By Alexey Sukachev

On April 8, a newly crowned IBF (and IBO) light welterweight champion Eduard Troyanovskiy (23-0, 20 KOs) will risk his regalia for the first time against the very same man he has captured it before – Argentinean veteran Cesar Rene Cuenca (48-1, 2 KOs). On Nov. 4, Troyanovskiy has stopped Cuenca in six rounds of what was a controversial fight, the end came in bizarre fashion.

Troyanovskiy vs. Cuenca was presumed to be a co-feature of the event, crowned by a cruiserweight showdown between Grigory Drozd and Ilunga Makabu.

Unfortunately, Drozd suffered yet another injury in training, being forced to withdraw from the fight. Given that, “World of Boxing”, the biggest Russian promotional team, led by Andrey Ryabinskiy, has chosen to relocate this show to a smaller venue – this time a legendary sports arena “Krilya Sovetov”, which isn’t the biggest one (by a landslide) but which is fully dedicated to boxing. The organizers revealed a full list of contestants the last week.

Rising Russian heavyweight star and former amateur standout (2010 European champion) Sergey Kuzmin (6-0, 3 KOs) will test his skills against popular but badly faded German journeyman Konstantin Airich (23-15-2, 18 KOs). Airich is 4-11 recently, the last two of his wins coming against the same man with just a record of 1-0 (1-1).

Hulking heavyweight Vladimir Tereshkin (18-0-1, 8 KOs) will resume his career after two and a half years off the ring. Tereshkin will be given an easy task in 42-year old Uruguyan import Yuberty Suarez Diaz (7-3, 2 KOs) in what looks like a mismatch on paper.

Cruiserweight Maxim Maslov (17-1-1, 10 KOs) will collide with 45-year old Argentinean veteran Walter David Cabral (22-15, 9 KOs) over eight, while featherweight Valery Treryakov (6-0, 3 KOs) is matched up against Argentinean Lucas Rafael Baez (27-15-4, 13 KOs), also over eight.

Other fights:

Nikita Miroshnichenko (3-0, 1 KO) vs. Arzu Aliev – 6 rounds, super welterweights

Sergey Lubkovich (pro debut) vs. Valery Galstyan (1-0) – 4 rounds, super welterweights