07:25, 26 May 2017 | GMT +6
Kanat Islam tops IBF Intercontinental rating
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakhstani boxer Kanat Islam (23-0, 19KO) tops the updated IBF Intercontinental rating, Kazinform learnt from Sports.kz.
English sportsman Ahmet Patterson (17-0, 7KO) ranks the second. French Zakaria Attou (25-6-2, 7KO) stands the third in the rating.
In the IBF main rating Islam was placed the sixth after French Cédric Vitu (46-2, 19КО), Italian Marcello Matano (17-3, 5КО) and American Justin DeLoach (17-1, 9КО). The first and the second positions in the rating remain vacant.
Islam will hold his next fight vs. Mexican Norberto Gonzalez (23-8, 13КО) in Boca Raton (Florida, the U.S.) on May 26.
The boxers will fight for WBO NABA and WBA Intercontinental middleweight champion's titles.