The last time veteran super middleweight contender Gabe Rosado faced thunderous punching Bektemir Melikuziev, in June 2021 in Al Paso, Texas, “Bek the Bully” was 7-0, 6 by KO, and there was little to indicate that Rosado wouldn’t be win # 8.
If weirdness counts, the main event was a classic. Bakhodir Jalolov, 251, Sariosiyo, Uzbekistan, 11-0 (11), faced Jack Mulowayi, 242, a Congolese fighting out of Merksem, Belgium, 11-3-1 (7), in a clash of heavyweight hopefuls.
Shakur Stevenson, the 21-year-old wunderkind who captured a silver medal for the United States at the 2016 Rio Olympics, will begin his 2019 campaign with his toughest professional bout to date.