April 4 tournament in Yaroslavl, the main fight of which was supposed to be a fight for the WBA Asia lightweight belt with the participation of a Russian Alexei Mazur moved This was announced by promoter Kirill Shchekutyev.
On April 4 in Yaroslavl, Mazur (9-0, KO 5) was scheduled to meet Lauren Japhet of Tanzania (17-6-3, KO) in a 10-round fight. For Mazur, this is the second postponement of the title fight. The Russian was supposed to challenge for the WBA Asia belt on March 8 at a tournament in Maykop in a duel with another Tanzanian boxer, Saidi Mkola (9-0-1, KO 5), but the African withdrew from the fight for medical reasons. the reasons.
— Due to increased security measures after the tragic events at the Crocus City Hall, it was decided to postpone the Yaroslavl tournament indefinitely. But we are also planning to organize this boxing evening in Yaroslavl,” reports the correspondent of , according to Shchekutyev’s words.
Since the end of February 2022, the belt of one of the four main world professional boxing organizations has no longer been played on the territory of the Russian Federation. Still as part of this tournament in Yaroslavl, the third match was to be played by the Russians Georgy Chelokhsaev (22-2-1, KO 14) and Evgeny Pavko (19-5-1, KO 13).
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Source : MatchTV
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