Mumbai Fighters will go into their second bout of the World Series Boxing against Russia’s Dynamo Moscow in a confident frame of mind, following their strong showing against Italy’s Milano Thunder in their debut bout last week.
The Fighters have got one point from their opening loss, and will travel to Russia for match two. They will not only be fighting the Russian boxers but also a minimum of freezing -3 degrees Celsius temperature.
Haryana’s Jitender Kumar will ply his trade in the bantamweight category against 2011 World Championships bronze medallist Anvar Yunusov, whereas Pune boy Siddharth Verma will make his lightweight debut against Eduard Husainov.
In the middleweight category, Hisar-born Mandeep Jangra will take on 2011 European champion Maxim Gazizov. Two foreigners will represent the Indian boxing team in the light heavyweight and heavyweight categories.
Croatian pugilist Marko Calic will make his WSB debut for Mumbai Fighters in light heavyweight category against Eduard Yakushev, while Trent Rawlins will don the black and golden of Mumbai Fighters in the heavyweight category as he takes on 2010 World University champion Arslanbek Makhmudov.
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