2021 Russian heavyweight world champion Marc Petrovski will not be able to participate in the IBA Night of Champions tournament, which will take place on February 3 in Serpukhov near Moscow. The organizers of the show informed .
Petrovsky was supposed to fight for the IBA European champion belt in weights above 92 kg with Croatian Milan Marko. Petrovsky has seven professional victories (5 by knockout). In his last fights, the Russian won victories over the former regular champion of the WBA, Australian Lucas Browne, and the former contender for the WBC belt, American Kevin Johnson, who received Russian citizenship early January.
In the main fight of the tournament in Serpukhov, the three-time champion of Russia, bronze medalist of the 2023 World Championship Vsevolod Shumkov and finalist of the World Championship in Tashkent, Cuban Saidel Orta will compete for the title of contender for the IBA professional belt in weight up to 57 kg.
The tournament will be broadcast live on February 3 on the channel.
Source : MatchTV
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