RUN! RUN! The Russians are coming! Well, not to take over the good old USA, just to get in the ring and do a bit of boxing. This is boxing news the professional boxing community is loving. The sport of boxing has been in decline for many years but appears to be making a come-back and with today's boxing news report from Gotham Boxing and Bash Boxing, of a fight between Russia's top professional boxers featured in a star-studded world championship fight card scheduled for February 28, at the historic Roseland Ballroom in New York City, the sport of professional boxing is making a push for the limelight again and making boxing news.
IBF Junior Bantamweight champion Dimitri "The Baby" Kirilov of St. Petersburg, Russia, will be in town to defend his title against Cecilio Santos of Mexico in the main event. Kirilov began boxing at just11 years old, and has had a stellar amateur career competing in almost 100 bouts. He turned pro at the age of 19. The warm-up fight will pit the popular Dmitriy "Star of David" Salita, hailing from Odessa, Ukraine, fighting out of Brooklyn, New York, in the junior welterweight attraction. Grab your tickets now comrades! The teeth will be flying and the crowd roaring! Boxing news is going to be made!
