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Lausanne – The 7,000-seater Sports Palace of Kyiv is promised to an electric night this Friday 19 April (20:00 local time) when the full-strength Otamans will try to come back from their 1-4 away defeat to Dolce & Gabbana Italia Thunder in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) semi-finals.

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Lomachenko and London 2012 bronze medallist Oleksandr Gvozdyk, the
Ukrainians look confident enough to kick the defending Champions out of
the competition.

Action will get underway at Bantamweight (50-54kg) with Ukrainian
National Championships silver medallist Mykola Butsenko going toe-to-toe
with former pro Daniele Limone. Butsenko has already won twice this
season and will be determined to extend his record in front of his fans.
His footwork and capability to keep the right distance are his
trademarks. Limone, who was defeated three times so far, will therefore
face a complicated task.

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