Alex Bunema Floors Roman Karmazin twice en route to Knockout

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• Filed under: Alex Bunema, Roman Karmazin
• Date: Jan 20,2008

By Phil Santos – Overhandright.com

In a fight that was bordering on unwatchable, Alex Bunema stunned Roman Karmazin scoring a 10^th round knockout. Karmazin, who appeared to be in slight control of the fight, got caught by a stiff left hook which promptly deposited him on the canvas. He quickly rose to his feet and appeared steady before Bunema unloaded a solid combination ending with a hard right hand. Karmazin dropped and lay draped over the bottom rope with his head and shoulders outside the ring.

The fight was stopped and Alex Bunema had made a statement. He had finally broken through on the big stage and defeated a top tier contender. For Karmazin the loss was a costly one at this point in his career. At 35 years old and now having suffered the first knockout defeat of his career one has to wonder where Karmazin goes from here.

Conversely Alex Bunema has created an opportunity for himself to secure meaningful bouts with top rated Junior Middleweights. Having suffered losses to Kassim Ouma and Jermain Taylor, both former titlists, can be forgiven but defeats coming at the hands of Bronco McKart, Anthony Jones and Robert Kamya are definite cause for concern. This win could be a turning point and at 32 years old he can’t afford another defeat. At the time of the stoppage my scorecard read 86-85 in favor of Karmazin. Alex Bunema improves to 29-5-2 (15) while Roman Karmazin falls to 36-3-1 (23).