Headlining the sixth of February at the Casino de Montréal. NABF super lightweight title at stake, third defense of Biyarslanov. A run of eight consecutive stoppage victories by the so far carefully maneuvered Russian-Canadian puncher was interrupted recently, with Biyarslanov looking very pedestrian despite shutting out Argentinian journeyman Jonathan José Eniz last October. He'll need a much better performance to convincingly defeat the slippery Frenchman. Biyarslanov is again, just as with Eniz, facing a fellow southpaw - but a longer & taller one, and even trickier defensively. Mimoune has never been stopped and is also no stranger to springing upsets as the B-side in hostile territory (Ceferino Rodríguez in Spain, plus Sam Eggington, Darren Surtees and Tyrone McKenna in their rematch, all in the UK). Considering their respective age, records and kayo rates - 29 years old, 17-0 (14) vs. 37 years old,24-6 (5) - we can expect long odds on Biyarslanov, but this could well be a banana peel. Mimoune is easily his most skilled professional opponent to date and will come confidently off avenging the McKenna loss, whereas that Eniz performance really did, by Biyarslanov's own admission, suck.
