By Bill Kozloff

Rising heavyweight puncher Magomed "Mago" Abdusalamov (18-0, 18KOs) is training hard in camp with his coach John David Jackson, as he prepares for his scheduled fight with fellow unbeaten Mike Perez (19-0, 12KOs) at The Theater in New York's Madison Square Garden. The fight will be televised by HBO as the co-featured bout to Gennady Golovkin's defense of the WBA/IBO titles against hometown fighter Curtis Stevens.

Bill Kozloff covers boxing for Allboxing.ru.