In the Moscow co-feature, Grigory Drozd is set to defend his WBC cruiserweight belt for the first time against Lukasz Janik following the withdrawal of original opponent Krzysztof Wlodarczyk. Also on the bill, Rakhim Chakhkiev fights Junior Wright for the vacant IBO cruiserweight championship.
Here are the full weights from Russia:
WBC Silver heavyweight title
Alexander Povetkin (Russia, 28-1, 20 KOs) 105.1 kg (232lbs)
Mike Perez (Cuba, 21-1, 13 KOs) 109.1 kg (240.5lbs)
WBC cruiserweight title
Grigory Drozd (Russia, 39-1, 27 KOs), 90.6 kg (199lbs)
Lukasz Janik (Poland, 28-2, 15 KOs) of 90.7 kg (200lbs)
Vacant IBO cruiserweight title
Rakhim Chakhkiev (Russia, 22-1, 17 KOs) 90.4 kg (199lbs)
Junior Wright (USA, 13-0-1, 11 KOs) of 89.8 kg (198lbs)
Cruiserweight
Dmitri Kudryashov (Russia, 17-0, 17 KOs) 90.7 kg (200lbs)
Vikapita Meroro (Namibia, 28-4, 14 KOs) of 90.8 kg (200lbs)
Heavyweight
Manuel Charr (Germany, 27-3, 16 KOs), 114.6 kg (251lbs)
Alex leapai (Australia, 03/06/30, 24 KOs), 114.6 kg (251lbs)
Light heavyweight
Dmitry Bivol (Russia, 2-0, 2 KOs) 80.7 kg (177lbs)
Joe Vegas (Uganda, 10/02/17, 10 KOs) of 81.5 kg (179lbs)
Super welterweight
Ramzan Baysarov (Russia, 0-0) 71.5 kg (157.5lbs)
Andrei Polyakov (Russia, 0-7) 69.4 kg (153lbs)
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