Oscar Ahlin W10 Michal Ryba... With two big light heavyweight punchers fighting, a stoppage for either man was more or less expected on Saturday in Malmo, Sweden. But it didn't turn out that way, as Sweden's Oscar Ahlin and Michal Ryba from the Czech Republic went the full ten rounds in a close and competitive fight at the Quality Hotel. Judges Ake Johansson and Mika Moisio scored the fight 97-93 and 96-94 for Ahlin, while judge Mikael Hook had it for Ryba by 96-94, making the local man the winner by split decision.

 

A professional since 2011, this was perhaps the most significant win to date for the 34 year-old Ahlin, who improved his professional record to 26-2. The southpaw Ryba, age 30, had won his last eight going into this fight, and proved that he is much better than his 20-11-1 record suggests. This was only his third defeat in his last seventeen outings. The fight was the main event of a show promoted by Armand Boxing Promotions, headed by former WBO world champion Armand Kranjc.