Holy ****! I never thought he would grow the balls to get in there with a 40 year old fringe contender. Takam, by the way, should be favored!
I suspect part of the reason that he fights so infrequently is that no one wants to be associated with him.
This content is protected Vladimir Mineev defeated Magomed Ismailov by UD. He floored the Dagestani 5 times. This was a trilogy to there 2 famous MMA bouts. Also on the card Evgeny Ganin defeated Oliver Dounda.
There’s been fights on promotions such as Pravda, Vlad Hyrunov, Hardcore, and Fight Nights Global that have also not been recognised even though they have been sanctioned by the Russian Boxing Federation.
This content is protected Oleg Fomichev, the reigning p4p BkB king in Russia, was stopped in 3 rounds on Saturday with a broken nose by Former pro Murad Khalidov (10-0 5KOs). Khalidov is the reigning Nashdelo promotion boxing champion (in a cage with MMA gloves). He holds a win over a Vitaly Kudukhov (6-1) who was a decent international Amateur.
Looks like Boxrec is finally acknowledging Muslim's Gadzhimagomedov's win... https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/856726 He'll get wiped out if he goes to heavy, but there are actually some good fights to be made at bridger with Andrew Tabiti, Ryad Merhy, and Badou Jack all ranked.
August 30th in Cherepovets, Alexei Papin faces Felix Valera and Kingpin Johnson rematches Sean Turner.