By Alexander Kolesnikov (at the scales) and Alexey Sukachev / Photo: Alexander Kolesnikov ()
A weigh-in has been conducted tonight for tomorrow’s huge boxing event on Red Square in Moscow, Russia. There will be 11 fights in total, including three minor title collisions and one ten-rounder. Weights for most interesting pairs are presented below.
1. WBO #7, WBC #9 and WBA #10 Vitaly Demyanenko (Kazakhstan, 18-0, 11 KOs) weighed in at 146.5 lbs for his fight versus Argentinean Walter Sergio Gomez (22-8-1, 11 KOs) in the next defense of his PABA and WBO Asia Pacific welterweight titles.
Demyanenko was originally scheduled to face Australia-based Cameroonian Samuel Colomban but this fight has been scratched off due to undisclosed reasons. Walter Gomez tipped the scale at 147 pounds.
2. Russian Khabib Allakhverdiev (11-0, 6 KOs) weighed in at 140lb for his WBC ABCO light welterweight championship against fellow compatriot Karen Tevosyan (14-1-3, 9 KOs). Tevosyan showed 138.5.
3. Timur Nergadze (Russia, 13-1-1, 2 KOs), 153, battles Vladislav Savchenko (Kazakhstan, 11-0, 7 KOs), 153, for a vacant WBC ABCO light middleweight title.
4. Roman Simakov (Russia, 11-1-1, 6 KOs), 180, against Ben Nsafoah (Germany, 9-2-2, 4 KOs) in a ten-rounder.
This open-air show, which has mainly been arranged by the Ural Boxing Promotions, will have a free access for all boxing fans. It starts at 11 AM LT.
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