According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, undefeated Lightweights Terrence Crawford and Andrey Klimov will do battle on October 5th as the televised co-feature to Miguel Cotto taking on Delvin Rodriguez in Orlando on HBO.
“Hopefully, Crawford can look good with this guy and keep rising up the rankings in the lightweight division,” said Top Rank vice=president Carl Moretti said.
Klimov (16-0, 8 KOs), 31, of Russia, has been fighting primarily in the United States for the past two years and scored his biggest win on June 7, when he scored a majority decision against former title challenger and longtime contender John Molina.
“The win over Molina on ESPN2 was a good win,” Moretti said of the fight that headlined a “Friday Night Fights” card. “The fact that Klimov is undefeated and has a quality amateur background should make this interesting. He’ll be there to win and to give Crawford all he wants.
