World of Boxing is a Russian promotion company, which organizes professional boxing fights.[1] [2] The company was founded in 2012 by MIC Group president Andrey Ryabinskiy. The first fight between Wladimir Klitschko и Alexander Povetkin organized by the company was held on October 5, 2013 with the support of Rosneft. A number of Russian boxers worked with the company, including:
Alexander Povetkin — WBA World Heavyweight Champion (2011–13) Denis Lebedev — WBA World Champion (2012–18) Eduard Troyanovsky — IBF World Champion (2015–16) and IBO World Champion (2015–16) Rakhim Chakhkiev — EBU European Cruiserweight Champion (2014) Grigory Drozd — WBC World Champion (2014–15) Dmitry Bivol — WBA World Champion (since 2017) Dmitry Kudryashov — International WBA Champion (2014–16) Sergei Kuzmin — WBA Inter-Continental Champion (2018–19) Alexei Papin — IBF International Light heavyweight Champion (since 2019, 2018–19)
Shakhram Giyasov — WBA International Super Lightweight Champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev — WBA Inter-Continental Super Bantamweight Champion Batuhan Gözgeç — WBA Super lightweight Champion Bektemir Melikuziev — The 2016 Summer Olympics silver medalist Elnur Abduraimov — winner of the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships Sergey Lipinets — IBF World Junior welterweight Champion.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]Since 2017, Vadim Kornilov is the acting head of the company.[10] Since then, Mir Boksa has ceased to hold major boxing events as was done in previous years.