OREANDA-NEWS  Russian heavyweights Artyom Suslenkov and Sergey Kuzmin will fight as part of a professional boxing night in Grozny. This is reported by the press service of the Russian Boxing Federation.

The tournament will take place on October 16, the match will be held in the main card of the tournament.

Suslenkov has won 15 professional fights (10 by knockout) in 15 fights. Suslenkov has 19 wins (14 by knockout) with three defeats.

The boxing evening will be headed by a fight with the participation of the IBF European belt holder in the first heavyweight division, Russian Umar Salamov. His opponent will be the Nigerian-born Briton Austin Nnamdi. This will be the sixth title defense for Salamov.

In addition, the champion of Russia-2026, and the winner of the Cup of Russia and the 2024 BRICS Games, Beshto Shavlaev, will hold his sixth professional match. His opponent will be the participant of the Olympic Games in 2016, Belarusian Mikhail Dolgolevets.