“Losing is not an option”: undefeated Grigoryan targets 10th win at IBA.PRO 20

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Lausanne, Switzerland — Undefeated Russian lightweight Mikhail Grigoryan is targeting his tenth consecutive professional win when he faces Ugandan Henry Oteba at IBA.PRO 20 in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia, on 14 August.

The ten-round contest will have the vacant IBF Youth Lightweight title on the line, adding another championship bout to the IBA.PRO 20 card.

Grigoryan, who holds a perfect 9-0 professional record with two knockout victories, is confident that the support around him will drive him to another win.

“I am sure we are going to have a very good fight, and I am confident that I will win because so many people are behind me, supporting me and helping me,” Grigoryan said. “Losing is not an option for me. What I have been through, many people could not even imagine.

“Henry, welcome to Russia! I hope you have prepared well for this fight because it is going to be the toughest fight of your life.”

Grigoryan enjoyed a successful amateur career, becoming a two-time European youth champion and three-time Russian youth champion, as well as earning multiple medals at international competitions.

He has since made an impressive, undefeated transition to the professional ranks. Grigoryan last appeared at IBA.PRO 16 in Serpukhov in April, where he defeated the experienced Filipino Jeo Santisima by unanimous decision.

Oteba now stands between the 22-year-old Russian and a tenth professional victory, with the Ugandan travelling to Naberezhnye Chelny for their IBF Youth title contest.

IBA.PRO 20 features a strong international card on 14 August. In the main event, 2025 IBA World Champion Djambulat Bizhamov (RUS) faces unbeaten Vladimir Mironchikov (SRB), a World Championships bronze medallist, for the vacant IBF European Super Middleweight title.

Another IBF European title will be contested between undefeated Chingiz Natyrov (RUS) and 2019 IBA World Champion Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov (UZB), while unbeaten Sergey Lubkovich (RUS) takes on Khavasbek Asadulaev (UZB) in a ten-round welterweight contest.

The card will also feature Yury Kashinsky (RUS), Ruslan Selimyan (RUS), Rasul Magomedov (RUS), Amin Abdullin (RUS), and Naberezhnye Chelny native Sergey Sergeev (RUS).