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Carrion Retains UBO World Title by Stopping Sanchez Sulzer in Four Rounds
Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) world welterweight champion Marcial Carrion successfully defended his title on Saturday night, October 10, in Iquique, Chile, against brave challenger Fernando Sanchez Sulzer.
With the support of a large crowd at the Arena Cavancha, Carrion looked sharp and focused from the start, against a man who had come to fight his chance in what was the biggest fight of his life.
The first two rounds were intense and contested relatively evenly, Bolivia’s Sanchez Sulzer coming forward and Carrion working well with his jab and counters to body and head. While the home-town hero was landing the cleaner shots, Sanchez Sulzer kept trying to get through with his own power punches, and it looked like it could be a hard night’s work for Carrion.
However, in round three the momentum was clearly with the champion, and Sanchez Sulzer was finding it difficult to retaliate when under pressure. It was the beginning of the end, as Carrion was decisively superior from that point.
In round four Carrion came out fast, and scored two knockdowns with right hands. Sanchez Sulzer beat the count of referee Claudio Villanueva both times, and fought back, but was soon floored a third time with a vicious uppercut. At that point Villanueva had seen enough and waved it off, saving the courageous Bolivian from further punishment. Official time of stoppage: 1:54 of round four.
Promoted by TC2 Boxing, Carrion improved his record to 23-1 (7). Sanchez Sulzer, who entered the fight on the back of three knockout victories, drops to 12-3 (6).
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GLORY COLLISION 10: Mory Kromah Defends Heavyweight Title Against Antonio Plazibat on December 12
ARNHEM, Netherlands — The stage is officially set for one of the biggest heavyweight kickboxing fights of the year, as GLORY COLLISION 10 will feature reigning GLORY Heavyweight World Champion Mory Kromah defending his title against Croatian knockout artist Antonio Plazibat.
The championship showdown takes place Saturday, December 12, inside the iconic GelreDome, one of Europe’s premier stadium venues, promising a spectacular night of elite kickboxing action. The same card also features an eight-man Welterweight Grand Prix, where champion Chico Kwasi’s belt will be defended through the tournament, and a clash between Tarik Khbabez and Mohamed Touchassie.
Kromah (38-3-1, 25 KOs) enters his second heavyweight title defense after an unforgettable performance at GLORY COLLISION 9. The champion retained his crown in spectacular fashion by knocking out Milos Cvjeticanin with a devastating flying knee that quickly became one of the year’s most viral combat sports highlights — according to GLORY, the knockout generated more than 10 million views across the promotion’s social media platforms, helping establish Kromah as one of kickboxing’s fastest-rising global stars.
The rivalry needs no selling. At a promotional staredown in Rotterdam in September, the two men had to be separated in a scuffle that left a security guard on the canvas, and they were put in the same room again at the GLORY 110 fan zone in Antwerp this past weekend.
“Plazibat thinks he is coming to take my belt. He can think again,” Kromah said. “He already had his time in GLORY. This is a new era, the Mory Kromah era. When my knee connects to his chin, he will go to sleep and only dream of becoming GLORY champion.”
Plazibat (24-5, 17 KOs) secured his opportunity by delivering an emphatic knockout victory over Anis Bouzid at GLORY COLLISION 9, immediately solidifying himself as the division’s No. 1 contender. The Croatian powerhouse made his intentions perfectly clear.
“The plan is simple. I will smash his face and beat him down until he quits,” Plazibat said. “No more playing heavyweight for Mory Kromah. He does not know the world he is entering when he is in the ring with me.”
The heavyweight title Kromah holds was made famous by Rico Verhoeven, who ruled the division for a decade before leaving GLORY for the boxing ring — where he challenged Oleksandr Usyk for a world title in Egypt in May. Verhoeven is back in the headlines this week: the Dutchman says he has accepted an offer to box former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder on December 11, the night before COLLISION 10, though Wilder’s agreement and the final terms are not yet confirmed.
Tickets for GLORY COLLISION 10 are on sale now through GLORYKickboxing.com.
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