For Tishchenko, who is a Rio 2016 Olympic gold medalist, tonight's win was a successful return to the ring after losing in the WBC Eliminator to Tabiso Mchunu.
Also that night, Zaur Abdullayev (14-1, 8 KOs) defeated former WBC champion Dejan Zlatichanin (24-3, 16 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC silver title. The scorecards were 118-110, 119-109 and 117-111.