Khurtsidze Returns to the Ring After Prison

Former "interim" WBO middleweight champion (up to 160 lbs) Avtandil Khurtsidze (33-2-2, 22 KOs) is returning to the ring for the first time since April 2017, when he won by technical knockout against Tommy Langford (21-4, 6 KOs). The Georgian will compete in a boxing event hosted by MB Promotions, which will take place on May 31 in New York. His opponent is currently unknown.

In 2018, the boxer was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the USA for connections with the Russian-Georgian mafia. In April 2021, Khurtsidze filed an appeal, which was granted, and he was released from prison two years later.