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. With all sixteen participants in attendance, the fighters came face-to-face live on stage, with the seeded fighters picking their quarter-final pairing from the remaining four, except when predetermined by mandatory challenges.
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHTS:
Regis Prograis vs. Terry Flanagan
(WBC interim super lightweight title)
Josh Taylor vs. Ryan Martin
Kiryl Relikh vs. Eduard Troyanovski
(WBA super lightweight title)
Ivan Baranchyk vs. Anthony Yigit
(IBF junior welterweight title)
BANTAMWEIGHTS:
Ryan Burnett vs. Nonito Donaire
(WBA “super” bantamweight title)
Zolani Tete vs. Mikhail Aloyan
(WBO bantamweight title)
Naoya Inoue vs. Juan Carlo Payano
(WBA “regular” bantamweight title)
Emmanuel Rodriguez vs. Jason Maloney
(IBF bantamweight title)