Russian boxer Alexey Mazur On April 4 in Yaroslavl, he will fight in ten rounds for the WBA Asia lightweight belt with Lauren Japhet from Tanzania. The tournament organizers informed .
Mazur has nine victories in the professional ring. Japhet has a record of 17 victories, six defeats and three draws. This will be the first time he has performed outside of Africa.
Mazur was supposed to challenge for the WBA Asia lightweight belt on March 8 at a tournament in Maykop in a duel with another Tanzanian boxer Saidi Mkola (9-0-1, KO 5). But for medical reasons, the African could not fly to Russia and the title fight with Mazur was postponed.
For the first time since the end of February 2022, a belt of one of the four main world professional boxing organizations will be played on the territory of the Russian Federation. Previously, associations refused to allow title fights in Russia.
In the co-main event of the show, Russian Georgy Chelokhsaev (22-2-1, KO 14) will enter the ring, who will face his compatriot Evgeniy Pavko (19-5-1, KO 13) in a lightweight match of 10 rounds. struggle. These boxers already met in November 2017 in a fight for the vacant belt of champion of Russia, when Chelokhsaev won by technical knockout in the tenth round.
Multiple Russian championship medalist and 2022 Spartakiad winner Yuri Osipov (4-0, KO 3) will compete in a ten-round junior middleweight fight with compatriot Andrei Maik (10-3, KO 1).
The boxing evening on April 4 in Yaroslavl will be broadcast live on the channel.
Source : MatchTV
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