Magomed Kurbanov: record, next fight and profile →
Undefeated junior middleweight Magomed Kurbanov (17-0, 11KOs) takes another step towards title contention when he faces former welterweight interim titleholder Diego Gabriel Chaves (27-4-1, 23KOs) of Argentina. Their 12-round contest takes place Saturday evening at RCC Boxing Academy in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Upset-minded former Russian light middleweight champion Maxim Churbanov almost pulled it off a week ago in Byalystok, Poland. Fighting in his opponent’s backyard, Churbanov used his vast experience and underrated boxing skills to frustrate Michal Syrowatka in a number of rounds but ultimate came short on a very narrow scorecard: 97-94, 97-94, and 94-96.
Michel Soro is now on his third opponent in a bid to capture a secondary title. The 31-year old super welterweight contender will now take on France’s Anderson Prestot, who steps in on just one day’s notice for the World Boxing Association (WBA) “Regular” super welterweight title Saturday evening at Palais des Sports in Marseille, France.
BoxingScene.com had been advised that the World Boxing Association has sanctioned Erislandy Lara vs. Ramon Alvarez for the WBA interim-junior middleweight title. The winner of the fight will collide with the victor of Michel Soro (33-2-1, 22 KOs) and Magomed Kurbanov (17-0, 11 KOs), who battle for the vacant WBA "regular" junior middleweight title on July 20th in Paris, France.
Brian Castano has - as been reported elsewhere - been stripped of the WBA "regular" super welterweight title - for his failure to go through with the fight against Michel Soro (33-2-1) on July 20 in Marseille. The WBA have ordered Soro to fight Erislandy Lara.
In the main event of the evening, Russia-based Tajik Mukhammadkhuja Yakubov (13-0, 8 KOs) earned a methodical yet classy unanimous decision over Mexican import Emanuel Lopez (29-10-1, 13 KOs) in a tactical fight.
Russia - The super middleweight elite has welcome a new player tonight in WBA #15 Vladimir Shishkin, who scored a spectacular knockout of world-rated French veteran Nadjib "The Iron Djib" Mohammedi at 1:49 of the tenth round to retain his WBA Continental belt for the first time.
Following one of its hugest pugilistic nights in history, which happened at the Olimpiyskiy Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia, on July 21, the local fight scene is rapidly getting ready for another installment of the World Boxing Super Series.
Russia - Rapidly rising Tajik star Shavkat Rakhimov (13-0, 10 KOs), who is based at the city of Ekaterinburg, Russia, impressed once again - this time by destroying capable upset artist and former world title challenger Robinson Castellanos (24-14, 14 KOs) in just two rounds. Rakhimov retained his IBO 130lb title for the second time.
A familiar figure is back into the title mix after several years of obscurity, as former world title challenger and former two-time, two-division (featherweight and lightweight) IBO champion Daud "Cino" Yordan (38-3, 26 KOs) completely destroyed Russian lightweight champion Pavel Malikov with a devastating body shot to acquire the WBO I|C lightweight belt and, more importantly, a right to face the WBA 135lb champion, as the fight was billed the WBA lightweight title eliminator.