Earlier this month, Eye of The Tiger announced that Artur Biyarslanov will face Marcos Villasana Jr. on September 5th. in a NABF junior welterweight title fight at the Montreal Casino will feature.
The Montreal-based promotional outfit has now announced the undercard of the event which will be available on ESPN+ and punchinggrace.com.
In the co-main event, Imam Khataev will attempt to defend his NABF light heavyweight title against Argentine tough guy Ezequiel Maderna.
Khataev (7-0, 7 KOs) last claimed the regional title when he stopped Richards Bolotniks (TKO 6) in May.
The Russian-born fighter won bronze at the 2020 (postponed to 2021) Tokyo Olympics. After turning professional in November 2021, he moved to Australia. Since signing with EOTT, he has been more active, fighting twice this year and appearing in a New Faces article in The Ring’s March 2024 digital issue.
Meanwhile, Maderna (31-12, 21 KOs) represented his country at the 2007 World Championships and 2008 Olympics before turning his attention to professional boxing in late 2008. He won his first 19 before losing to Edwin Rodriguez (UD 10) in 2013.
Since then, he has returned to a high-level journeyman career, losing to the likes of Artur Beterbiev (TKO 4), Fedor Chudinov (KO 10) and Osleys Iglesias (KO 1), but he has reminded everyone that he is still dangerous with an upset over Karol Itauma (KO 5).
Earlier in the evening, Mary Spencer (8-2, 6 KOs) will face Naomi Mannes (7-2-1, 4 KOs) in a junior middleweight bout.
Rising welterweight Christopher Guerrero (11-0, 6 KOs) will return in an eight-round contest against American journeyman Courtney Pennington (17-8-3, 7 KOs).
Highly rated Jhon Orobio (10-0, 9 KOs), who was the subject of a New Faces feature in the July edition of The Ring, will face Joel Manriquez (6-5, 0 KOs) in an eight-round junior encounter welterweight clash .
Lightweight Avery Martin-Duval (11-0-1, 7 KOs) will meet Jesus Daneff (13-11-4, 4 KOs), and Wilkens Mathieu (10-0, 6 KOs) must face Marcos Karalitzky (8- 9- 2, 2 KOs) in a catchweight bout at 172 pounds.
Moreno Fendero (6-0, 4 KOs) rounds out the undercard against Carlos Ronner (7-4, 2 KOs) in a middleweight bout.
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