Ievgen Khytrov To Face Josh Lutheran in Ukraine

By Steve Kim

BoxingScene.com has been advised that middleweight prospect Ievgen Khytrov will return to the Ukraine to face Josh Lutheran on October 31st for the NABF middleweight title. This card will be co-promoted by Fight Promotions and Krivbass Boxing.

Also scheduled to be on this card is Ismail Sillakh and Andrei Rudenko and Pavlo-Ogneslav Ischenko.

Khytrov (11-0, 10 KO's), who was last seen on August 7th where he stopped Nick Brinson, is co-promoted by DiBella Entertainment and Fight Promotions and advised by Al Haymon.

This will mark Khytrov's fifth fight of the year. He made his debut in the Unites States in 2013 and the upcoming fight will be his first professional fight on home soil.

Steve is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.