Zaur Abdullaev: record, next fight and profile →
Former lightweight contender Jack Catterall, newly minted heavyweight Richard Riakporhe and junior welterweight prospect Adam Azim were announced Thursday as participants on “The Ring: Unfinished Business” Eubank-Benn card.
The undercard for the Chris Eubank-Conor Benn II undercard has been announced, and it features Adam Azim, Richard Riakporhe and Jack Catterall in separate bouts.
Punch stats for Raymond Muratalla's 12-round unanimous decision win against Zaur Abdullaev
Raymond Muratalla’s pursuit of a world title may be days away if three-division champion Vasiliy Lomachenko opts to retire and surrender his IBF lightweight belt.
It’s the question that hovers over Saturday night’s IBF interim lightweight title fight: What are they fighting for? A belt? Or for Vasiliy Lomachenko?
Top Rank is moving the Raymond Muratalla-Zaur Abdullaev IBF interim lightweight title bout to May 10 in San Diego to respect Abdullaev’s observance of Ramadan, an official familiar with the situation told BoxingScene Wednesday.
Raymond Muratalla is reportedly negotiating an interim IBF lightweight title fight against Zaur Abdullaev, with the winner to face Lomachenko for the full title.
IBF lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko is almost at the end of a 60-day medical extension but will have to decide in the coming weeks whether he is to continue his career.
Ekaterinburg - In the main event of a grand card in Ekaterinburg, Russia, organized by the RCC Boxing Promotions, local lightweight favorite Zaur Abdullaev (19-1, 9 KOs) outpointed former WBA super featherweight titlist Roger Gutierrez (27-6-1, 21 KOs) from Venezuela over ten uneventful rounds.
Tomorrow, February 10th, RCC Boxing Promotions, arguably the most resilient Russian promotional company in recent years, led by indomitable German Titov, will host one of the biggest boxing events in Russia since the beginning of the Ukrainian war. Fourteen fights constitute the card of the event, five of them being ten-rounders, and the main event is scheduled for twelve rounds. There will be no major or minor title bouts, but several international encounters will draw solid attention.