Competitors details in the eight-round middleweight match between Alejandro Silva and Issah Samir, which took place at Sony Hall in New York City on Wednesday night.
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8 rounds — Middleweight
ALEJANDRO SILVA
Record — 19-0-1, 14 KO
Height — 5’10”
Weight — 156.4
Age — 29
Originally from — Misiones, Argentina
Outward match — Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Current Silva ranked 28th in the world by the World Boxing Council (WBC) as a super heavyweight (154 pounds).
* Made her professional debut in April 2016 with a second round TKO against Brian David Aranda.
* Hold the tie in a third professional match against Gonzalo Andres Chaparo. So far, that’s the only flaw on his record.
* In February 2020, he won the Argentina championship in the 154-pound division with a decisive 10th round against Emiliano Exequiel Pucheta. He defended that belt four times.
* Experiencing a bit of adversity in November 2020 when he hit cards in the fifth round against Javier Maciel, but he came back to complete the win in 10 decisive innings.
* Involved in a rather odd incident in February 2021 where he faced Gabriel Omar Diaz. Silva got hold of Diaz, and got him locked in the head with one hand. But then Diaz bit Silva on the arm hard enough to make Silva writhe in pain, and after reconsidering, the referee sent Diaz off.
* Scored a very good win last June when he handled the job against men’s Diego Ramirez, who entered the match 23 – 4–1, winning the 10th round decisively. determined.
* Silva’s last flight was on September 2, scoring a fourth-half goal against Jesus Pina Najera.
* Not afraid to play the invader, and knows how to cut the siege. You can classify him as basically sound.
ISSAH SAMIR
Record — 19-1, 16 KO
Height: 5’9″
Weight — 156
Age — 33
Originally from — Accra, Ghana
Fight Out — Las Vegas
* Samir grew up in Accra, Ghana, and he got acquainted with the sport because his father played boxing. He rose to fame in his country and won a silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games.
* He defeated Bruno Julie of Mauritius to qualify for the 2008 Olympics. In bantamweight, he lost to Hector Manzanilla of Venezuela in the opening match in points. Oddly, Julie, who also competed in the Olympics, won a bronze medal.
* Issah is the brother of Bastir Samir, who represented Ghana in light weight at the 2008 Olympics. through the qualifying round. And he is now 20 -0–1 as a professional.
*Issah turned pro in July 2011 with Abdul Majid’s second round TKO. In another odd twist, even though he qualified just a few years ago as a bantamweight for the Olympics, Samir made this professional debut in the 155-pound division.
* He knocks out each of his first eight opponents. And to continue his rapid promotion, he won the IBF World Youth title at 154 pounds in May 2013 with a third-round TKO against Robizoni Omsarashvili.
* Won the 154-pound title in his home country of Ghana with 12 decisive rounds against Ishmael Tetteh (September 2012).
* All of his matches were in Ghana until the last, in December 2020, when he was stopped for three innings by Aidos Yerbossynuly, who was unbeaten at the time. After being knocked out in the third round, Samir walked around the ring but didn’t act like he wanted to continue.
* That match took place in Kazakhstan, and there were three different “belts” for the title: the WBA international super-middleweight, the WBC Asian Boxing Council super-middle, and the WBO global super-middleweight. ……For its worth. Samir has not fought since. .
*This will be his first game in the United States, even though he lives on trains in Las Vegas.
* Samir is a pretty good standing fighter. Raise your hand high. Jabs abound, and has a sneaky left hook.
* Calls himself a “calm and gentle guy”, unless he’s in the ring, ie.
