In the main fight of the evening, Russian boxer Rajab Butaev defeated 2016 Olympic champion Fazliddin Gaibnazarov from Uzbekistan in the fourth round. Gaibnazarov's team refused to continue the fight after the third round.
The main event of the evening was a media fight in the light heavyweight division. Timur "Archangel" Nikulin defeated Ibrahim "Nikarcho" Islamov by technical knockout in the third round. These boxers met in the summer of this year, and then Nikulin emerged victorious due to the disqualification of his opponent. According to Nikulin, viewers should expect a trilogy of his confrontation with Nikarcho. In another media match of this card, Gore "Rocky" Tumanyan defeated Andrey "Wushu Master" Efimov by unanimous decision of the judges.
Also, in the main card, the guests of the RED ARENA saw how the Olympic champion 2016, world champion 2023, three-time Asian champion 30-year-old Hasanboy Dusmatov (6-0, KO 5) from Uzbekistan defeated 32-year-old Sifamandlu Baleni (21-6-2, KO 8) from South Africa by unanimous decision.
Among the other results of the evening, Russian Aslambek Idigov lost to compatriot Vadim Lubsanov by a separate decision of the judges. Russian Murad Aliyev defeated Venezuelan Edixon Perez by unanimous decision. Russian Tigran Uzlian turned out to be stronger than Venezuelan Jose Munoz by a unanimous decision of the judges.
Photos provided by the Russian Boxing Federation / Leonid Uteshev