Gradovic vs Doheny on December 15 in Yekaterinburg, Russia

Evgeny Gradovich
Evgeny Gradovich

Russian Evgeny Gradovich and Australian TJ Doheny will fight for the position of mandatory challenger for the world champion title of International Boxing Federation (IBF) in the featherweight division on December 15 in Yekaterinburg.

This reported the executive director of the promotional company RCC Boxing Promotion Alexei Titov: "We agreed to hold a battle on December 15 in Yekaterinburg," he said.

The main event of the evening will be a bout of Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin. The most likely rival of Povetkin at the moment is Christian Hammer from Germany.