Details on the rivals in the eight-round middleweight bout between Alejandro Silva and Issah Samir, going down at Sony Hall in New York City on Wednesday evening.
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8 Rounds —
Middleweights
ALEJANDRO SILVA
Record — 19-0-1, 14 KO’s
Height — 5’10”
Weight — 156.4
Age — 29
Originally from — Misiones, Argentina
Fights out of — Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Silva s at present ranked twenty eighth in the world by the World Boxing Council (WBC) as an excellent welterweight (154 kilos).
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Made his skilled debut in April 2016 with a second spherical TKO over Brian
David Aranda.
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Sustained a attract his third professional battle in opposition to Gonzalo Andres Chaparo. That
is, to date, the solely blemish on his file.
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In February 2020, he gained the Argentinian championship at 154 kilos with a ten
spherical determination over Emiliano Exequiel Pucheta. He defended that belt 4
instances.
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Experienced slightly adversity in November 2020 when he hit the deck in the
fifth spherical in opposition to Javier Maciel, however he got here again to finish a 10-round
determination victory.
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Was concerned in a slightly weird incident in February 2021 when he confronted
Gabriel Omar Diaz. Silva had been holding Diaz, and had him in what amounted to
a one-armed entrance headlock. But then Diaz bit Silva on the arm, laborious sufficient to
have Silva writhing in ache, and after a assessment, the referee disqualified Diaz.
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Scored an excellent win in June of final yr when he took care of enterprise
in opposition to southpaw Diego Ramirez, who got here into the bout with a file of 23 –
4–1, successful a ten spherical determination.
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Silva’s final flight was on September 2, scoring a fourth spherical stoppage of
Jesus Pina Najera.
* Doesn’t thoughts taking part in the position of the aggressor, and is aware of the right way to minimize off the ring. You can classify him as essentially sound.
ISSAH SAMIR
Record — 19-1, 16 KO’s
Height — 5’9″
Weight — 156
Age — 33
Originally from — Accra, Ghana
Fights out of — Las Vegas
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Samir grew up in Accra, Ghana, and he grew to become conversant in the sport as a result of
his father did some boxing. He grew to become extremely adorned in his nation, and gained
a silver medal at the 2007 All- Africa Games.
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He beat Bruno Julie of Mauritius to qualify for the 2008 Olympics. In the bantamweight
division, he misplaced his opening spherical bout on factors to Hector Manzanilla of
Venezuela. Oddly, Julie, who additionally made it to the Olympics, gained a bronze medal.
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Issah is the brother of Bastir Samir, who represented Ghana as a light-weight
heavyweight in the 2008 Olympics. Interestingly, Bastir had jumped from
welterweight all the method as much as mild heavyweight in the area of a yr in
order to discover a opening to qualify. And he’s now 20 –0–1 as an expert.
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Issah turned professional in July 2011 with a second spherical TKO of Abdul Majid. In
one other odd twist, despite the fact that he had certified only a few years earlier than as a
bantamweight for the Olympics, Samir made this professional debut at 155 kilos.
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He knocked out every of his first eight opponents. And to proceed his fast
climb up the ladder, he gained the IBF World Youth title at 154 kilos in May 2013
with a 3rd spherical TKO of Robizoni Omsarashvili.
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Won the 154 pound title in his native Ghana with a 12-round determination over
Ishmael Tetteh (September 2012).
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All of his fights had taken place in Ghana till the final one, in December
2020, as he was stopped in three rounds from by Aidos Yerbossynuly, who was
undefeated at the time. After being floored in the third, Samir paced round
the ring however didn’t seem as if he wished to proceed.
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That battle happened in Kazakhstan, and there have been three completely different “belts“ on
the line: the WBA worldwide tremendous middleweight, the WBC Asian Boxing
Council tremendous middleweight and the WBO international tremendous middleweight.…… For what
it’s price. Samir has not fought since. .
*This
shall be the first battle for him in the United States, though he lives in
trains in Las Vegas.
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Samir is a fairly good standup boxer. Hold his palms excessive. Jabs lots, and has
a sneaky left hook.
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Refers to himself as a “cool and mild man,“ except he’s inside the ring,
that’s.
