Osleys Iglesias (left) and Petro Ivanov (proper) flank Eye of the Tiger promoter Camille Estephan (middle) – Picture by Vincent Ethier
The calm earlier than the storm. A Twister is coming and unbeaten Petro Ivanov intends to silence it.
The unbeaten German-based tremendous middleweight will step into the ring with fast-rising Osleys Iglesias in the primary occasion on Thursday on ESPN+ on the Montreal On line casino, Montreal.
“I’ve distinctive boxing model, Iglesias has by no means fought towards a fighter like me,” Ivanov (18-0-2 knockouts) stated at Tuesday’s press convention. “I’m not a chunk of cake. I’m going to provide an amazing combat on Thursday.”
The 28-year-old has been knowledgeable for a decade, preventing at dwelling, the place he went 9-0-2.
His big-break got here when he went on the street to France and stopped highly-touted Louis Toutin (TKO 9). He then discovered a brand new dwelling in Germany however though he has continued to combat he hasn’t been capable of get an even bigger fights and has been inactive for 12-months heading into this combat.
“I haven’t fought in a very long time as a result of I didn’t get the fights what I wished,” he defined. “My supervisor gave me this chance and I took this combat instantly.”
And he hopes to make use of this shot at one of many prime 168-pounders to advance his personal claims.
“I at all times dream about being a world champion and I wish to current myself on the worldwide stage,” he stated.
Iglesias, rated at No. 3 by The Ring at tremendous middleweight, was a proficient novice in his native Cuba earlier than turning skilled in Germany in 2019. In simply his sixth combat he dominated pale former two-time world title challenger Isaac Chilemba (UD 12). The 26-year-old southpaw moved on up by stopping Ezequiel Maderna (KO 1), Andrii Velikovskyi (TKO 10) and Artur Reis (KO 4).
After signing with Eye of The Tiger, he scored first-round knockouts of revered contenders like Marcelo Coceres and Evgeny Shvendenko after he started preventing in Canada. His final opponent was Sena Agbeko, who made it out of the opening spherical however was rapidly vanquished within the second.
Iglesias-Ivanov, plus undercard bouts, can be on ESPN+ and punchinggrace.com at 6.30 p.m. ET/ 3.30 p.m. PT and on TVA Sports activities in Canada from 7:00 p.m.
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