By Yuri Tarantin

Junior welterweight contender Anton Novikov (29-1, 10KOs) will return to the ring on December 6th in Los Angeles, according to the boxer's co-promoter Alexei Vasiliev of Ural Boxing Promotions, who handles the boxer with Top Rank. The card will be an UniMas televised broadcast. In his last fight, Novikov lost a twelve round unanimous decision to WBA 'regular' junior welterweight champion Jessie Vargas in August. Most saw the fight as being much closer than the scorecards would suggest.

Yuri Tarantin covers boxing for Allboxing.ru.