Papin vs Asbarov this weekend
On October 28, an interesting cruiserweight match will take place in Moscow. Former kickboxing world champion, Russian Aleksei Papin (15-1, 14KOs) will fight former bare-knuckle boxer, Kazakh Soslan Asbarov (4-0, 1KO) in a 10-round fight. Papin was a mandatory challenger at the WBC.
But WBC removed him from ranking, after Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine. Asbarov
Asbarov started his professional career only last year, but he beat the big puncher Dmitry Kudryashov in his second fight.