Ismayl Sillakh WBC #2 On ESPN2, Russia TV 2, April 27, 2012

World-class professional boxing will return to the Frank Erwin Center in Austin Texas, Friday April 27, 2012 when Roy Jones Jr.’s Square Ring Promotions brings two riveting 10-round feature bouts to be telecast live on ESPN Friday Night Fights. NABF Light Heavyweight Champion Ismayl “The Black Russian“ Sillakh will face unbeaten contender Denis “The Pirate“ Grachev of Russia. Sillakh, 17-0 with 14 knockouts, is rated No. 2 in the world by the WBC, and is in line to meet the winner of the April 28 Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson WBC world title fight. He risks that title shot, his world rating and his NABF championship against danger man Grachev, 11-0-1 with 7 KO’s. Sillakh, a Ukrainian living in Southern California, stormed to the top of the WBC ratings last year when he dominated fellow unbeaten contender Yordanis Despaigne on an ESPN main event. Grachev earned the reputation as a spoiler after his two most recent matches, scoring impressive wins in