On December 17, Tashkent will host the second night of boxing at DAZN, which will lead the WBA junior middleweight qualifier between ranked No. 2 Israil Madrimov from Uzbekistan and Michel Soro from France. In September, the competition for the right to organize this fight was won by Madrimov's co-promoters from Matchroom Boxing.

Soro had previously held the WBA Gold title, while Madrimov was ranked first, and the WBA planned to appoint Soro to defend the title against Madrimov, but then the organization urgently began reforms. The WBA Gold title was abolished and the final qualifying bout between Soro and Madrimov has been set, the winner of which will be the mandatory challenger for WBA, WBC and IBF champion Jermell Charlo.

Also in this evening of boxing, famous Uzbek boxers Shahram Giyasov and Khasanboy Dusmatov will enter the ring, and Bektemir Melikuziev will return to the ring after the first defeat in June this year.