November 17, 2011 10:38 PM

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Mumbai Fighters to face Russian side Dynamo Moscow in WSB

After putting up a strong fight against Italy's Milano Thunder during its World Series Boxing (WSB) debut bout last week, Mumbai Fighters will next face Russian side Dynamo Moscow in their second Group A match on Friday in Perm, Russia.The Fighters got one point from their opening loss against Milano Thunder, losing 2-3, at the Shiv Chatrapati Balewadi Sports Complex on November 11.Mumbai fighers will travel to Russia for match two.The Fighters will not only be fighting the Russian boxers but also at a minimum of freezing -3 degrees Celsius temperature.Haryana's Jitender Kumar will ply his trade in the bantamweight category against 2011 World Championships bronze medalist Anvar Yunusov, whereas Pune boy Siddharth Verma will make his lightweight debut against Eduard Husainov.In the middleweight category, Hisar-born Mandeep Jangra will take on 2011 European champion Maxim Gazizov.Two foreigners will represent the Indian boxing team in the light heavyweight and heavyweight categories.Croatian pugilist Marko Calic will make his WSB debut for Mumbai Fighters in light heavyweight category against Eduard Yakushev, while Trent Rawlins will don the black and golden of Mumbai Fighters in the heavyweight category as he takes on 2010 World University champion Arslanbek Makhmudov.Dynamo Moscow boxing team was formed in 2011 under the auspices of Russian Central Boxing Club, Dynamo, which is a part of the Russian Association Dynamo, the biggest and the oldest sport entity in the Russian Federation.Dynamo Association was founded in 1923 and is currently running over 70 sport disciplines, both team and individual, including football, ice-hockey, basketball, volleyball, gymnastic, tennis and many others. The line-up will be : 1) Anvar Yunusov vs Jitender Kumar 2) Eduard Husainov vs Siddharth Varma 3) Maxim Gazizov vs Mandeep Jangra 4) Eduard Yakushev vs Marko Calic 5) Arslanbek Makhmudov vs Trent Rawlins.

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