The 10th of December will see the comeback of a familiar figure after a long time in the wings. Former world title challenger Misha Aloyan (4-1) will see action for the first time in over a year since his close yet unanimous decision loss to reigning WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete in a quarterfinal bout of the WBSS's second season.

Aloyan, now 31, comes back in front of his fans in Kemerovo, not far away from his adopted hometown of Novosibirsk. The ethnic Yazidi, who is best known for winning two gold medals at world amateur boxing championships in 2011 and 2013, defeating likes of Robeisy Ramirez, Amnat Ruenroeng, Rau’Shee Warren and Andrew Selby among others, will be back to super flyweight.

Now unrated, Aloyan faces Panamanian Ronal Batista (12-1, 8 KOs) over twelve. Batista is rated #15 by the WBA.

On the undercard, famed amateur light flyweight Bator Sagaluev will make his pro debut against dangerous Filipino national champion Garen Diagan (7-1, 3 KOs) over six. Standing just 5’0’’ Sagaluev, one of the most diminutive prizefighters active, had amateur wins over Berik Galanov and 2016 Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov.

Continuing his comeback over four years of inactivity, middleweight Marcos Nader defended his IBF International 160lb title for the first time this past Saturday, outpointing previously undefeated Italy-based Khalil El Harraz (11-1-1, 1 KO) unanimously over ten. The fight took place at Erste Bank arena in Vienna, Austria. Nader, 29, previously promoted by the Sauerland Event, is now 22-1-1, 5 KOs.

On Saturday night, Mateusz Borek of MB Promotions staged a nice –packed tournament at the MOSiR Hall in Radom, Poland.

What was proposed as largely a Polish event marked the biggest win in a career of Ukrainian Andriy Velikovskiy. Velikovskiy, 23, whose only kayo loss was to now 11-0 prospect Eduard Skavinskiy in an all-Ukrainian showdown (Skavinskiy has relocated to Russia since then), stopped local favorite Patryk Szymanski (20-3, 10 KOs) in four rounds.

Velikovskiy was solidly ahead in each round and each encounter. His left hook was unmatched by the Pole, and finally had him down in the fourth. Sensing the local boy was in trouble, referee Grzegorz Molenda waved it off at 1:25. Szymanski, who previously competed both in Poland and in the States and won against notable veterans Rafal Jackiewicz and Wilky Campfort, is now 1-3 with three stoppages since October 2019. That might be the end of the road for him, and the beginning of a new one for a road warrior Velikovskiy, who is now 16-2-1, 10 KOs.

Featherweight Kamil “Szczurek” Laszczyk is slowly working his way back to his best shape after several years in virtual obscurity. Laszcyk’s record is one of the best in his weight class – 27-0, 9 KOs – but he lost a step in an all-around chaos. The unanimous decision over tough Ukrainian import Olexander Egrorov (20-3-1, 10 KOs) should be a step into a right direction. It’s to be noted though that super bantamweight Egorov fought less than two months since a loss in the EBU title fight to Luca Rigoldi. Scores were: 80-72, 80-72, and 79-73 – for Szczurek.

In a cross-roader, young Polish light heavyweight gun Sebastian Slusarczyk (7-0, 5 KOs) impressed in the fifth round stoppage of game veteran Dariusz Sek (28-6-3, 10 KOs). Sek fought on even terms with a younger foe for the first four rounds, although Slusarczyk already showed his bigger power. It all changed in the fifth, when the 22-year old cornered Sek at the ropes and unleashed a wild fury of punches, forcing a stoppage. Like Szymanski, Sek – also 1-3 with 3 stoppages recently – might be well advised to weigh-in his further career options.

Another Pole, whose career is definitely going to the final station, is Krzysztof Zimnoch. The Pole, who was a good amateur boxer back in the day, had wins over Oliver McCall, Michael Grant and Mike Mollo in his past. He was out of the ring for more than two years – ever since his heavy loss to Joey Abell in 2017. Zimnoch came back this time as a cruiserweight… and was stopped in two by unheralded countryman Krzysztof Twardowski (6-2, 4 KOs).

Another local heavyweight in Ukrainian Sergey Werwejko (11-3, 7 KOs) also lost, being stopped in seven by hard-hitting American import Shawndell Terell Williams (13-2, 12 KOs). Werwejko was down in the sixth before being halted for good in the next round. Williams was coming of a stoppage win over 16-0 Ukrainian Olexander Teslenko in September.

Other results:

Kamil Gardzielik (10-0, 3 KOs) UD 8 Mikolay Kuzmitskiy (11-1, 9 KOs). Scores were: 80-72, 80-72, and 79-73

Kamil Mlodzinski (12-5-4, 6 KOs) UD 6 Jakub Dobrzynski (4-3, 1 KO). Scores: 59-54, 58-55, and 58-55.