OREANDA-NEWS Russian Evgeny Kohl defeated Fariozbek Khakimov from Uzbekistan in his professional boxing debut.

The fight in the weight category up to 67 kg at the tournament IBA.PRO 6 in Dushanbe ended with a technical knockout in the sixth round.

The two-time champion of Russia, the winner of the Cup of Russia-2025 rated his fight "at seven on a ten-point scale."

"Professional boxing is definitely different from Olympic boxing. But my style, as the fight showed, is suitable for professional boxing. I liked the fight, and I want to watch the video again to see from the outside how it turned out. I can't say that the punches are much more noticeable here, but I think if you miss a clean punch, you will immediately fall," the press service of the Russian Boxing Federation quotes Kool as saying.

For Khakimov, the defeat was the third in his career with three wins (all by knockout).

In the main fight of the tournament in Dushanbe, the bronze medalist of the 2023 World Championship, the champion of Asia in 2019, the belt holder IBA.PRO Asia Bahodur Usmonov from Tajikistan defeated Filipino Albert Pagara by technical knockout in the third round and won the WBA Gold lightweight belt.

Russian heavyweight Murad Khalidov defeated Halimjon Mamasoliev from Uzbekistan in a bout according to IBA.PRO .

In addition, Maxim Chernichuk defeated Michael King in a rematch by unanimous decision and became the owner of the IBA European champion belt.PRO in weight up to 67 kg.