One of the biggest heavyweight contests of the year is set for 11 July at Moscow’s VTB Arena, where WBA Heavyweight World Champion Murat Gassiev will defend his title against Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Tony Yoka in the main event of IBA PRO 19. The bout marks the first defence of the WBA heavyweight title Gassiev won with a sixth-round stoppage of Kubrat Pulev at IBA PRO 13, becoming Russia’s first heavyweight world champion in more than a …
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