April 8 in Moscow a renowned South Ossetian professional boxer Aslanbek Kozaev will fight the 12-round bout for the title of European Champion in the weight class up to 66.6 kg according to WBC (World Boxing Council). As IA "Res" has been informed by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov, "the rival of Aslanbek will be the 25-year-old Belarusian fighter Andrei Abramenko, who is the Eastern Europe champion in professional boxing under the WBC version, - said Slanov. – He is a very strong fighter. He has fought 21 professional boxing bouts and has won 20 of them. Only in one bout he was defeated by the famous boxer Matthew Hatton."
According to the trainer, currently Abramenko is the WBC top spot in the ranking of professional boxers in Europe. It should be noted that Aslanbek Kozaev is the world champion among the youth, the intercontinental champion under the WBC version, and a champion of Asia among adults. He fought 19 bouts and won all of them. Seven bouts the boxer from Tskhinval has won by knockout. The athlete is 24 years old. Kozaev represents the Russian promotional company "Ural Boxing Promotion." He is trained in the Tskhinval branch of the boxing club, "Ariana" by the honored coach of South Ossetia and Russia Vitaly Slanov and the international class master of sports Alexander Tedeev.
