By Alexey Sukachev

Russian top-notch recent pro debutants Dmitry Bivol and Sergey Kuzmin will next fight in the States on February 18, says their manager Vadim Kornilov, who is best known to guide world champions Denis Lebedev, Ruslan Provodnikov and Victor Postol among others.

“We have already fought this way in the States, and this time we shall have a similar card, which will be co-promoted by the "World of Boxing," said Kornilov.

The other promoter is Roy Englebrecht as the fight card is set to take place in Costa Meza, California. There were no official announcements regarding the opponents of the Russian prospects.

Dmitry Bivol, 25, was featured in the recent story about the best prospects of 2015. The Russian light heavyweight is 5-0, 5 KOs, since making his debut in November 2014. Bivol has never fought against anyone with less than 25 fights and against anyone with a losing record.

Heavyweight Sergey Kuzmin (5-0, 3 KOs), 28, was also matched only with fighters, who have more wins than losses, including former world title challenger Darnell Wilson, whom he has stopped in his debut stateside. BoxRec lists local heavyweight Avery Gibson (6-5-3, 2 KOs) as Kuzmin’s next opponent. Gibson, 33, had some solid victories, including one over Ecuadorian amateur standout Ytalo Perea.

Also on the card is another prospect Ruslan Madiev (7-0, 3 KOs) from Kazakhstan.