Albert Batyrgaziev and Jono Carroll will step into the ring on Friday, July 12 to combat for the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) interim tremendous featherweight belt in Serpukhov, Russia.
The house fighter will face the skilled Irishman in a really fascinating and necessary duel for each fighters, for the reason that winner can have the chance to win the interim crown, which can give him the possibility to combat the champion of the class, who’s presently Lamont Roach Jr.
Batyrgaziev is a Tokyo 2020 Olympic featherweight champion in (that was disputed in 2021) who jumped to the skilled 4 years in the past, even earlier than successful the medal. His skilled path has been profitable and now he finds himself with this chance to indicate his expertise and his means within the paid boxing.
His opponent might be Carroll, 32 years previous, who defeated Miguel Marriaga final yr and has victories towards rivals like Scott Quigg and Andy Vences, so he involves impose that have and attempt to beat the native.
This week they’ll take the promotional occasions main as much as the combat and on Thursday they’ll step as much as the scales. Batyrgaziev has 10 wins, 7 by knockout, whereas Carroll has 24 wins, 2 setbacks, 1 draw and seven finishes earlier than the restrict.
