Boxer Papin: “The fight between Ghukasyan and Ramirez will be competitive”

Russian boxer Alexey Papin shared his expectations from the upcoming fight between Russian Edgar Ghukasyan and American Gemini Ramirez, which will take place according to the rules of boxing at the tournament “Fight Club “ in Chelyabinsk on December 15.

Papin believes that the fight between Ghukasyan and Ramirez will be competitive.

“I know Edgar too. Edgar is a good boxer, and I think that if this fight is done, then it will be competitive,” – said the Russian boxer.

According to him, in the upcoming fight he will root for Edgar Ghukasyan. Alexey Papin wished the Russian good luck in the fight with Gemini Ramirez.

“In any case, we will root for Edgar, keep our fingers crossed for him, and wish him good luck in this fight.”“, concluded Papin.

Total in the tournament “Fight Club “ Four fights will take place in Chelyabinsk. In addition to the Ghukasyan-Ramirez fight, Russian Maxim Babanin and American Kevin Johnson will compete in the main fight.

In two more fights of the tournament, boxers from Russia and the USA will also compete against each other. Thus, the opponent of the Russian Pavel Shulsky in the co-main fight “Fight Club “ American Jason Gavern will become, and Igor Sviridchenkov will enter the ring and fight Peter Dobson, respectively.

The fights will last four rounds of three minutes.

The tournament will take place at the Chelyabinsk Sports Palace “Yunost”, its start is scheduled for 21:00 Moscow time (23:00 Chelyabinsk time). Live broadcast of fights will begin at 22:00 Moscow time (00:00 Chelyabinsk time).

Maxim Babanin is a Russian professional boxer, international master of sports of Russia, former member of the Russian boxing team. During his amateur career, Babanin became the champion of Russia in 2015, bronze medalist of the European Championship in 2017 and bronze medalist of the World Championship in 2019. He is also known for defeating famous champions such as Briton Tyson Fury in the amateurs; Maxim Babanin defeated him in the final of the European Junior Championships in 2007. After turning professional, he fought six fights, winning six times, including four by knockout.

Babanin had his last fight on August 17 in Yekaterinburg against Ukrainian German Skobenko, whom he defeated on points by unanimous decision. The last match within “Fight Club “ The Russian spent April 29 last year in Krasnogorsk against experienced compatriot Evgeny Orlov, nicknamed Molecule of Hell, whom he defeated by technical knockout in the third round.

Kevin Johnson is an American professional boxer. During his professional career, he fought 60 fights, in which he won 36 times (20 times by knockout), suffered 22 defeats and drew two more fights. In his last fight as part of the “Fight Club” “ August 19 Johnson conceded 24-year-old Russian Mark Petrovsky by decision. In that fight, the American entered the ring with a license from the Russian Boxing Federation.