Muslim Gadjimagomedov On March 3 in Sochi, he will fight with Cuban Julio Cesar La Cruz for the world champion belt of the International Boxing Association (IBA). The manager of the Russian boxer Eduard Kravtsov spoke about this to .
Gadzhimagomedov’s official statistics include three victories in the professional ring. Gadzhimagomedov and La Cruz met three times, the score of their confrontation was in favor of the Cuban. La Cruz beat the Russian in the final of the 2020 Games and in the semi-final of the international tournament in Morocco in 2023. Gadzhimagomedov beat the Cuban last August at the IBA Night of Champions tournament.
— Gadzhimagomedov will perform on March 3 in Sochi at the “IBA Night of Champions” tournament as part of the International Student and Youth Festival. Muslim will fight for the IBA world title with his old rival La Cruz. This is a most interesting fight that will not leave anyone indifferent,” Kravtsov told .
Gadzhimagomedov is a two-time world champion, winner of the 2019 European Games and silver medalist of the 2020 Olympic Games. La Cruz is a two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion.
The first tournament of the IBA Night of Champions series in 2024 will take place on February 3 in Serpukhov and will be broadcast live on the channel. In the main fight of the series, Russian Vsevolod Shumkov will meet Cuban Saidel Orta.
Source : MatchTV
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