With just two days to go now until the World Series of Boxing showpiece Team Final between Dynamo Moscow and Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder gets underway, both teams have arrived in London with their entourages for this season’s title decider. The two strongest teams in the competition are now primed as they face-off this Wednesday 2 May for the WSB Team Champions Trophy at the ExCeL, the venue for this summer’s London 2012 Olympic Games.
This momentous match promises to serve up a classic as these two sensational teams go head-to head during one night of top-quality action. The glamor of the Italian outfit versus the steel of the Russian Franchise as the season reaches its climax.
Ready and raring to go are ten boxers eager to make their mark and engrave their names in boxing folklore. History beckons for the team who comes out on top.
The line-up is a mouth-watering one and is a follows:
54kg – Bantamweight
Vladimir Nikitin (Dynamo Moscow)
WSB Record: 3-1 (3WP)
22 years old
168 cm
Orthodox
Russian
2009, 2010 and 2011 National Championships – Bronze
vs.
Vincenzo Picardi (Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder)
WSB Record: 4-1 (4WP)
28 years old
173 cm
Orthodox
Italian
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games – Bronze
—-> Read about the Italian 2012 Olympic boxing team
61kg – Lightweight
Adlan Abdurashidov (Dynamo Moscow)
WSB Record: 8-1-1 (6WP / 2TKO / 1TD)
21 years old
174 cm
Orthodox
Russian
2009 European Student Championships – Gold
vs.
Branimir Stankovic (Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder)
WSB Record: 1-1 (1WP)
21 years old
171 cm
Orthodox
Serbian
2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Quarter-finals
73kg – Middleweight
Maxim Gazizov (Dynamo Moscow)
WSB Record: 4-1 (4WP)
28 years old
174 cm
Orthodox
Russian
2009 and 2010 National Championships – Silver
—-> Read about the Russian 2012 Olympic boxing team
vs.
Sergiy Derevyanchenko (Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder)
WSB Record: 11-0 (7WP / 4TKO)
26 years old
174 cm
Orthodox
Ukrainian
2011 WSB World Champion
2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Bronze
85kg – Light Heavyweight
Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Dynamo Moscow)
WSB Record: 3-0 (2WP / 1TKO)
25 years old
190 cm
Orthodox
Ukrainian
2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Quarter-finals
vs.
Imre Szello (Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder)
WSB Record: 6-1 (5WP / 1KO)
28 years old
184 cm
Orthodox
Hungarian
2011 European Boxing Championships – Bronze
91+kg – Heavyweight
Vitaly Kudukhov (Dynamo Moscow)
WSB Record: 4-1 (2WP / 2TKO)
22 years old
185 cm
Orthodox
Russian
2010 and 2011 National Championships – Bronze
vs.
Clemente Russo (Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder)
WSB Record: 13-0 (12WP / 1TKO)
29 years old
180 cm
Orthodox
Italian
2011 WSB World Champion,
2008 Olympic Games – Silver
