The Russian machine Rostislav Plechko.

Rostislav Plechko will face Vladimir Goncharov for the Russian heavyweight title on 10 June

 

Here is an excerpt from an interview with Plechko's manager:

Have you already made further plans?

The next battle is already planned for him in a few weeks in St. Petersburg. He does not mind fighting anyone, it's a big plus. But we need to raise the level of his opposition. Rostislav has already been approved as an official contender for the vacant WBA Asia heavyweight belt. Also, we are negotiating for a duel for the WBC International Silver title. He will have to wrestle with strong rivals for these belts during the summer.

 

Weigh in results:

Plechko:218 pounds
Goncharov:222 pounds

Plechko against Goncharov will be a 10 round fight for the Russian heavyweight title.

 

Plechko/Goncharov face off,starts at 22 second mark:

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Another KO victim for Plechko

 

Plechko sparred with Povetkin several times to get ready for fight against Vadim Goncharov

 

He is a co-owner of some company, he also is doing some lecturing work about boxing.

 

Published on 4 August.

In September Rostislav Plechko will fight for the title of WBA-ASIA heavyweight title.

Petersburg boxer Rostislav Plechko 11-0 (11 KOs) will hold his 12th fight.

Rostislav Plechko is a Russian professional boxer, Russian boxing champion of 2016, serving in the heavyweight category, founder and president of the interregional public organization "ROST", whose tasks are crime prevention among youth, sports development, legal literacy.

Rostislav's opponent will be Laudelin Barrush, multiple Champion of Brazil in amateur and professional boxing.

Laudelinu Barrush is the best heavyweight contender in Brazil, he scored 39 wins with 3 defeats, 31 wins by knockout. He works and is friends with the legendary brothers Nogueira. Over the past 10 years, suffered only two defeats, one of them from Grigory Drozd. More than 5 years wore the title of champion of Latin America in the heavyweight version of the WBO. In amateurs, he became a silver medalist at the Pan-American Games and also went to the Olympics, where he lost to Danny Green, the one who turned Roy Jones off. The victory in this battle will open great prospects for Rostislav.

Recall that on June 10 in the "Boxing Academy" Floyd Mayweather in Zhukovka held an evening of professional boxing series "Prospect", where Rostislav met with the ex-champion of Russia in professional boxing Vladimir Goncharov. Thus, for the second year in a row Rostislav Plechko was able to win the belt of the Russian heavyweight champion.

According to the manager Rostislav Oleg Bogdanov, at the moment the boxer's team can not name the exact date of the battle. Earlier it was planned that the duel will take place in the framework of the tournament in Sochi on August 26.

"In connection with recent changes in the structure of the Federation of Boxing of Russia, the date and place of the fight are postponed, they will be announced additionally. It is possible that this will be the Saratov, we are counting on the beginning of September, "Oleg commented.

At the same time, the manager noted that the rival has been approved, and Rostislav's battle will take place with Laudelin Barrush.