Canadian promotional outfit Eye of The Tiger has announced that Arthur Biyarslanov will defend his NABF junior welterweight title against Jonathan Eniz in a co-main event at Casino Lac-Leamy, in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada on Thursday, October 17.
Alexandre Gaumont will headline the event against Cristian Zarate. The other co-main event will appear former world title challenger Steve Claggett returns to action for the first time since Teofimo Lopez, the Ring Champion and WBO junior welterweight titleholder, unsuccessfully challenged in June.
Biyarslanov (16-0, 14 KOs) was born in Chechnya but moved to Canada at a young age. He was a successful amateur who represented his adopted home country at the 2016 Olympics, losing in the quarterfinals.
The 29-year-old southpaw turned professional in the fall of 2018. His initial progress was slow but steady and somewhat of a slow burn. He signed with EOTT earlier this year and already in June annexed the regional NABF title (previously held by stablemate Claggett) and made one defense, a quick stoppage over late replacement Tamas Kiliti (TKO 3) on September 5 , which led to this rapid turnaround.
Meanwhile, Eniz (35-20-1, 16 KOs) turned professional in 2014. Since then, the now 29-year-old Argentine has fought in Russia, Canada, Norway, Puerto Rico, America, Bolivia and Romania.
He has shared a ring in losing efforts with Gustavo Lemos (L TKO 3), former IBF 140-pound titleholder Subriel Matias (L KO 5) and Jeremias Ponce (UD 10). is well known to Canadian audiences having previously fought Batyrzhan Jukembayev (L KO 7) and Claggett (L TKO 4).
Eye of The Tiger previously announced who from their roster will be fighting on August 30th and today filled in who will be in the opposite corner.
Vanessa Lepage Joanisse (7-2, 2 KOs) will look to get back into the win column after losing her WBC heavyweight title to Claressa Shields in July. She will face Angelica Lopez (14-2, 8 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round contest.
Interestingly, Pascal Villeneuve (4-2-1, 2 KOs) will fight for the first since May 2016. Villeneuve is from Gatineau and works daily at the Lac Leamy Casino. He has to face Roberto Dionicio Moreno (13-14-1, 2 KOs).
Rising light heavyweight Mehmet Unal (10-0, 8 KOs) will clash with Armenak Hovhannisyan (14-4-1, 6 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round bout.
Shamil Khataev (12-0-1, 3 KOs), younger brother of light heavyweight Imam Khataev, will meet Juan Jose Velasco (24-8, 15 KOs) in a 10-round middleweight bout.
Lightweight Luis Santana (12-0, 6 KOs) will face Sebastian Aguirre (19-5, 12 KOs) and middleweight Moreno Fendero (7-0, 5 KOs) will look to build on a knockout last month when he takes on Edison to face. Demaj (13-3-1, 7 KOs).
The show will air on ESPN+ and also on punchinggrace.com in Canada.
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