On February 24 at the Freedom Event Hall in Kiev, Ukraine, unbeaten super lightweight Mishiko Beselia (17-0, 12 KOs) of Cherkassy, Ukraine, will fight for the first in his career title against Vladislav Melnik (5-0, 3 KOs). The belt of the champion of Ukraine will be at stake.
The duel will take place within the International Tournament MMA PRO UKRAINE 15. The tournament organizer is the Professional League of MMA PRO UKRAINE with the participation of the Klitschko's K2 Promotions Ukraine.
The card of the evening has 12 fights, 2 of which will be title bouts. The main event of the tournament will be the battle for the title of European MMA champion between Ukrainian Maksim Pashkov and Brazilian Gustavo Vurlitzer.
Watch the photos from Mishiko Beselia's open training.
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach at a press conference said that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has a number of problems that need to be resolved in the nearest future. Earlier, the Executive Committee of the IOC decided to extend the suspension of AIBA financing, and also demanded from the association to submit a report on the state of affairs in the organization by April 30.
"The decision of the executive committee is absolutely clear and understandable," Bach said. "We want a number of improvements to be made, we want to see explanations on financing, anti-doping and so on. And this is not one problem, it's a whole bunch of problems. When we come to the Youth Olympic Games, the IOC wants to be sure that there is a serious anti-doping program, the judging system should also be at the proper level. "
At the end of last year, the head of AIBA Ching-Kuo Wu resigned after being accused of the deterioration of the financial situation in the organization. His place was taken by the vice-president of the organization Franco Falcinelli, who soon also left this post. Gafur Rakhimov was eventually appointed as an interim president of AIBA. Elections of the president of AIBA will be held in Moscow in November.
WBO and WBC cruiserweight champion Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and IBF and WBA title holder Russian Murat Gassiev will meet in the final of the World Boxing Super Series on May 11 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
In ten days, on February 17th, in Manchester the first semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series in the super middleweight division will take place. Two fellow countrymen, two "sworn friends", George Groves and Chris Eubank, Jr will collide for the WBSS finale. Super Series within one week gave two spectacular semi-finals in cruiserweights. It is the turn of super middleweights to please the respectable audience, which is the focus of the 25-minute documentary about the "battle for Britain".
WBO and WBC cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk does not want his fight against IBF and WBA title holder Murat Gassiev on May 11 to have a political connotation. Usyk will try to do everything to make this confrontation purely sportive.
Andrei Ryabinsky, the head of the Russian promotion company "World of Boxing" believes that the fight between his ward Alexander Povetkin and British David Price will become a training before the fight with the unified champion Anthony Joshua.
Former world champion Kostya Tszyu shared his opinion about the fight between Russian Murat Gassiev and Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk in the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) finale. The match is scheduled for May 11 in Saudi Arabia.
Former world middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (33-2, 29 KOs) on April 28 in Brooklyn may face undefeated Pole Maciej Sulecki (26-0, 10 KOs). Initially, the most likely candidates for Jacobs' fight in April were Spike O'Sullivan and Andy Lee. According to ESPN, Sulecki can sign the contract before the end of this week.
Watch 25-minute documentary about the final week before the fight and the day after the second semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series, which happened on February 3 in Sochi, and where two previously unbeaten world champions - Murat Gassiev and Yunier Dorticos fought for 2 titles.
Ukrainian Alexander Usyk and Russian Murat Gassiev, two undefeated world champions, will challenge the Mohammed Ali Trophy and a prize of $10 million in the final of the World Boxing Super Series, scheduled for May 11 in Saudi Arabia. The total prize fund of the tournament will be 50 million.
