Loser: Dmitry Mikhaylenko
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“You never get a second chance to make a first impression,” is how the old saying goes.
When you’re from Russia and you are childhood friends with a bad-ass fighter like Ruslan Provodnikov, boxing fans get a certain image of who you might be and what you might fight like.
Unfortunately, we learned early on that Dmitry Mikhaylenko is not Ruslan Provodnikov.
Mikhaylenko isn’t all that impressive. Winning every round but he’s not gonna get any new fans from this. No power, sloppy.
— RoundByRoundBoxing (@RBRBoxing) January 31, 2016
Total shutout so far but Mikhaylenko takes a hard L for not taking advantage of the opportunity. Nothing for viewers to remember. #Boxing — RoundByRoundBoxing (@RBRBoxing) January 31, 2016
HBO’s unofficial judge, Harold Lederman wasn’t impressed with Mikhaylenko, wondering out loud why the Russian couldn’t even knock Mayfield down.
In his big-time television debut, Mikhaylenko won, but he also lost.
