Ponomarev's Return Pushed To Ramirez TruTV Bill

By Yuri Tarantin

23-year-old Russian welterweight contender Konstantin Ponomarev (28-0, 13KOs) has received a new date for is next ring return. He was scheduled to come back on November 7th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas - which is headlined by WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, who faces Brandon Rios in a bout topping an HBO televised card.

According to his co-promoter Alexey Vasiliev of Ural Boxing Promotion, Ponomarev will now return on November 20th as part of a TruTV card from the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The card is headlined by super middleweight Gilberto Ramirez taking on Gevorg Khatchikian.

He returns from a very impressive win where he dominated previously undefeated Canadian prospect Mikael Zewski in May. The Russian fighter is trained by veteran coach Abel Sanchez.

According to his co-promoter, the scheduled opponent Rico Mueller (19-1-1, 13KOs) of Germany suffered a minor injury and needed some extra time. Mueller has won ten fights in a row since losing a six round unanimous decision back in 2010 to Lukasz Maciec. Mueller holds the IBO's Inter-Continental welterweight championship.

Yuri Tarantin covers boxing for Allboxing.ru