The final press conference took place for the big card, being staged by Andrey Ryabinsky's World of Boxing from the Dynamo Palace of Sports in Krylatskoye, Moscow, Russia. In the main event, EBU cruiserweight champion Grigory Drozd (37-1, 26KOs) will face Jeremy Ouanna (14-3, 8KOs). In the co-feature, Olympic gold medal winner Rakhim Chakhkiev (17-1, 13KOs) will face Juho Haapoja (20-4-1, 13KOs) for the vacant WBC Silver cruiserweight title. Also, cruiserweight Maxim Vlasov (12-1-1, 8KOs) goes against Anar Mammadov.