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Sunday, September 22, 2019

Igor Lazarev Back in Action

Lightweight Igor Lazarev is scheduled to fight Leandro Xhelili at the Asslan Rusi Sports Palace in Tirana, Albania this Saturday.

Lazarev, a 33 year old, is an aggressive body puncher who has scored knockouts in each of his last two fights. He is 3-0 overall and has fought in Moldova and Ukraine. Xhelili, an 18 year old, has fought in his hometown of Tirana twice before. He has also fought in Italy.

Xhelili is 1-3. All of his fights thus far have been against debuting fighters and have gone the distance. His last two bouts were six round losses on points. Lazarev has never been scheduled for more the four. This one is set for four rounds.