Ustinov-Butler on 10/10, Chudinov Out With Injury

By Luke Furman

Russian promoter Vladimir Hryunov announced certain changes today to the upcoming card being staged on October 10th in Venezuela. The main event will feature Jorge Linares defending his WBC lightweight title against tough Mexican Ivan Cano.

Heavyweight giant Alexander Ustinov (31-1) will enter the ring that night. Hryunov has revealed his opponent to be Alonzo Butler (29-3-1), who has never been stopped. They will battle for the WBA International championship.

Hryunov is looking to position Ustinov for a mandatory shot at Klitschko by the end of 2016.

Also, Dmitry Chudinov is now off the card. He sustained a very serious cut in training and had to be pulled from the show. Hryunov has replaced him on this with
Sergey Khomitsky (30-11), who returns from his brutal knockout win of Adam Etches. And he will take on Chudinov's original opponent Alfonso Blanco.

Luke Furman covers boxing for bokser.org.