Headlining tomorrow night in Hollywood, CA. The card will stream live on the Facebook page of Tom Loeffler's 360° Promotions. A three-time world title challenger (at lightweight), the Russian southpaw is now campaigning at super feather & looking to snap a 2-loss skid incurred last year. His opponent is a tough Mexican who is well used to being the underdog, but has just once fought outside Mexico and lost a shutout.
Shafikov steps down after 40 something career fights... that's some Chris Byrd **** right there. Not that I think he'll look bad, he'll look sensational as anything. Shafikov in my opinion is a top tier, talented operator who's unlucky to of never been given a fair shake to allow for any kind of real career momentum.
Yeah I'd say the bar is set approximately circa "if he so much as drops one round to Suárez we can safely extrapolate that he's drained and the super feather experiment is a bust..." He's the sort of talent who shouldn't be struggling with even a game journeyman on even their best night.
Brian Ceballo, another WSB standout, currently 2-0 since making the jump from semi-pro to pro, also in action.