF top ten as well,
27:08he's gonna fight for a world title Vadim Tukov.
27:10You sort of feel right-hand there that he needs more of an examination,
27:15an acid test before he gets that.
27:17Because you watch this, you see how good he is,
27:20but he's having everything so much his own way,
27:23and it's not all because of him.
27:25It mainly is because of his ability, but it's not all because of him.
27:28The other guy, you can see the other guy,
27:29he hasn't got the feet to close the distance,
27:31so you're not sure how good he is of you,
27:33if he steps up a level.
27:35It's not a real test for him.
27:38But, you know if he's in front of you,
27:40and what he's doing, he's negating everything that Perpeci might be good at,
27:44and he hasn't allowed him into the fight at all,
27:46and that's a skill in itself.
27:49Top guard from Ekaterinburg in Russia,
27:53with plenty of action before we get to the IBF and WBA
27:59World Light Heavyweight Championship between Bivol and IFER,
28:03the headline attraction.
28:11Doesn't look particularly tired,
28:13obviously fit for battle every single time,
28:16the 34-year-old from LeJuan.
28:21He's in great shape, and he's giving it a go,
28:24he just isn't good enough.
28:26Yeah, I think the only thing that would be bothered,
28:29though it's probably the frustration part,
28:31that he just can't,
28:33even when he lands with a shot,
28:34he can't get the second shot in the play,
28:37he can't get no sustained success,
28:38if any success, he can't get any,
28:40when he does get a little bit of success,
28:41he can't work off it.
28:47But it's been so comfortable for Tukov,
28:49and then the criticisms that have to creep in,
28:53the C-Morno.
28:54Yeah, the excitement, the finish,
28:56the bit of drama, the flatness of the crowd,
28:59the atmosphere, just when he came in,
29:01was very lively,
29:02and everyone's just almost waiting for something,
29:05it's the pattern of the fight.
29:08Yeah, I mean, I say this,
29:09but if I was in his corner,
29:13about winning, just know,
29:14focus on winning the fight,
29:16I was saying, don't change a thing,
29:18keep doing what you're doing,
29:20keep the focus, keep the concentration,
29:22keep that movement, keep that jab active,
29:25and then when he comes in,
29:26right hand spin-off.
29:28And that's what he's been doing all my time,
29:29so I wouldn't change it,
29:31but for the selling point,
29:33I mean, yeah.
29:35Left hook went in there for Papeshi,
29:37that was a glimmer,
29:38needs more of that,
29:41can he let these combinations go,
29:43just holding on there,
29:45Tukov,
29:46might be tiring slightly down the stretch,
29:48this could be,
29:50a window of opportunity for Papeshi,
29:53because he still looks,
29:54fit enough and game enough,
29:57it's whether he can,
29:58put something sustained together,
30:00he's gotta go for it,
30:01take the risk,
30:02he might not have this opportunity again,
30:04on this sort of stage.
30:07Yes, if he's got it in him,
30:09in that tip,
30:10but he hasn't,
30:10he hasn't shown any,
30:12signs of being able to,
30:14change the pace of his work,
30:16and certainly,
30:17he hasn't shown any signs,
30:18that his feet,
30:19can quicken up,
30:20to surprise,
30:22Tukov with anything at all.
30:24No, I don't think so,
30:25I think he's just got to,
30:27go for broke really,
30:28and let the hands go,
30:29and try and back,
30:32Tukov up,
30:32because as long as,
30:33Tukov is,
30:34utilising his ring intelligence,
30:36it's not gonna work,
30:37and he's gonna win every round like that,
30:38with the right hand,
30:39just chipping away,
30:40good combination back,
30:41but,
30:42he's a very neat boxer,
30:43he's very nice,
30:45lovely body shot,
30:46there's,
30:47that he's showing more,
30:48than just that jab,
30:49earlier,
30:50this is good variety,
30:51from,
30:52Tukov,
30:53there's no bells and whistles,
30:54with him,
30:55it's all just like,
30:56you said something good,
30:57I can't remember what you said,
30:58but it's very much,
30:59steaks in,
31:00like the fundamentals,
31:01you didn't say that,
31:02something about that,
31:02that's pretty much what he is,
31:04he's steeped in that,
31:05that's what,
31:06he's just that's what he,
31:07proper good form,
31:07good shape,
31:08nothing flash,
31:09everything correct,
31:10yeah,
31:10and it can be quite a thousand times,
31:12for it,
31:13you know first,
31:14people that want excitement,
31:14they want knockouts,
31:15he's only provided seven of them,
31:17but it's a different,
31:18sort of art form,
31:19and there are those of us,
31:21me one,
31:21likes the art of boxing,
31:23the craft,
31:24the,
31:25almost like a connoisseur,
31:26the,
31:28speed,
31:28the movement,
31:29like that is,
31:30is wonderful to watch,
31:31it's not just,
31:31about the thrills,
31:33and spills,
31:34and knockout action boxing,
31:36and people don't realise,
31:37how hard it is,
31:38to keep that focus,
31:39and concentration for anyone,
31:40at this,
31:41especially at a higher level,
31:42and not lose,
31:43your shape ever,
31:44and not to make any mistakes,
31:45and not to try,
31:46and do too much.
31:49I love watching you,
31:50you won't crash,
31:51bang wallet.
31:52No,
31:53something else,
31:54you know,
31:55something else.
31:58beautiful boxing,
31:59beautiful boxing from,
32:00Vadim Tukov,
32:01even when,
32:01Sebastian,
32:02with the left hook,
32:03in that round,
32:04that was it,
32:04really,
32:06can't give him anything,
32:08Tukov,
32:09running away,
32:10with this,
32:10WBA gold,
32:11middleweight title defense,
32:13and,
32:13surely,
32:15the big Russian promoters,
32:17will be,
32:18attempting to get him,
32:20into that,
32:21mandatory slot,
32:22for,
32:23a world title challenge.
32:25Yeah,
32:26he's boxed well,
32:26you gotta put on,
32:27a little bit of a show,
32:29maybe if he wants to,
32:30but again,
32:30if I was in the corner,
32:31I'd be saying,
32:32keep doing what you're doing,
32:34don't change,
32:34and deviate from the plan,
32:36everything's working superbly,
32:37but,
32:38from a,
32:38selling point,
32:40if you can just,
32:40up the pace,
32:41put a little bit of,
32:44stardust on this,
32:44on this performance,
32:45then it goes on,
32:46being a stellar performance,
32:47against it,
32:47being a decent opponent,
32:48with ease.
32:49You got six minutes,
32:50Sebastian Papeschi,
32:51to change your life here,
32:53won the vacant,
32:54Argentinian middleweight title,
32:55last time out,
32:56that was a title,
32:57held by,
32:58Carlos Monzon.
33:00Wow,
33:00he's no longer,
33:01the Argentinian champion,
33:03Papeschi,
33:04but he has,
33:05a few minutes left,
33:07to try and,
33:08wrench this,
33:09gold title,
33:10away,
33:12from that into,
33:13from no evidence,
33:14at the moment,
33:14that that's,
33:15a possibility,
33:16but you never know.
33:18He's going to get,
33:20something that he hasn't,
33:21shown us so far,
33:22or literally,
33:22a,
33:23a real,
33:24mistake,
33:24which we haven't seen,
33:25so far,
33:25from Tukov,
33:26either,
33:26so,
33:27yeah,
33:29just a lazy,
33:32jab on it,
33:33from Papeschi there,
33:34and he jumped on him,
33:35straight away.
33:35He's finding the angles,
33:36well,
33:37last two or three rounds,
33:38and,
33:38when he puts the combinations,
33:40together to go,
33:41almost like he was in,
33:42a sort of neutral,
33:43first,
33:44second gear,
33:44earlier on,
33:45and now,
33:46just putting the,
33:47finishing touches,
33:48maybe he knows,
33:49he's not a big,
33:50knockout puncher,
33:51and this is what he does,
33:52just to put some,
33:52to shoeshine,
33:53they say.
33:54I thought he should say that,
33:55because I,
33:55I think he could punch a bit,
33:58he's such a correct puncher,
34:00but he doesn't,
34:00he doesn't turn his body into the shots,
34:02he's just shoulders only,
34:03which is enough weight,
34:05but I think,
34:05if he's just,
34:06if he turns his core up,
34:07it gives him a little bit of a,
34:08smack on the shot.
34:10Will he need that,
34:10when he fights for a world title?
34:12yeah,
34:13I mean,
34:14yes,
34:14I mean,
34:14you can get there,
34:16without power,
34:17but you can't stay there,
34:19you just can't,
34:19I know that,
34:21it's impossible,
34:22you've got to have a,
34:23ultimately,
34:24and so,
34:24and so should be,
34:25by the way,
34:26to be one of the best,
34:27you've got to have everything,
34:28a little bit of everything.
34:30Yeah,
34:31most do go,
34:3212 rounds,
34:33especially at the lighter weights,
34:34when you get to world title level,
34:36they balance each other out,
34:37you remember the great knights,
34:38and the Morales,
34:39and the Barreras,
34:40and Juan Manuel Marquez,
34:41you know,
34:42mostly they went the distance,
34:43but they could all punch,
34:44they could all punch,
34:45you're absolutely right,
34:46they had a bit of everything,
34:47didn't they,
34:47beautiful boxing skills,
34:49movement,
34:49and power,
34:50and it's that blend,
34:51that makes you a great fighter.
34:54Even Mayweather,
34:55look at Mayweather,
34:56everyone says the defensive genius,
34:57as he went through the weights,
34:58but he was,
34:59the biggest punching super fellow,
35:01that ever existed,
35:02let me tell you,
35:02when I was there,
35:03for the angel man,
35:04Freddie Knights,
35:04and Diego Corrales,
35:05he could really punch,
35:07at 9-4.
35:08I thought,
35:09I thought Freddie,
35:10this was a bigger punch-up,
35:12I would say,
35:13how can he beat me up,
35:14this is good,
35:15this is a good display here,
35:16from Tukov,
35:17it really is,
35:18I've actually played this past,
35:19you know,
35:22for Tukov,
35:22and for him,
35:23he's tried to make an effort,
35:24he's walked off the shots,
35:26and, you know,
35:27helped just,
35:29illuminate, though,
35:29because Tukov,
35:30it is,
35:30it is,
35:30it is,
35:31it is,
35:31it is boxing by numbers,
35:40and lacks a little bit,
35:41of stardust to it,
35:42maybe,
35:43but apart from that,
35:44it's a performance,
35:45you know,
35:45that's been really,
35:46really professional.
35:47Sebastian Popesci,
35:48running back to his corner,
35:49looks like he could continue to do this,
35:51round after round,
35:53hasn't been badly hurt at all,
35:55good chin,
35:56he seems solid,
35:58but just being,
35:59picked apart here,
36:01by the excellent fists of Vadim Tukov,
36:03and not just the fists,
36:05the ring intelligence,
36:06the way that he holds the feet,
36:09when he needs to,
36:10and he moves around,
36:12when he wants to frustrate his opponent,
36:14you can see the marks around the eyes,
36:16this is a good performance,
36:17from Tukov,
36:18whatever you see about the drama,
36:20he's got it right again tonight,
36:23boxing well,
36:27when he's gone around,
36:29to find the knockout,
36:31that's the only way,
36:32he can win this Sebastian Popesci,
36:34he needs to find his 10th knockout,
36:36in the 10th round,
36:39but Vadim Tukov,
36:41he's not coasting,
36:42he's boxing with authority,
36:44and he's continually concentrating,
36:46and that's been impressive too,
36:48yeah,
36:49again,
36:49that discipline,
36:51stick to your plan,
36:52and constantly engaging his brains,
36:54he doesn't make any mistakes,
36:57body shots,
36:58always readjusting,
36:59readjusting his feet,
37:00all the time there,
37:00so when Popesci makes,
37:02makes a slight move,
37:03there's a little half a step back,
37:05a little slide with a,
37:05step with the back foot,
37:07slide with the front foot,
37:08he's landed a couple of those,
37:09Sarah Paul Barakans,
37:10Popesci,
37:11but not enough,
37:12and no real combinations,
37:14haven't prized apart,
37:15haven't dented Tukov,
37:17slowed him down,
37:18that's what he needed to do,
37:19and he's got just over two minutes,
37:21to try and find it,
37:22but,
37:23I think it's about levels,
37:25and he'll go back to the,
37:26South American circuit,
37:28and I'm sure he'll pick up,
37:29one or two more titles,
37:30and,
37:30but,
37:31this was the opportunity,
37:32on the big stage,
37:33and,
37:34and Popesci,
37:35I guess will be respectful afterwards,
37:37that,
37:38just wasn't cute enough.
37:39Nah, he's just,
37:40it's a better fighter here,
37:41that's all,
37:41that's all,
37:42shame in that,
37:43you know,
37:43I think he's tried to,
37:44make an effort,
37:45he just hasn't been able to,
37:46his feet have been down,
37:47I think.
37:48So,
37:48let's talk about him,
37:49Tukov at,
37:50world level,
37:52uh,
37:52number one is,
37:53and then there's the Cuban tenor,
37:55Erislander,
37:56Lara,
37:56what would happen,
37:57if he fought Lara next year?
37:58Yeah,
37:59I mean,
38:01Lara's gotta get old,
38:03he's gotta get old,
38:03at one point,
38:07and you're hoping you're gonna,
38:07catch him there,
38:08I think the,
38:08from the movement of Lara,
38:10and the strength he's shown of late,
38:12as well,
38:12I think it would just be too much,
38:14for Tukov,
38:14with boxes at the,
38:15seam a seemingly one pace.
38:17What I think Barry,
38:17is he needs,
38:18a harder test than this,
38:20he needs someone,
38:20who could maybe,
38:21just offer a little bit more,
38:23in the arsenal,
38:25from Popesci,
38:25that's better with the uppercut,
38:26it's almost like,
38:28he's,
38:28he's still there,
38:29and fighting,
38:30but he's just not,
38:31got the ability,
38:32to really test Tukov,
38:34and if he,
38:34passes that sort of examination,
38:36I think he'd have a better chance,
38:37against the Lara,
38:38especially on home,
38:39so on if they could,
38:40get it in Russia,
38:41but,
38:42he needs something else.
38:44Holding his feet here,
38:44a little as well,
38:45Tukov,
38:45in the fire back,
38:48in the range,
38:49and he's been,
38:50begging for,
38:50for the whole fight,
38:51but still coming,
38:52second best,
38:53but Tukov,
38:53some lovely shots.
38:54The better action,
38:55in the,
38:56final,
38:57uh,
38:58dying,
39:00embers,
39:00of this,
39:0110 round,
39:01middleweight contest,
39:03it's been a,
39:04one way traffic,
39:05Vadim Tukov,
39:07Sebastian,
39:07Perpecius,
39:08kept him honest,
39:09kept him working,
39:10but that's exactly,
39:11what Tukov has done,
39:12inside the last 30,
39:13and,
39:13it's been a very,
39:15very good performance,
39:16this,
39:16from the Russian,
39:18from the 32 year old,
39:19who will make it 17,
39:20and 0,
39:22the perfect,
39:23record,
39:24but,
39:24not quite,
39:26the perfect,
39:26test,
39:27for his world title,
39:28credentials,
39:32good performance,
39:33though,
39:33can't really say,
39:34anything negative,
39:36Perpecius,
39:36had a decent go,
39:37in the last round,
39:39and,
39:42well,
39:43I think,
39:45he did think,
39:46there was a couple more,
39:47but it's all over,
39:49Sebastian Perpeci,
39:49my friend,
39:51it's done,
39:51batting Tukov,
39:53winning,
39:54not at a canter,
39:55because he was made,
39:56to work round,
39:57after round,
39:58and Perpeci,
39:58tried his best,
39:59but Tukov,
40:00won everything.
40:02Yeah, he did,
40:02and I,
40:02I mean,
40:04I think it was,
40:05as a canter,
40:06I think it was,
40:07I mean,
40:07even though Perpeci,
40:08did try and make him work,
40:09I don't think,
40:10he did really,
40:12I don't think,
40:13there was ever,
40:13one moment,
40:14that Tukov,
40:15felt,
40:16that he had to,
40:17punch,
40:18when he didn't need to,
40:19or want to,
40:20and that's,
40:20a sign of a quality fighter,
40:22or certainly,
40:23a fighter boxing,
40:23below his,
40:24below his level,
40:25and that's what it was here,
40:26just a fighter,
40:27it was a little bit too good,
40:28too sharp,
40:29vision was better,
40:30ability was better.
40:31I think Perpeci thinks,
40:32it was a 12 rounder,
40:34he's annoyed,
40:34that he's,
40:35not got a couple more rounds,
40:37to try something,
40:37wouldn't have added anyway.
40:38but he,
40:39you're like,
40:40he was gonna,
40:41we'll be pushing the last two rounds,
40:42and people who do that,
40:43try to be mad,
40:44if you could do it in the last two rounds,
40:45do it in the last four rounds,
40:46or the last six rounds,
40:48then.
40:48let's be honest,
40:49he couldn't really do much,
40:50with Vadim Tukov,
40:51who was,
40:52a level above,
40:53the foundations,
40:54the,
40:55solid,
40:56amateur,
40:57pedigree,
40:57the professional run,
40:59that he's gone on,
41:00that's six,
41:01and a little bit,
41:02years,
41:03as a pro,
41:04Tukov.
41:05Um,
41:05I say he needs one,
41:06maybe two more,
41:07before that world title challenge,
41:09but I reckon he'll get it,
41:09in 2027.
41:11Remember the name,
41:12Vadim Tukov,
41:14from Rostevnadonu,
41:15in Russia,
41:16a 32 year old,
41:21looks the part,
41:22box well,
41:23and he will get,
41:24his challenge,
41:26as the number two ranked,
41:27WBA,
41:28fighter in the world,
41:30or if he goes another rope,
41:31the IVF number seven,
41:33he's there or thereabouts,
41:35him and Aaron McKenna,
41:38good scrap wouldn't it,
41:39be a really good scrap,
41:40I'd like to watch that,
41:41he wouldn't be able to coast in athletes,
41:43he certainly would,
41:44McKenna's a lively fighter,
41:45there's the eye damage,
41:47there's the respect though,
41:48between Perfeci and Tukov.
41:50Tukov's a good,
41:50he's very clever though,
41:52he's very technically,
41:53very very good,
41:53he's a lot to like about him.
41:54Will he become world champion?
41:56I don't know.
41:57I don't know.
41:57Come on Barry.
41:58I don't know,
41:59to be honest,
41:59I mean.
42:01You're bombing it like,
42:02Vidal Reilly did last night,
42:03when he was fighting for a world championship.
42:06Yeah, I think he knew more than he'd better know,
42:07that's for sure.
42:08I think he did as well.
42:09I mean,
42:09he has the ability to,
42:10but I mean,
42:11we didn't see anything there,
42:12that told us anything more about him,
42:14and I think,
42:15being able to change the pace,
42:16and he won't put in any pressure,
42:18and how he reacts to that.
42:19That's,
42:19that's quite,
42:20things like that are quite important,
42:21to see how they,
42:21how they cope,
42:23when they step up a level,
42:24because everything's more pressure.
42:25Fighters do fortunately,
42:26do things you don't want to do,
42:27and,
42:28and we haven't seen that yet.
42:29A bit more than the glorified spar tonight,
42:31but I'd like to see Tukov,
42:32in,
42:33a fight,
42:34of,
42:34an examination,
42:35of his heart,
42:37and his will,
42:37before,
42:38that world title tilt.
42:40I just think,
42:40if you tick that box,
42:42you go into the world championship fight,
42:44knowing,
42:44that you can,
42:45come through,
42:47one or two hazy moments.
42:48But there was a line of fighting,
42:49I'll tell you that much for sure.
42:50A good fight!
42:55So,
42:56in 10 rounds,
42:59we go for the judges scorecard.
43:00After 10 rounds,
43:01we go for the judges scorecard.
43:0598,
43:0792,
43:0898,
43:0992,
43:1196,
43:1294,
43:1396,
43:1494,
43:15and 98,
43:1792,
43:1898,
43:1992,
43:20and by six.
43:23The winner,
43:26by unanimous decision.
43:29and still!
43:32Yeah,
43:32unanimous,
43:33very odd,
43:34scorecard 96,
43:3594,
43:36Sebastian Pappesi.
43:38judges,
43:39score in different ways.
43:41Not for me,
43:42but it took off in total control
43:43through that.
43:45We watched a really good demonstration
43:47of the art of boxing.
43:49with number six.
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