Russian Evgeny Tishchenko became world boxing champion
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Russian Evgeny Tishchenko became world champion according to the World Boxing Association (WBA). He won the fight in a new weight category – bridgerweight. This weighs up to 101.6 kg. The fight took place in Dubai. Tishchenko’s opponent was an athlete from Germany Leon Hart. The Russian knocked him out in the sixth round.
A new weight category was introduced in order to differentiate between cruiserweight and super heavyweight. It got its name from the name of a six-year-old boy, Bridger. who saved his little sister from a pack of stray dogs.
Evgeniy Tishchenko is 32 years old. He had nine fights in professional boxing. Eight of them were won by knockout. The athlete also performed in amateur boxing. He has Olympic gold to his name.
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