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Albert Batyrgaziev will defend his IBA belt at the Betting League tournament. Night of IBA Champions” in Ufa
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Olympic champion, interim WBA champion Russian Albert Batyrgaziev will defend his IBA champion belt in weight up to 60 kg against former WBA super champion Nicholas Walters from Jamaica on October 17 in Ufa. This 10-round match will be headlined by the Betting League tournament. Night of IBA Champions”, which will be held as part of the forum “Russia – a sports power”.
Batyrgaziev won the IBA title in December 2023 at the IBA Night of Champions tournament in Dubai, when he defeated multiple Olympic medalist Cuban Lazaro Alvarez by unanimous decision. Now Albert will hold his first defense. The last time a Russian entered the ring was in July in Serpukhov, when at the League of Betting tournament. IBA Night of Champions” defeated Irishman Jono Carroll by technical knockout in the ninth round and won the interim WBA super featherweight champion belt.
Walters has an early victory over Nonito Donaire in 2014; it was in that fight that the Jamaican won the WBA Super featherweight belt. Walters suffered his only defeat in 2016 in a fight with Vasily Lomachenko. After that confrontation, Walters’ next official fight took place in early 2023. And since then, Walters, 38, has won three times.
In the co-main event “Betting League. Night of IBA Champions” two-time world champion, Olympic finalist, European champion 2024 Russian Muslim Gadzhimagomedov will make his first defense of the WBA belt in bridgerweight in a 12-round fight with German Leon Hart.
Also in Ufa, two WBA Asia belts will be played. The holder of the IBA European champion belt, a native of Ufa, Artur Subkhankulov, will challenge the title in the second featherweight with the Chinese Liu Wensong. Finalist of the 2015 World Championship, two-time European champion, five-time Russian champion Vasily Egorov will try to win the flyweight belt against WBO African champion Joseph Immanuel from Namibia. And finally, boxers from the Republic of Bashkortostan Azalia Amineva and Danis Gabdrafikov will hold their next fights.
Tournament “Betting League. IBA Night of Champions” in Ufa will be organized by the International Boxing Association, the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Bashkortostan with the personal support of the Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan Andrei Nazarov, as well as Iron & Gloves Promotions and Dynamo Boxing Promotions with the support of the Russian Boxing Federation. The general partner of the show will be the bookmaker company Liga Stavok. The boxing evening on October 17 will be broadcast live on the Match TV channel.
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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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