Dan Rafael reported Wednesday {that a} supply confirmed Osleys Iglesias will defend his IBF tremendous middleweight title towards Oliver Zaren on October 8 in Canada. A venue was not disclosed.
Iglesias (15-0, 14 KOs) captured the vacant belt on April 9 in Montreal, stopping Pavel Silyagin in spherical eight. The Cuban energy puncher has knocked out 14 of his 15 skilled opponents and has shortly change into a harmful presence at 168 kilos.
Oliver Zaren (19-0-1, 8 KOs) lacks main title recognition, although he owns the IBF Intercontinental title and is ranked No. 5 by the group. The 26-year-old Dane fought Jose Luis Navarro Jr. in June, a bout in Spain that resulted in a no-contest after a thunderstorm pressured the motion to be halted.
Zaren spent virtually his whole seven-year skilled profession preventing in Denmark earlier than that journey. Iglesias represents a significant step up in opposition.
The matchup retains Iglesias lively whereas the larger names at tremendous middleweight pursue different fights. Christian Mbilli defends his WBC belt towards Canelo Alvarez on October 31, three weeks after Iglesias faces Zaren.
Osleys has struggled to safe a significant opponent regardless of his knockout run. With the division’s better-known champions and contenders dedicated elsewhere, Zaren offers him a title protection with out forcing him to attend a number of extra months for one more alternative.
The larger fights stay the objective at 168 kilos, and Zaren isn’t the kind of opponent who will fulfill that demand. One other fast knockout would no less than strengthen Iglesias’ argument for a unification battle subsequent.
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