By Alexey Sukachev

The scene is set for a relatively big fight tomorrow at the CSKA sports arena in Moscow, Russia. The main event will see WBA #7 Khabib Allakhverdiev (16-0, 7 KOs) making an ambitious crack at the IBO light welterweight title against tough-as-nails South African Kaizer Mabuza (24-8-3, 15 KOs), a former challenger for the vacant IBF crown.

In two featured undercard bouts, comebacking WBC #7 and WBA #11 cruiserweight Grigory Drozd (34-1, 24 KOs) looks for another spectacular kayo against Brazilian Fabio Garrido (25-2, 21 KOs), and formerly rated lightweight Eduard Troyanovskiy (10-0, 7 KOs) is also scheduled for ten versus another Brazilian, Claudinei Lacierda (14-3, 10 KOs), who has never been stopped.

The weights are in order for all of the main participants:

Khabib Allakhverdiev 139.8 vs. Kaizer Mabuza 140
Grigory Drozd 200.2 vs. Fabio Garrido 194.3
Eduard Trojanovskiy 140 vs. Claudinei Lacierda141.7

Also in the mix are:
Oleg Liseev (4-1, 2 KOs) vs. Denis Tupilenko (2-20)
Maxim Chemezov (5-0, 2 KOs) vs. Mikola Korenev (2-15)

Doors are set to open at 7:30 PM. Telecast by Russia 2 channel begins at 8:20 PM LT.