Photo: Evgeny Gradovich and Robert Garcia Hit Spain

By Yuri Tarantin

Former IBF world featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich, 29-years-old, is in Spain with with his head trainer Robert Garcia as their are putting the finishing touches on their preparation for the upcoming fight on January 9 in Picanya (Province of Valencia, Spain). The opponent for Gradovich will be 28-year-old Mexican contender Jesus Galicia. Gradvoch and Garcia arrived in Spain on Sunday.

As part of the evening, there will be three other Russian fighters in action - 28-year-old welterweight Aslanbek Kozaev (26-1-2, 7KO), 30-year-old light heavyweight Sergei Ekimov (13-0, 7KO) and 28-year-old debutant Sergei Shigashev.

This night of boxing will be carried live in Russia on "Match TV"and starts at 22:30 Moscow time.

Gradovich is pondering the idea of dropping down in weight to pursue a world title at 122-pounds. He was considering the idea of facing WBO super bantamweight world champion Nonito Donaire on April 23rd, but then had second thoughts and wants to test the waters to see how his body reacts to the new weight.

Yuri Tarantin covers boxing for Allboxing.ru