In the main event of the boxing evening in Kiev at the arena of the exhibition center ACCO International, former world super lightweight champion Victor Postol (29-1, 12 KOs) won a difficult victory over previously undefeated Jamshidbek Najmiddinov (14-1, 9 KOs) from Uzbekistan. In the fifth round, Postol was knocked down. The the judicial notes: 98-92, 97-92 and 97-92.
Thus, Postol interrupted his more than a year's ring absence and outlined a further way of returning to the title. The next match, according to Vadim Kornilov, manager of Postol, a Ukrainian can hold in the US.
It is worth noting that the fight happed to be much more difficult for Postol than it looked, judging by the score. From the first seconds of the fight, Najmiddinov went ahead and "struck" the opponent with a sweeping left hook that fell on Postol shoulder, but was so strong and unexpected that only the ropes helped him to stand on his feet.
In general, Postol did not look like himself and showed obvious signs of "ring rust" from prolonged absence. In several episodes, in addition to the heavy fall in the fifth round, Postol touched the floor with a glove after the missed shots, but the referee did not start to count. After hearing judges’ scores representatives of the Uzbek team rushed to the supervisor and the referee with complaints about the refereeing. Nadjmiddinov’s coach said that he considers his fighter a winner in this bout.
