There was a sudden change of opponents of both Vitaly Rusal (20-0, 13 KOs) and Timur Akhundov (5-1, 3 KOs). Instead of Hungarian Jozsef Nagy who did not manage to leave Hungary due to passport problems Rusal will clash for vacant IBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title with another Hungarian Laslo Hubert (14-1, 7 KOs).
Nikita Lukin (7-14-2, 2 ÊÎ) who was supposed to face Timur Akhundov has been injured and was substituted by a young hopeful Mikhail Ivshin.
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6 Jul 2008 19:57Vitaliy Rusal: «I do not want to part from the belt even for a minute»
«It was so unexpected and rather risky to fight a boxer whose name I came to know just one day before the fight», – Vitaliy Rusal said, new IBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight champion. «But the fighter whom I was originally expected to clash with – Jozsef Nagy suddenly had problems with passport read more ...
4 Jul 2008 19:59«Tornado in the Ring» heroes make weight
Today participants of «Tornado in the Ring» tournament went through the last trial – official weigh-in.
Both Avtandil Khurtsidze (15-1-2, 11 KOs) Alberto Mamani (34-6-1, 19 KOs) did not waste time and passed the test at the first dash read more ...
3 Jul 2008 01:09«Tornado in the Ring» – boxing fest in Odessa!
Pre-fight presser was held in Odessa at which participants of a huge boxing tournament «Tornado in the Ring» were officially introduced to mass media and fans. «Tornado in the Ring» is organized by «K2 East Promotions» and it will be the sixth big boxing event out of planned ten tournaments carried out by K2 all over Ukraine this year. The name of the boxing fest – «Tornado in the Ring» – is not random read more ...
1 Jul 2008 12:20Champions change professions!
Vyacheslav Uzelkov, WBA Inter-Continental light heavyweight champion, and Maxim Bursak, IBF Youth middleweight champ, will temporarily change their occupation. Both key boxers of «K2 East Promotions» promotional company will act as sports commentators at «Megasport», Ukrainian sports TV channel read more ...
18 Jun 2008 13:44«Tornado in the Ring» hits Odessa!
Next boxing tournament organized by «K2 East Promotions» will be held on July 5th in Odessa Palace of Sports (Odessa is a big city south of Ukraine). It will be the sixth big boxing event out of planned ten carried out by K2 all over Ukraine this year. It got the name «Tornado in the Ring». The tournament will be crowned by two title bouts read more ...
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