Introducing super middleweight contender Pavel Silyagin

Source: WBC

22/03/2021

Introducing super middleweight contender Pavel Silyagin

Pavel Silyagin W12 Azizbek Abdugofurov... Russian super middleweight Pavel Silyagin became a contender by defeating Uzbekistan's Azizbek Abdugofurov by unanimous decision on Saturday in the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing card headlined by Artur Beterbiev vs. Deines at Megasport Arena in Moscow. A former amateur national champion, Silyagin is listed as 7-0 but a more accurate record is 17-1 including the World Series of Boxing. Little known outside Russia. He used his longer reach and deftly switched between right-handed and southpaw stances, delivering punches from all angles against a slower Abdugofurov (13-1). It was a tough fight and each bloodied the other`s nose. But it was Pavel who effectively applied the more intelligently sustained pressure. The judges had it 120-108 and 119-109 (twice) for the dominant Silyagin, age 27. source: wbc