Russian fighters Ruslan Fayfer and Alexey Papin will fight in a cruiserweight eliminatory bout on August 15 at the WoW Arena in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
Ruslan Fayfer (25-1, 16 KOs) is a solid fighter who comes from scoring a major victory over his previously undefeated compatriot Yuri Kashinskiy (18-0), last November. His only loss came from undefeated American Andrew Tabiti. Alexey Papin (11-1, 10 KOs), rose to fame with a streak of knockouts that led him to face the now WBC cruiserweight champion, Ilunga Makabu, falling by majority decision, but offering a great fight.
On the same card, Heavyweight Arslan Yallyev (9-0, 5 KOs) will fight for the WBC Youth title against Andrei Kniazev (16-7-0, 9 Ko’s).
Undefeated Sergey Kozhukhar (8-0-1, 2 KOs) and Abkhazian Batal Chezhiya (9-0-2, 3 KOs) will clash for the WBC super-middleweight youth title.
Rising Russian Abkhaz Khariton Agrba (3-0, 1 KO) will fight Soslan Tedeev (20-1, 13 KOs) ten rounds in superlight, while super featherweight Albert Batyrgaziev (1-0, 1 KO), who had a remarkable career as an amateur fighter, will face the also undefeated Erzhan Turgumbekov.
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