March 16 in Noginsk (Moscow region) the Ossetian bruiser, the WBC European champion in the weight category up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev held a title fight against another Russian boxer – a champion of Russia among professionals and the IBF Asian champion David Avanesyan.
As a coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov said IA "Res," it had been a title fight for the welterweight championship of the CIS and Slavic countries and the belt of the Baltic championship (" WBC Baltic ").
According to him, the competition was held in Noginsk (Moscow region).
"In Noginsk was held the evening of professional boxing and within the frames of this event Kozaev and Avnesyan have met in the ring said the coach. - The match was very exciting and dynamic. Both boxers showed great fighting qualities - they demonstrated outstanding will power and an excellent technical training. As a result, the fight ended with a draw, as the referees could not identify the winner and retained both titles for Kozaev. "
According to Slanov, a young professional boxer from South Ossetia Murat Gassiev (weight category up to 90 kg) has also successfully performed in Noginsk.
"In the third period of the rating 8- round fight Gassiev knocked out his opponent" - said the coach.
Gassiev has met in the ring with the 29-year-old Ukrainian boxer Denis Sanenko who held 20 fights and 13 of which he won, including seven bouts Sanenko won by knockout.
Kozaev is 25 years old. He is the WBC European champion, the WBC world champion among youth, intercontinental WBC world champion among youth, and champion of Asia among adults.
To date, the boxer has fought 23 bouts and scored victory in all of them. In eight boxing matches he won early victory.In professional boxing Kozaev debuted in 2008.
He trains in the Vladikavkaz Boxing Club "Ariana" under the direction of the honored coach of the RSO and the RF Vitaly Slanov.
In professional boxing Avanesyan held 14 fights and won victory in all of them- six of them by knockout.
Murat Gassiev debuted in the professional ring in September 2011. By now he held 8 fights and scored a victory in all of them. Four of them he won by knockout. The boxer is 19 years old; he performs in the weight category up to 90 kg and trains in the Tskhinval Boxing Club "Arianna" under the direction of Vitaly Slanov. In professional boxing he performs under the flag of South Ossetia.
Kozaev and Gassiev represent the promoter company "Ural Boxing Promotion".
