Qualifier WBA | Magomed Kurbanov vs Michel SORO | Kurbanov vs Soro | WBA Eliminator | MEGAFIGHT
- Posted by BigDub on May 08, 2023
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A massive boxing evening from RCC Boxing Promotions headlined the fight between Magomed Kurbanov (24-0, 13 kos) from Russia and Michel Soro (35-3-2, 24 kos) from France.
Soro is one of the three strongest boxers in the first middleweight (up to 69.85 kg) in his country and takes the second position in the list of the best according to the WBA. He is the current gold champion of the World Boxing Association, boxed several times for the main titles of the planet. The last time Soro stormed the pinnacle of world boxing was four years ago, but lost a split decision to future contender for the title of absolute world champion Brian Castaño.
Kurbanov last week was included in the list of the best boxers in Russia, regardless of the weight category, where he is right behind Dmitry Bivol. The WBA puts the Russian boxer in fifth position, so in fact the fight with Soro can be called a challenger. The last two years have become truly breakthrough for Magomed - he won confident victories over ex-world champions Liam Smith and Patrick Te