Baku, Azerbaijan, will host an IBA pro boxing show at the Sea Breeze Resort on July 10th. The program will feature six professional bouts, bringing together boxers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Belarus and the Philippines. Azerbaijani boxers will be represented in five of the six contests. World amateur champion Subhan Mammadov (AZE) will make his pro debut in the minimumweight division against the Philippines' Richard Garde (12-4)

 

Also on the card: local men Sarkhan Aliyev and Saidjamshid Jafarov will meet Nurtas Azhbenov (KAZ) and Mikalai Vesialou (BLR), respectively. Another Azerbaijani, lightweight Tayfur Aliyev (4-1 plus additional crossover bouts), is set to take on Uzbekistan's Khurshidbek Rasuljonov (11-0). In the junior middleweight division, Nebi Isgenderov, a World Cup semi-finalist, will host Russia's Khikmet Garaev (1-1). Each bout involving an Azerbaijani boxer is scheduled for six rounds.

 

The card will also feature an eight-round super middleweight contest, as Rusia's Cheerav Ashalaev (4-0) meets Bulgaria's Mikhail Dolgolevets (pro debut).