QUEENSBERRY’S present on the York Corridor on Friday night time is topped by a 10-rounder between unbeaten heavyweights. David Adeleye and Dmytro Bezus are each 10-0 going right into a combat screened reside on BT Sport.
For each it’s their first combat over the space and to organize, Adeleye has been in Florida for 5 weeks sparring Adam Kownacki, Carlos Negron, Andrew Tabiti and extra.
Coach Frank Greaves joined him for the final three weeks and could have Darrell Chambers alongside him within the nook at York Corridor.
Chambers, who fought out of the Kronk gymnasium beneath Emanuel Steward in his 22-2 professional profession, has assisted SugarHill Steward and was there when Adeleye sparred Tyson Fury.
Adeleye has additionally sparred Anthony Joshua and, after solely round 30 beginner bouts, he made his professional debut in December, 2019.
He’s received 9 of his first 10 early and Friday is a big night time for Adeleye, an bold 26-year-old from Ladbroke Grove, West London. From the beginning, one of many questions has been how, at 6ft 4ins tall and round 24lbs, will he address the larger heavyweights?
Bezus is a much bigger heavyweight. He stands 6ft 6 ½ins tall and at round 275lbs, he may outweigh Adeleye by 40 lbs.
Bezus isn’t only a massive lump. He can transfer out and in – although isn’t fleet of foot – and has an honest punch output.
Bezus doesn’t all the time punch his weight, nonetheless. He was taken the complete six by Frenchman Marcel Dessaux, beforehand bombed out in two by Nathan Gorman, regardless of having a 51lbs weight benefit.
Adeleye and Bezus are untested over the longer distances;
Each have solely been previous 4 rounds as soon as with neither getting previous six.
Primarily based in Latvia, Bezus is from the Ukraine, the place he began out as a kickboxer, just like the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali.
Bezus received the beginner world Muay Thai super-heavyweight title in 2009 and as a professional, he has fought on Glory, the game’s main platform.
In contrast to the Klitschkos, Bezus didn’t have an intensive beginner boxing profession and didn’t make his professional debut till he was 30 years outdated, in November, 2019. He celebrates his 34th birthday a month after the combat with Adeleye.
He had a factors win over Obidjon Tokhirov (2-0-1) in Istanbul final June, whereas the most effective wins on Adeleye’s document are his slender and controversial factors win over gatekeeper Kamil Sokolowski (10-21-2) and a four-round stoppage of Dominik Musil (6-3), a fighter subsequently bombed out in a single by Johnny Fisher.
Greaves says Friday night time’s combat with Bezus could play out the identical means because the Musil combat, in November, 2021. He expects Adeleye to concede across the similar quantity of weight – 31lbs – and predicts an analogous consequence.
He says Adeleye plans to “hold him off stability and soften him up with the jab after which begin loading up after three or 4 rounds.
“Bezus comes ahead, however he doesn’t do it shortly. He offers you lots of goal to goal at and I believe he can be shocked by how fast and arduous David can punch.”
The Musil combat was at York Corridor and so was Adeleye’s final combat, a second-round stoppage of game-but-outgunned Mexican Elvis Garcia (9-3) final November.
Adeleye dropped Garcia thrice within the second spherical after hurting him early within the session and by no means letting him get better.
There was discuss of Adeleye boxing German Michael Wallisch – beforehand crushed over right here by a rusty Joe Joyce – on the Tyson Fury-Dereck Chisora III undercard final December.
That didn’t occur and Bezus appears a stiffer take a look at. Wallisch has presumably been softened up by his losses, whereas Bezus brings a successful fighter’s mentality.
He’s additionally hardened by his fight combating expertise, however as Greaves says, Bezus is there to be hit. In opposition to Tokhirov, Bezus got here ahead along with his lead hand low and shipped rights.
Adeleye may have success with an analogous punch, so long as he doesn’t search for it an excessive amount of, as he did towards Sokolowksi, who was capable of learn his intentions after being tagged within the opening spherical.
Adeleye admitted his mistake afterwards, saying: “I used to be sitting on the again foot teeing off. I didn’t jab.” Greaves additionally believes his fighter was “overcooked” that night time having spent too lengthy within the gymnasium. He has seen enchancment within the 4 fights since.
Adeleye regarded affected person and polished when breaking down Musil and Stockport southpaw Chris Healey (9-8) and we are going to go for him to do the identical to Bezus and get the stoppage across the halfway mark.
On a busy night time for Queensberry, unbeatens Mark Chamberlain and Henry Turner are additionally in 10-round motion.
Of the 2, Chamberlain, a stiff-hitting southpaw from Portsmouth who’s stopped seven of 11 to date with out on the lookout for the KO, is matched more durable.
The 24 12 months outdated faces Vairo Lenti, a former unbeaten Italian light-weight champion who’s received his final three.
Lenti was matched with 9-0 southpaw Gianluca Picardi for the vacant Italian title in April, 2021 after shedding three of his earlier six – and pulled off the upset.
Lenti received 96-94 on all of the playing cards and deservedly so.
He boxed round Picardi early on after which outworked him down the stretch.
Lenti appears to do the fundamentals properly sufficient. He has a good guard, fast jab and good engine and he’s by no means been stopped.
Chamberlain, dominated out of boxing final October with a shoulder harm, acquired a breakthrough win final trip, outpointing Marc Vidal, a 33-year-old former European featherweight champion, final July.
Chamberlain shook up the Spaniard early, then took a couple of himself because the proud veteran fought again earlier than punishing him down the stretch.
There have been some one-sided rounds from the seventh onwards.
Chamberlain received clearly on the playing cards and might achieve this once more on Friday night time.
Turner, a refined southpaw who received the 2016 European Junior title and is properly considered within the commerce, meets 36 12 months outdated Spaniard Zeus De Armas (15-2-1).
Turner had an exclamation-mark KO final trip, flattening
Argentine Jorge Abel Bermudez (11-3) within the second with a southpaw and has stopped two of his final three after successful his first six on factors.
The 22 12 months outdated is a refined technician who works the physique properly and walks opponents onto his again hand.
The chances are, Turner can be too good for De Armas, who received his first 12 towards opponents with shedding information, however is 3-2-1 in his final six.
He has been stopped twice and Turner can cease him as properly.
