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.