Rising tremendous middleweight Osleys Iglesias has torn by way of his opposition since signing with Eye of The Tiger earlier this yr.
The Cuban-born fighter, who is predicated in Germany, will face Sena Agbeko on the undercard of Christian Mbilli-Serhiy Derevyanchenko in Quebec Metropolis, Canada on August 17.
Chief assist will see heavyweights Arslanbek Makhumdov (19-1, 18 knockouts) and Guido Vianello (12-2-1, 10 KOs) meet in a 10-rounder. Additionally tabbed to see motion are Leila Beaudoin (11-1 KO) vs. Lizbeth Crespo (15-7, 4 KOs). Native prospect Wilkens Mathieu (9-0, 6 KOs) will face an as but unknown opponent. Current signee light-weight Dzmitry Asanau (7-0, 3 KOs) will make his Eye of The Tiger debut and all-action Thomas Chabot (10-0, 8 KOs) may also see motion.
In the meantime, High Rank, who co-promote Mbilli and Makhmudov with Eye of The Tiger, will placed on their uber light-weight prospect Abdullah Mason (13-0, 11 KOs) in addition to once-beaten Jahi Tucker (11-1-1, 5 KOs), each will face as but to be decided opponents.
It would characterize Iglesias second outing since he gained inside a spherical on his EOTT towards the often sturdy former world title challenger Marcelo Coceres in March.
He adopted that with a chilling first spherical knockout over Evgeny Shvedenko on June 6.
Not one to let the grass develop underneath his toes, Iglesias will look to proceed the momentum towards Agbeko.
Iglesias (11-0, 10 knockouts), rated at No. 5 by The Ring at tremendous middleweight, was a gifted novice in his native Cuba earlier than turning skilled in Germany in 2019. In simply his sixth battle he dominated light former two-time world title challenger Isaac Chilemba (UD 12).
The 26-year-old southpaw caught the attention stopping Ezequiel Maderna (KO 1), Andrii Velikovskyi (TKO 10) and Artur Reis (KO 4) earlier than confirming his credentials towards Coceres and Shvedenko.
Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs) turned skilled in his native Ghana in 2011. After 15 consecutive wins, he misplaced on his American debut towards Raymond Gatica (TKO 4), which noticed him not battle once more for three-years.
Upon his return Agbeko scored eight wins earlier than dropping a large choice to Vladimir Shishkin (UD 10). He obtained again to successful methods, notably beating Winfred Harris Jr. (TKO 9) and beforehand unbeaten Isaiah Steen (UD 10) however was stopped by David Morrell (TKO 2) in his final battle in December 2023.
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