Kiryl Relikh: record, next fight and profile →
Russell vs. Escandon Photos Gallery of Weigh-In - Unlike the first fight Showtime will televise Saturday, there weren’t weight issues at the scale Friday in Oxon Hill, Maryland. All six boxers scheduled to participate in the final three fights of Showtime’s split-site quadrupleheader came in below the contracted limits for their fights Saturday night at MGM National Harbor.
Unlike the first fight Showtime will televise Saturday, there weren’t weight issues at the scale Friday in Oxon Hill, Maryland. All six boxers scheduled to participate in the final three fights of Showtime’s split-site quadrupleheader came in below the contracted limits for their fights Saturday night at MGM National Harbor.
Photos of Final Press Conference Gallery - Featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. and top challenger Oscar Escandon went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before they square-off in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING this Saturday, May 20 from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - Cuban star Rances Barthelemy will look to take one step closer to becoming the first Cuban fighter to win world titles in three weight classes when he battles Kiryl Relikh in a WBA 140-pound title eliminator on Saturday, May 20 on SHOWTIME from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - An exciting night of action will feature super middleweight contenders Andre Dirrell and Jose Uzcategui in a matchup for the Interim IBF Super Middleweight World Championship plus two-division world champion Rances Barthelemy in a WBA 140-pound world title eliminator against Kiryl Relikh on Saturday, May 20 from the recently opened MGM National Harbor in Maryland and live on SHOWTIME.
The World Boxing Association has ordered a final world title eliminator between junior welterweight contenders Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KO) and Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 KO).
Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KO) is expected to put himself back in line for a world title, this time in the junior welterweight division, with an April IBF eliminator being worked on. According to the Cuban former world champion, there are ongoing talks to stage a final eliminator against Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 KO), and the winner would become the mandatory challenger to current IBF junior welterweight world champion Julius Indongo.
Ricky Burns was left admiring the power of Kiryl Relikh after a thrilling win over the hardy Belarusian at Glasgow's SSE Hydro Arena on Friday night. It was the Coatbridge fighter's first defence of his WBA world super-lightweight title, and he was made to work for the victory.
Burns, a three-weight world champion, was backed up by the Belarusian in the first three rounds, and couldn't counter with any effect until the end of the fourth.
Glasgow, Scotland - WBA junior welterweight champion Ricky Burns (41-5-1, 14KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated mandatory challenger Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19KOs). The scores were 118-110, 116-112, 116-112.