Alexei Egorov’s opponent for the December 16 fight in Moscow has become known

Russian boxer Alexey Egorov will fight with the Americans Joe Jones December 16 in Moscow. The tournament organizers informed .

The heavyweight fight between Egorov and Jones will headline the match between the Russian and American teams. These competitions will take place as part of the next show “The Night of IBA Champions”. Former WBA Gold heavyweight champion Alexey Egorov has 12 victories and only one defeat in November 2022 against WBA champion Arsen Gulamiryan.

Jones has 14 wins and nine losses. The American fought with such opponents as Junior Anthony Wright, Joey Dyveko, Derick Miller Jr. and others. In his last fight, Jones won a unanimous decision over Vernon Webber in October. Jones will box for the first time outside the United States.

The match between the teams of Russia and the United States will take place in the form of professional boxing, the fights will consist of four rounds of three minutes each.

The full composition of participants in the Russia-USA match is as follows::

up to 60 kg: Vsevolod Shumkov (Russia) – Abel Mendoza (USA);

up to 72 kg: Yuri Osipov (Russia) – Nikita Ababiy (USA);

up to 75 kg: Pavel Sosulin (Russia) – Kwame Ritter (USA);

Up to 80 kg: Beshto Shavlaev (Russia) – Ronald Ellis (USA);

over 90.7 kg: Alexey Egorov (Russia) – Joe Jones (USA).

Also on December 16, two 10-round fights will take place. Former WBC Youth belt holder Konstantin Ponomarev (35-2, KO 14) returns to the ring after a two-year absence and will challenge for the Russian super middleweight championship belt with Orkhan Gadzhiev (14-2-2, KO 11). The international boxing evening in Moscow will open with the confrontation between Muhammad Shekhov (13-0-1, KO 4) from Uzbekistan and Leonardo Carillo (17-0-1, KO 8) from Colombia.

Watch live broadcasts of boxing tournaments on the TV channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.