Stanislav Kalitskiy over-comes Mirzamukhammad Khikmatullaev

In Russia Yesterday fight fans saw promising young Kazakh fighter Stanislav Kalitskiy (5-0, 3) continue to his perfect start as he took a 6 round decision win over Uzbek debutant Mirzamukhammad Khikmatullaev (0-1).

The Kazakh fighter, who hadn't who hadn't fought since February when he defeated Denis Lashin, was returning from an injury and didn't look as good as he had in the past. Even going as far as to state he was unhappy with his own performance after the contest ended. 

Despite the less than great bout Kalitskiy will be happy to have gotten the win and to have bounce back from an injury with a win. He will also, if we're being honest, be glad to have gotten 6 rounds of action given such a long break.

As for Khikmatullaev a loss won't be the ideal way to begin his professional career, however he showed enough to get excited about his potential going forward, and he is certainly a decent fighter worth following, despite his early career set back. He will almost certainly rebuild following this loss and should be added on to a fight fans watch list going forward.

If you're interested in watching the fight we've included the full fight video below.

Firuza Sharipova and Yuliya Kutsenko make weight!

Later today Kazakh female fighter Firuza Sharipova (8-1, 4) will defend the WIBA Lightweight title against unbeaten Russian Yuliya Kutsenko (7-0-1, 3), who will be stepping up in class.

Yesterday the two women took part in their weigh in for that bout and both came in under the 135lb for the contest.

The champion, who will be making her second defense of the belt, looked confident and strong at the weigh in and will be looking to score her 9th straight win, following a shock loss on her debut. She turned professional with high expectations on her shoulders, following a lot of amateur success, and will know that a win here could, potentially, lead to a show down in the future with Irish boxing golden girl Katie Taylor.

Kutsenko on the other hand has will be fighting in her first title bout, and despite her unbeaten record she has not been tested particularly hard. Instead she has been handled with relative kid gloves whilst often competing below the Lightweight division.

Fans who may be interested in watching this contest are to tune into Khabar TV in Kazakhstan, who will show the fight, live, a little later today, though we do suspect the contest will be a mismatch. In fact the only real advantage that Kutsenko potentially has is a home advantage, with the fight being held in Russia, though even that is only a small advantage given that Sharipova has regularly fought in Russia through her career.

A picture from the weigh in can be seen below, thanks to Vesti.kz.