Jose Valenzuela won rounds without winning moments, Serhii Bohachuk survived a rough middleweight trade, and Oleksandr Gvozdyk was stopped in a finish that likely closes the book on his run at the top.
Valenzuela and Diego Torres opened with a 10-round lightweight fight. Torres came straight ahead, textbook Mexican pressure, tight guard, left hook ready. Valenzuela gave him nothing familiar. It was awkward boxing, but it worked. Torres had his best look in the fourth, splitting Valenzuela’s right eye with a left hook that left blood pouring. He chased the cut, but Valenzuela refused clean exchanges and kept resetting at odd angles. The judges followed the control rather than the damage, all three scoring it 99–91. Valenzuela moves to 15-3, 9 KOs. Torres drops to 22-2, 19 KOs.
The card then turned heavier, and rougher.
Bohachuk and Butaev trade without answers
At middleweight, Serhii Bohachuk and Radzhab Butaev fought a bout that felt brutal. Butaev looked thick and strong, a reminder that his welterweight days are long gone. Early rounds were close, but Bohachuk absorbed more of the cleaner shots. There was no sustained game plan from either corner. It played out as turns taken in center ring, one man punching, then the other answering.
As rounds wore on, Butaev’s breathing told the story. Mouth open. Feet slower. Whether the added weight caught up with him or the pace did, his output dipped late. Bohachuk stayed upright and active enough to edge it on two cards. The scores reflected the confusion, 96–94 Bohachuk, 96–94 Butaev, and 96–94 Bohachuk. Majority decision. Bohachuk improves to 27-3, 24 KOs. Butaev slips to 16-2, 12 KOs.
Kalajdzic upsets Gvozdyk late
Oleksandr Gvozdyk looked sharp early against Radivoje Kalajdzic. A fast left-right dropped Kalajdzic in the first. Another knockdown came in the fourth, this one from body work. It looked like a controlled return for the former WBC light heavyweight champion.
Then the seventh arrived. Gvozdyk walked onto a right hand and his legs betrayed him. A second right sent him down. He rose, but never recovered his balance. A third right flattened him hard. Gvozdyk beat the count, staggered backward into the corner post, and referee Ray Corona stepped in at 2:47. Kalajdzic moves to 30-3, 22 KOs. Gvozdyk falls to 21-3, 17 KOs, and this result reads like a closing chapter rather than a setback.
Gvozdyk’s loss isn’t merely a late-round lapse; it reflects a broader pattern among aging champions who return without adapting. His early dominance masked an evident decline in recovery and punch resistance. Kalajdzic capitalized precisely when Gvozdyk’s motor functions faltered—a physical reality masked by experience until it no longer could be. This wasn’t an upset; it was inevitability catching up.
I must respectfully disagree, Wayne. Gvozdyk’s performance until the seventh showed tactical discipline and sharp execution—traits not characteristic of someone in irreversible decline. One punch can change everything in boxing, and while his loss was dramatic, we cannot conflate a single moment with career-long deterioration without deeper physiological data.
While I acknowledge Valenzuela’s strategic awkwardness disrupted Torres’ rhythm, I find it troubling that the judges placed such overwhelming emphasis on control over damage. Effective aggression and clean punches should carry greater weight in scoring, especially when one fighter is bleeding heavily from a well-placed shot. A 99–91 card across the board seems less reflective of reality than of a systemic bias for style over substance.
That middleweight fight was sloppy as hell. No defense, just punch for punch like a schoolyard scrap 🥴. Ain’t nobody gonna be champ fighting like that.
Right? I seen amateurs with more control and plan than them two clowns last night 💯.
‘Fight of the night’ my foot! It was two tired guys hoping the other one falls first 😂.
Torres got robbed man 😡. He made Valenzuela bleed like a stuck pig but still lost? Judges must’ve watched another fight or they getting paid off or something.
Gvozdyk had it in the bag and then got lazy. You can’t just cruise when you ahead, these dudes will catch you slipping real quick. That third knockdown was nasty 😬.
Bohachuk didn’t look like no winner to me. If you just trading shots with no plan, how that make you a better fighter? Judges just guessing now.
Exactly bro! They was both swinging wild and nobody looked in control. That’s not boxing, that’s backyard brawling 😤.
I don’t understand how Valenzuela won that fight so easy. If you bleeding all over your face, that should mean you losing 🤷♂️. Damage should count more than just dancing around.