Mikhail Misha Aloyan: record, next fight and profile →
The quarterfinal match of the second season of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS), at the bantamweight limit, will see WBO world champion Zolani Tete go up against Olympian Mikhail "Misha"Aloyan in Yekaterinburg on October 13.
Tete vs. Aloyan World Boxing Super Series - BoxingScene.com spoke with Tete (27-3, 21 KOs) about making the decision to participate in the WBSS and selected a former champion in Aloyan (4-0, 0KOs) as his first opponent.
World Boxing Super Series Season Two Draft Photos Gallery - The quarter-finals for Season II of the World Boxing Super Series were set for the tournament’s Super-Lightweight and Bantamweight brackets at a Draft Gala Friday night at the Rossiya Theatre in Moscow.
Top-seeded Ryan Burnett picked unseeded Nonito Donaire as his opponent Friday for the World Boxing Super Series’ bantamweight tournament. Burnett made his selection as part of the of the WBSS “Draft Gala” at Rossiya Theatre in Moscow. Northern Ireland’s Burnett (19-0, 9 KOs) will defend his WBA “super” bantamweight title against Donaire (38-5, 24 KOs), a former four-division champion from San Leandro, California.
WBA Super World Bantamweight Champion Ryan Burnett and bright prospect Mikhail Aloyan are ready for Season II of the World Boxing Super Series. Comosa AG is delighted to verify that Ryan Burnett - despite some media reports indicating the opposite - will be part of the outstanding Season II bantamweight line-up.
In a very hard-fought lightweight affair, Balashikha resident Roman Andreev (21-0, 15 KOs) acquired a vacant WBO International 135lb title and positioned himself further for a world title shot in future with a stoppage win over Welshman Craig Evans at 1:19 of the ninth round.
Two more fights are being added to the biggest Russian boxing event of the starting year (its first part at least) – the World Boxing Super Series semifinal between IBF champion Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs) and WBA regular titlist Yunier Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs) of Cuba.
In the main event of the night WBC #15 rated Mikhail "Misha" Aloyan (3-0) was involved into a strange fight with previously undefeated Nicaraguan Hermogenes Elizabeth Castillo (12-1, 4 KOs) over ten rounds for a vacant WBA International title. Aloyan got the better of Castillo with a split decision and unrealistically differing scores: 100-90 and 98-92 - for Aloyan, 96-94 - for Castillo. Aloyan was fighting in front of his joyous crowd with the Russia's first ever world champion Yuri Arbachakov sitting in ringside.
Recently making his pro debut, super flyweight Misha Aloyan (2-0) continues his fast track to a world title on December 9 in Kemerovo, Russia. Fighting in his hometown in front of a partisan crowd the 29-year old former amateur star will take on Nicaraguan Alexander Espinoza (14-0-2, 7 KOs) in the first defense of his WBC Silver 115lb belt. Aloyan will complete a Nicaraguan year in 2017, as all of his pro opponents are from that state.
Plans are huge for former amateur star Misha Aloyan. According to the “Patriot” promotional company, which governs his professional career, Aloyan is going to defend his WBC Silver title three of four times before landing a world title fight in a star-filled super flyweight division by the midst of 2018.