We're back, for now

Gabor Balogh continues his march to the HOS by turning a rare hat trick: knockdown, point deduction AND a DQ all in the very first round of loss #43 (and of course a shout goes out to 25-2 Attila Kovacs for taking a fight like this in the first place).

Result from Slovakia's final show of 2008: A second loss to Stefan Berza in four months. Berza may have sabotaged his own HOS chances with those two outcomes alone, but on the bright side of things, this could be the dawn of something special for the 18-year old, 7 losses-in 3 countries-in 8 months Mr. Nemeth. Although he's probably not related to this gent, they're still a pair to watch, especially in light of Attila's performance last February 3rd.

Also in 2008: Cristian Nicolae probably punched his ticket to the HOS (barring too many more screw-ups like the one in February).