Shvedenko-Osipov for WBC International title in Russia on December 21

Russian prospect Evgeny "Siberian Express" Shvedenko, 30, (13-0, 6KOs) and Artur "Black Lightning" Osipov (16-2-1, 11KOs), 31, from Michurinsk will meet on December 21 for the vacant title. WBC International super middleweight at an event organized by Zyaka Yunisov's YUKA company and Maxim Mikhailov's German company Fächer Sportmanagement in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Shvedenko has won the WBO and EBP Continental titles and in his last and only fight of 2020 he beat Maksim Smirnov on points in Russia. Shvedenko has resided and trains in Germany where he has fought the most.