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World Of Boxing Expands Into The United States
Moscow, Russia (February 6, 2019) World of Boxing, one of
the premier international boxing promoters and based in
Moscow, Russia is marching into the United States on
Saturday, March 9, 2019 with two of its top charges, WBA
Light Heavyweight World Champion Dmitry Bivol, (15-0, 11
KOs), and Undefeated Heavyweight Contender Sergey Kuzmin,
(14-0, 11 KOs), featured in bouts from the Turning Stone
Casino in Verona, N.Y. and broadcast on the streaming
service DAZN.
Bivol’s world title defense against Joe Smith Jr., (24-2, 20
KOs), will headline the show in a scheduled 12-round clash
while Kuzmin will face an opponent to be announced in a
ten-round bout. The event is co-promoted with Eddie Hearn
and Matchroom Boxing
Founded by Andrey Ryabinsky in 2012, World of Boxing has
promoted many of the sport’s biggest events featuring
numerous members of their roster including heavyweight world
title challenger Alexander Povetkin, cruiserweight world
champion Denis Lebedev, undefeated welterweight prospect
Sergey Lubkovich, former lightweight world champion Edward
Troyanovsky and former cruiserweight world champion Grigory
Drozd in addition to Bivol and Kuzmin.
On September 22, 2018, World of Boxing co-promoted with
Matchroom Boxing the World Heavyweight Championship between
Anthony Joshua and Povetkin which drew 80,000 boxing fans to
Wembley Stadium in London, England and was viewed by a
massive international televised audience.
Said Ryabinsky, “I’m very happy with the great athletes and
tremendous events we’ve been able to promote since 2012. We
now enter a new chapter where many of our fighters will be
further competing in the United States and we welcome this
challenge to fight the best boxers situated in that
country.”
The philanthropic Ryabinsky also played an extensive
financial role in the recovery of Russian heavyweight
contender Magomed Abdusalamov who suffered a brain injury
following a fight in November 2013, underwriting many of the
costs associated with his therapy and family assistance.
“I considered it my personal duty to help Magomed although I
didn’t promote him. He was a true Russian warrior and I was
honored to help him and his family and will continue to do
so as needed.”
One of World of Boxing’s top prospects, 2016 Olympic Bronze
Medalist Murodjon Akhmadaliev impressed an HBO nationally
televised audience improving to 5-0 with a ninth-round
knockout of Isaac Zarate in their scheduled ten-round super
bantamweight bout on November 24, 2018.
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