Boxer paces towards IBF title

Professional Azeri boxer Fariz Mammadov won Russian Igor Sakhatarov in an IBF rating fight in St. Petersburg, Russia on 28 August, he and President of the Azerbaijan Federation of Professional Boxing Zahid Aliyev told a news conference at the Press Club of Baku Tuesday.

The Azeri boxer is expected to fight against David Cupfer from Costa-Rica for the IBF gold belt in March 2003. In case of victory, Mammadov will be the first IBF ranked Azeri boxer.*