Undefeated middleweight Osleys Iglesias, a Cuban fighter based in Berlin, Germany, looks to cap off an impressive 2024 tomorrow night in Montreal. Once relatively unknown, Iglesias has surged into the top ten of the middleweight ranks after a series of explosive performances.
The 26-year-old Iglesias will face Petro Ivanov of Karlsruhe, Germany, at the Montreal Casino, with the fight airing on ESPN+ in the U.S.
Iglesias, 12-0, (11 KOs), tipped the scales at 167.0lbs, one pound under the contracted weight, while Ivanov weighed in marginally heavier at 167.2lbs. Iglesias brings a six-fight knockout streak into the ring, including a first-round KO of Marcelo Coceres in March—who had previously dropped Edgar Berlanga.
Iglesias followed that up by stopping Evgeny Shvedenko in one round—Shvedenko had recently lost an IBF title eliminator to current champion William Scull—and knocked out Sena Agbeko in two rounds in his last outing, totaling just four rounds in his last three fights.
Ivanov, 18-0-2 (13 KOs), 28, also enters on a six-fight knockout streak and brings an undefeated record to his first fight in Canada.
In the co-main event, Montreal’s own Steven Butler aims to rebound from a ninth-round knockout loss to Patrice Volny. Butler, 34-5-1 (28 KOs), weighed in at 165.3lbs and will take on the 12-2 (4 KOs) Fernando Farias from Junin, Argentina, who came in at 165.5lbs. The eight-round super middleweight bout marks another chapter in Butler’s quest to re-establish himself.
Weigh-in results are as follows:
Super middleweight – 12 rounds
Osleys Iglesias, 167.0lbs vs Petro Ivanov, 167.2lbs
Super middleweight – eight rounds
Steven Butler, 165.3lbs vs Fernando Farias, 165.5lbs
Junior lightweight – eight rounds
Thomas Chabot, 129.5lbs vs Jesus Daneff, 129.3lbs
Light heavyweight – eight rounds
Wilkens Mathieu, 171.6lbs vs Marcos Karalitzky, 171.7lbs
Lightweight – 10 rounds
Dzmitry Asanau, 134.7lbs vs Matias Rueda, 133.9lbs
Junior lightweight – eight Rounds
Jhon Orobio, 138.3lbs vs Jacopo Colli, 139.7lbs
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