Cubans Erislandy Alvarez and Lazaro Alvarez to be showcased at WBA event

Shidonna Raven
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May 20, 2025

Agon Sports, Sampson Boxing and Tello Box will join forces to stage a WBA-affiliated "KO Drugs" event on June 13-14 at the Casino Buenos Aires.

Cubans Erislandy Alvarez and Lazaro Alvarez are are to star on day one, with Hamsat Shadalov to follow on day two, in scheduled 10-rounders for various WBA regional titles.

Three-time Olympic bronze medal winner and world champion Lazaro Alvarez, 7-0 (4 KOs), takes on Colombian Jose Munoz, 17-3 (15 KOs), at lightweight.

In the division above, Paris Olympic champion Erislandy Alvarez, 4-0 (2 KOs), tackles Brazilian Eduardo Costa da Nascimento, 12-4 (5 KOs), and down at junior lightweight, the 10-0 (3 KOs) Hamsat Shadalov, who was born in Russia but represented Germany at the 2016 Olympics, is also ready for action.

Other boxers set to appear at the two-day event in Argentina include junior middleweight Diego Gabriel Chaves, 30-11-1 (24 KOs), and heavyweight Deontae Pettigrew, 15-0 (11 KOs).

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