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According to promoter Andrey Ryabinsky of World of Boxing, WBA/IBF cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (29-2, 22 KOs) will be making his mandatory defense against challenger Murat Gassiev (23-0, 17 KOs) in late November or early December. The fight will take place at a venue to be determined in Russia.
Former featherweight world champion Evgeny Gradovich (21-2-1, 9KOs) of Russia, 30 years old, is ready to return to the ring. The boxer is scheduled to fight again on September 9 in Chelyabinsk, according to local promoter Alexey Titov. The opponent for Gradovich has not been determined.
Olympic bronze medal winner Vyacheslav 'Czar' Glazkov is still recovering from a right knee injury that he suffered in January during a championship fight with Charles Martin.
Main Events CEO Kathy Duva is confident that WBA/WBO/IBF light heavyweight king Sergey Kovalev (29-0-1, 26KOs) will face Olympic gold medal winner Andre Ward (29-0, 15KOs) in the fall - provided both men win their upcoming fights.
A new date is coming together for the rematch between Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko. According to Klitschko's manager, Bernd Boente, October 29th at the Manchester Arena in Manchester is the new date being discussed for the fight.
Andrei Ryabinsky, promoter for former WBA 'regular' heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin, has received confirmation from WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] that his boxer is clean.
WBA/IBF cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev of Russia is backing WBO cruiserweight champion Krzysztof Glowacki (26-0, 16KOs) to come through his mandatory title defense against challenger Oleksandr Usyk (9-0, 9KOs) of Ukraine.
Andrei Ryabinsky, promoter for former WBA 'regular' heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin, likes his chances in winning a recently filed lawsuit against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and his promoter, Lou DiBella.
According to Andrei Ryabinsky, promoter for Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin, they are not looking to take an interim-fight and plan to exercise their right to go for the WBC heavyweight championship against beltholder Deontay Wilder.
Everything is still on course for WBC cruiserweight 'champion in recess,' Grigory Drozd (40-1, 28KOs), who plans to exercise a clause which gives him an immediate world title shot.