Grozny - WBO #4 and IBF #10 rated super middleweight Aslambek Idigov (21-0, 7 KOs) retained his WBO European 168lb title and his pro record intact with a very hard-fought unanimous decision against fellow countryman Sergey Gorokhov (11-4-2, 7 KOs). The bout served as the main event of a huge night of boxing in Grozny, the Chechen Republic, Russia, billed as the "Time of legends - VII". The Chechen president and leader Ramzan Kadyrov was watching the entire card and giving tips to the boxers of the Akhmat Fight Club.

Idigov, 25, was as relentless as ever, trying to pressurize his opponent from the opening bell. The stocky, muscular Chechen lacks dynamite in his punches but his pressure and stalking is almost unavoidable. Gorokhov, 31, who was one fight removed from a road stoppage of the 27-0 Serbian Marko Nikolic, didn't try to avoid the unavoidable but rather expected to trade punches with the local favorite. His was slower than Idigov, and his punches were heavy but also slow. Yet he regularly found room for his sneaky right uppercut and occasional left hooks. Though, Idigov landed many more punches, Gorokhov's blows looked very telling, and one can argue they brought more damage with them.

Idigov's pressure started to vain after the midpoint, while Gorokhov was still fresh. One of the reasons was that Aslambek concentrated on the head-hunting, while rare body attacks proved to be a more difficult task for the Russian boxer. Sensing his own gas tank was emptying, Idigov changes tactics by throwing less and moving backwards more in rounds seven and eight. Those were big Gorokhov's rounds. Idigov caught the second wind in the ninth and continued punching to overcome Gorokhov's tough resistance. Both fighters threw all but a kitchen sink at one another in the tenth, and Gorokhov could be just a notch better in that stanza.

After ten rounds, scores were 97-93, 96-94 and 96-94 - for Aslambek Idigov. Gorokhov showed once again he is far from finished in this weight class.

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"The Sniper" proved to be a fitting name for the 36-year old veteran Islam Edisultanov (12-0, 8 KOs), a former amateur standout, who became the first fighter to stop durable Hungarian Lazslo Toth (30-6-2, 19 KOs) inside the distance. The fight was stopped at the beginning of the fifth stanza.

Toth, 33, who fought (and lost to) the likes of Kerman Lejarraga, Vyacgeslav Senchenko and Qudratillo Abdukakhorov, was trying to impose his will on Edisultanov by jumping on the inside. The three-time former Russian national silver medalist expected just that, using his firm southpaw left cross to tag Toth on his way in. The Hungarian was missing wildly and was kept unbalanced by the veteran stylist. In rounds two and three Edisultanov added more pop to his game, sometimes cornering the Hungarian and landing combinations in succession - a rare option for a sharpshooter, best known for his single punches.

The fourth turned into a disaster for the Hungarian. Edisultanov landed several punches and put Toth down with a finishing left hook. Toth tried to recuperate but Edisultanov dropped him down again - this time it wasn't ruled a knockdown by the referee. Toth was hit time and again before the break came for him as a salvation. As the fifth round was about to start, Toth's cornerman threw in a red towel to signalize the surrender. Edisultanov acquired a vacant WBC International Silver light middleweight title with this victory.