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The fight between Alexey Egorov and Joe Jones will lead the match between Russia and the USA
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On December 15 at 16:00 at the bookmaker’s club “Betting League Private Betting” (Moscow, Bolshoy Putinkovsky per., 5) the official weighing procedure for participants in the “Betting League” tournament will take place. Night of IBA Champions. Russia versus the USA.” Free admission.
“League of Betting. IBA Night of Champions will be held on December 16 at the International Boxing Center in Luzhniki. The main fight of the evening is a heavyweight fight between former WBA title challenger Alexei Egorov (12-1, KO 8) and Joe Jones (14-9, KO 10).
Former holder of the WBA Gold belt in the first heavyweight, Russian Alexey Egorov (12-1, KO 8) will meet American Joe Jones (14-9, KO 10) on December 16 in Moscow. This heavyweight fight will headline the “Betting League” match. Night of IBA Champions. Russia vs. USA”
These competitions will be held as part of the next IBA Night of Champions tournament, organized by the Soyuz promotion company with the support of the International Boxing Association (IBA) and the Russian Boxing Federation.
In November 2022, Egorov fought for the full WBA heavyweight belt, but, unfortunately, lost to the Frenchman Arsen Gulamiryan. Egorov had already managed to “cover up” that failure with a quick victory over his compatriot Vladimir Zhigailov. That fight took place in May in Yekaterinburg.
28-year-old Jones has fought against such strong opponents as Junior Anthony Wright, Joey Dyveko, Derick Miller Jr. and many others. In his last fight, Jones won a unanimous decision over Vernon Webber in October. Jones will be boxing outside of the United States for the first time.
The match between the teams of Russia and the USA will be held in the format of professional boxing, and the fights will consist of four rounds of three minutes each.
List of participants:
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)
90.7+ kg: Alexey Egorov (Russia) – Joe Jones (USA)
Also on December 16 there will be two 10-round fights. Former WBC Youth belt holder Konstantin Ponomarev (35-2, KO 14) returns to the ring after a two-year layoff and will challenge the Russian super middleweight champion belt with Orkhan Gadzhiev (14-2-2, KO 11). The international boxing evening in Moscow will open with a confrontation between Muhammad Shekhov (13-0-1, KO 4) from Uzbekistan and Leonardo Carillo (17-0-1, KO 8) from Colombia.
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Famous British organizer Frank Warren He commented on the situation around the world heavyweight champion according to WBC, WBA and IBF Alexandra Usika.
“We’ll see what happens with Oleksandr Usyk. He’s only fought once this year, which has had a negative impact on his high-level title fights. He needs to defend his belts next year. If he doesn’t do that, he’ll have to give up his titles,” Warren said.
Previously, Alexander Usik (24-0, 15 KOs), the holder of the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles (over 90.7 kg), talked about his plans and admitted when he plans to end his professional career. The boxer recently vacated his WBO title and lost his status as absolute world champion.
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Absolute world champion in the second lightweight category Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) commented on the victory of the fight played on Saturday, December 27th.
In Saudi Arabia, the Japanese representative defeated Mexican Alan David Picasso by unanimous decision and defended his WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF titles.
After the final bell, the reporter asked Inoue whether he should take the first place in the ranking of the world’s strongest boxers, which is currently occupied by Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.
“Mr. Usyk came to watch my fight tonight, but I’m actually not very happy with my performance. I should have done much better. So I won’t say anything about the rankings and I’ll do much better next time,” Inoue admitted.
Usik visited Riyadh to watch the Japanese “Beast” fight and after the fight, he went to the ring to congratulate the champion on his victory.
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The strongest boxers of our time – Ukrainian Alexander Usik and Japanese Naoya Inoue – We met in the ring of Mohammed Abdo Aren in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) on December 27th.
On this day, a boxing night took place, the main event of which was the fight in the weight category up to 55.3 kg. WBC, WBO, WBA, IBF world champion Inoue (30-0, 27 KOs) defeated his Mexican opponent Alan David Picasso (32-0-1, 17 KOs).
The fight continued for all 12 rounds and ended with a confident victory for the Japanese “Beast” by unanimous decision.
After the final gong, Usik approached the champion in the ring, congratulated him on his victory and shook hands. Inoue admitted that he was not 100% satisfied with his performance and appreciated the Ukrainian’s place in the ranking of the strongest boxers of our time.
Next year, Usik plans to fight against former American champion Deontay Wilder, and Naoya is considering two options: Junto Nakatani or Jesse Rodriguez.
VIDEO. Kings of the boxing world. Usyk congratulates Inoue after victory in Riyadh
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