The Kazakh boxer has been granted a title fight.

On January 25, a numbered tournament will take place in Yekaterinburg under the auspices of the RCC HARD boxing league, featuring a title fight in the light heavyweight division between Yuri Kashinsky and Ilya Medyanik, as reported by Vesti.kz.

Kashinsky is a professional boxer from Russia competing in the first heavyweight division. He is a Master of Sports in amateur boxing. Among professionals, he is a former champion of the IBF Inter-Continental, the Eurasian champion according to EBP, and the WBO Oriental champion in the first heavyweight division.

Medyanik is a boxer from Kazakhstan. According to the league's press service, Ilya is the recipient of a million-dollar bonus from RCC HARD: he delivered a spectacular fight against Alexander Minichev, which undoubtedly became a part of the history of bare-knuckle fights in Russia and Kazakhstan. Now, Medyanik is stepping into the most significant fight of his career against the decorated boxer Yuri Kashinsky.

Many fans consider this matchup as the main contenders for the million-dollar bonus from RCC HARD for the best fight of the evening.