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Andrew Moloney vs. Froilan Saludar & Denys Berinchyk vs.
Isa Chaniev Headline Upcoming Cards On ESPN+
From two continents, a pair of pre-Christmas fight cards
will stream live and exclusively in the United States on
ESPN+. It all kicks off Saturday, Dec. 18 at the Ice Palace
in Brovary, Ukraine, as 2012 Olympic silver medalist Denys
Berinchyk defends his WBO International lightweight title in
a scheduled 12-rounder versus Isa Chaniev (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m.
PT).
Berinchyk (15-0, 9 KOs) has defended the WBO International
belt five times, while Chaniev (15-3, 7 KOs), a former world
title challenger, has won two in a row since a majority
decision defeat to Pavel Malikov.
Also scheduled to appear on the card from Ukraine:
Heavyweight knockout artist Vladyslav Sirenko (18-0, 15 KOs)
goes for his fourth victory of 2021 in a 10-rounder against
Andriy Rudenko (34-5, 20 KOs), and 2016 Olympian Dmytro
Mytrofanov (11-0-1, 5 KOs) aims to extend his winning streak
to 10 in an eight-round junior middleweight contest against
Berikbay Nurymbetov (8-4-1, 3 KOs).
The international action on ESPN+ continues from Sydney,
Australia, in the early morning on Tuesday, Dec. 21. Former
world champion Andrew “The Monster” Moloney, fresh off his
trilogy against Joshua “El Profesor” Franco, makes his
homecoming ring return in a 10-round junior bantamweight
bout against Froilan Saludar at The Star Event Centre in
Sydney.
The Moloney-Saludar card will stream starting at 3 a.m.
ET/12 a.m. PT. Moloney (21-2, 14 KOs) held the WBA world
title briefly before embarking on his trio of fights with
Franco. Moloney lost a pair of unanimous decisions to
Franco, with a controversial no-contest sandwiched in
between. Saludar (32-4-1, 22 KOs), a 32-year-old Filipino,
is 4-1 since challenging Sho Kimura for the WBO flyweight
world title in July 2018.
In other action from Australia, light heavyweight veteran
Renold Quinlan (13-8, 8 KOs), will fight rising prospect
Faris Chevalier (12-1, 7 KOs) in a 10-rounder, southpaw
heavyweight Jackson Murray (2-0, 2 KOs) looks to make it
three first-round KOs in a row versus David Tuliloa (2-3, 2
KOs) in a scheduled six-rounder, and junior lightweight
Manuer Matet (3-1, 2 KOs) seeks to extend his winning streak
to three versus Jye Lane Taylor (3-1, 1 KO) in a
six-rounder.
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