WBA cruiserweight super champion Arsen Goulamirian (26-0, 18 KOs) will fulfill his mandatory defense against former gold beltholder Aleksei Egorov (11-0, 7 KOs) on Friday in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The bout was ordered by the WBA Championships Committee months ago and the bout was auctioned as part of the organization’s ongoing world title reduction plan.
The following night in the same city, WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (18-0, 11 KOs) will defend his title against Umar Salamov (26-1, 19 KOs). Bivol has been WBA champion since February 2017 and has defended his championship seven times. This will the first of three fights in Russia for Bivol under a new 3-way deal with RCC Boxing Promotions and World of Boxing.
– Did anyone else know about the Bivol fight?
– It’s not even televised….WTF??
Yeah kind of crazy! Hes so avoided it’s nuts. I don’t think Beterbiev, Smith and obviously Canelo don’t want that smoke. He’s a crazy good boxer. He’s too perfect without the real KO power o it makes him seem boring. Guy doesn’t lose rounds. Literally. Lol
Its probably om Russian March4 channel. Lots of apps out there with this on.
DAZN has this fight start time 11:45 am sat ..
I knew about them, forgot that they were coming up so soon though. I think Salamov pulled out of the Joe Smith fight because of visa issues, so this works out just fine for him. Smith – Salamov would have been a war and we might not get to see it anytime soon, but this works. Bivol will probably pick him apart. That same card has Kurbanov – Patrick Teixeira as well.
I have no clue what to expect from Goulamirian – Egorov. I think Goulamirian is the better fighter, but they have both been off nearly 2 years. Anything could happen.
Bivol has turned into Erdei of early 2000-2010 era
No wonder why you don’t hear about his fights with a promotional team like that, doesn’t look like they are doing much for his career
Egorov to win. Well thats who im rooting for.