Liam Smith will face Sadam Ali for the WBO title on April card in England. Kanat will be mandatory challenger if he beats John Vera.
Kanat Islam will not face John Vera for the mandatory position for Lara's belt because the negotiations between two camps didn't happen. # boxingnews @ kazproboxing French boxer Michel Soro will fight with American John Vera for the title of "temporary" WBA world middleweight champion. The fight will take place in the evening of boxing in Marseille on March 24. This was reported by the Boxing Federation of France. The winner will become an obligatory challenger for the WBA (Super) world champion Erislandi Lara. Earlier, the WBA issued a resolution according to which the Kazakh Kanat Islam was to compete with Vera for this duel, however, the sides didn't negotiate at all.
He should be able to get a title fight. Lara,Hurd,Castano and Charlo are all with Haymon so he should be able to get a shot at one of those.
Kanat Islam signed a contract with the manager Kovalev and Lomachenko Egis Klimas, the best manager of the influential The Ring magazine in 2017, signed a contract with the first middleweight boxer Kanat Islam (25-0, 20KO) from Kazakhstan. Kanat Islam is a native of China, amateur boxing star: bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing, China) and bronze medalist of the 2007 World Cup (Chicago, USA). Since 2011, he has been boxing under the flag of Kazakhstan. Was the captain of the Kazakhstan team "Astana Arlans", serving in the WSB series. We add that Klimas cooperates with such well-known boxers as Sergey Kovalev (31-2-1, 27KO), Vasily Lomachenko (10-1, 8KO) and Alexander Usyk (14-0, 11KO). Earlier it became known that Islam plans several battles in the US and a duel in Kazakhstan. The boxer's team has already flown to the States. His last fight was held on September 9, 2017 in Astana, when he won a technical knockout of the Canadian Brandon Cook (19-1, 12KO) and won the WBO NABO and WBA Inter-Continental titles At the moment, Islam leads the World Boxing Association (WBA) rating in the first middleweight. And in November last year, the organization appointed a Kazakhstani fight for the title of mandatory challenger for the title. His opponent was to become an American John Vera (18-0, 11KO). The parties negotiated, but in the boxer's team from the United States they said that Islam refused to fight. As a result, on March 24, Vera will meet with the Frenchman Michel Soro (31-2-1, 30KO).
Kanat commented on rumours signing of the contract with Egis Klimas Kazakhstani boxer Kanat Islam commented on the information on cooperation with the Lithuanian-American manager Egis Klimas on his instagram page. Recall, the news that the domestic boxer signed a contract with a well-known manager, appeared yesterday in the media. On the official page of the Kanat Islam team in Instagram, this information was disproved. Kazakhstan and Klimas did not sign the contract. Klimas is known for working with such boxers as Vasily Lomachenko, Alexander Usik, Alexander Gvozdik and Sergei Kovalev. He also conducts business of other Kazakhstanis - Madiyar Ashkeev, Meirim Nursultanov and Askhat Ualikhanov. Boxers Klimas Management regularly hold fights at the leading boxing evenings in the US. Previously, the team of Kanat Islam reported that it flew to the US, while announcing "good news."
The team of Kanat Islam announced a partnership with Bob Arum # boxingnews @ kazproboxing Kazakhstani boxer Kanat Islam met with head of the promotional company Top Rank, Bob Arum, and announced cooperation. QAZAQ promotions at a meeting with Bob Arum agreed on cooperation and holding joint boxing shows. Recall that Kanat Islam recently began work with the famous Lithuanian-American manager Egis Klimas, who also conducts the affairs of three other Kazakhstani boxers - Madiyar Ashkeev, Meirim Nursultanov and Askhat Ualikhanov. Earlier, the domestic champion said that in the next week will be known the name of his next opponent and the date of the fight. Bob Arum is known for working with the Ukrainian Vasily Lomachenko and Manny Pacquiao.
I remember, time to re-read all your Steppe affairs threads...Promoters should make use of your knowledge, even if they don't like the Steppe people, bring them in as Villains vs the Local star
Kanat Islam in the next battle can meet with Gabriel Rosado The next rival of the Kazakh boxer of the first average weight of Kanat Islam (25-0, 20KO), the owner of regional belts WBO NABO, WBA-NABA and WBA Inter-Continental, can become an American Gabriel Rosado. The battle will be held June 23 in Atlanta (Georgia, USA). Earlier, the possible opponent of Islam was the Japanese Yoshihiro Kameghai (27-4-2, 24KO). Recall that Rosado met with Gennady Golovkin in January 2013. Then the American lost by technical knockout in the seventh round. Islam, who last fight last September, knocking out Brandon Cook (20-1, 13KO) in the ninth round, began working with Aigis Klimas, the best manager of The Ring in 2017. He promised that in a couple of fights the Kazakh will fight for the championship titles.