Denys Berinchyk, from defending Ukraine from Russian attack, to becoming European champion

The fight ended in the freezing night of London and both boxers raised their arms in victory, but the decision rested with the judges. They have to decide between the French champions Yvan Mendy (47, 22 KOS-7-1) and the Ukrainian Denys Berinchyk (18, 9KOS-0-0), who came into the event with an undefeated ring.

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The fight, as the great occasion demanded, was settled on 12 rounds of three minutes each, throughout which neither boxer was much the better of the other, though the atmosphere gradually felt that the champion MendyDespite landing two good rights in the 9th and 12th rounds, he may have been guilty of excessive conservatism, of not putting all the meat on the grill, in front of a tough applicant who did not lose face in the fight and left for all in the last three matches of the match.

In these last three minutes Denys Berinchyk he threw a pair of lower hands towards his opponent and the occasional right, but he couldn’t imagine, based on his last reactionMendy that he would lose this fight and surrender his EBU super lightweight crown to his rival.

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It seemed like a closed match, but in the moment of truth the three judges (Victor Loughlin, Kieran McCann and Kevin Parker) did not see it that way, giving the following scores: 117-112, 116-112 and 116-112 and, by extension, awarding the applicant as champion.

An applicant (silver in Olympics in London and silver to Bazu World Championship, Azerbaijan) who at 34 years old did not box for a year. In March he was at the front defending his country from the attacks of the Russian army and then headed Montenegro to put himself in the hands of his coach to reach the duel against Mendy in the best condition. The work has paid off.