After a barnstorming start to the season, with seven wins from as many outings in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) Group A, Azerbaijan Baku Fires will seek to ensure they finish the regular season top of the table with victory over Russia at the Olympic Sports Center 'Serhedchi' this Saturday 9 February (19:00 local time). With 2012 London Olympian Elvin Mamishzada, undefeated Belarusian Mikalai Vesialou and hard-hitting Haji Murtuzaliyev in the Azeri ranks, expect the home team to be able to maintain their perfect record.

After claiming silver at the European Championships in 2010, a lot has been expected of pocket dynamo Mamishzada with the 21-year-old having impressed in reaching the 2011 AIBA World Championships quarter-finals and subsequently qualifying for the Olympic Games last summer. The Azeri orthodox fighter will now be gunning for victory on his WSB debut but will have to box clever when he faces 29-year-old Vyacheslav Tashkarakov at Bantamweight (50-54kg), with the Russian a very dangerous opponent.

The World Series of Boxing (WSB) Group A encounter between Hussars Poland and Argentina Condors at the Hala Znicz in Pruszkow this Friday 8 February (20:00 local time) will surely decide these teams' fate in the race for quarter-final qualification. This is a must-win for both with defeat putting their places in the knockout phase in serious jeopardy. Poland have nominated their best boxers to take to the ring on the night and they will be banking on the class and know-how of the unbeaten Mateusz Mazik, the rangy Adil Aslanov and team poster-boy Tomasz Jablonski to make the difference against some tough opposition.

23-year-old Polish southpaw Mazik will be opening up the show at Bantamweight (50-54kg) when he faces Argentine rising star Fernando Martinez in what promises to be one of the outstanding fights of the tie. After recording two wins from two this season against experienced opposition, the young Mazik will be keen to continue his fine form by extending that winnings streak on home soil. Martinez has been one of Argentina's star performers with his electric speed and precision punching, so sparks will fly when these two go head-to-head.

With it so tight in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) Group B, this weekend will have a major influence on the final positions for four teams with three fixtures to go until the end of the regular season. Friday 8 February (20:00 local time) sees Ukraine Otamans reserve a hot reception at the Terminal in Brovary for the visiting Dolce & Gabbana Italia Thunder team. The home team have looked unstoppable since the winter-break and a full-strength line-up that includes double Olympic Champion Vasyl Lomachenko and London 2012 bronze medallist Oleksandr Gvozdyk awaits Italia.

At Bantamweight (50-54kg), the untested 21-year-old Ukrainian Mykola Butsenko will be pitted against Italian pro boxer Daniele Limone. The Otamans debutant will be giving a lot of reach away versus an experienced opponent who boast a 10-1 record in the pro ranks. 28-year-old orthodox Limone has unfortunately lost twice in WSB already this season but has shown flashes of brilliance so goes into the fight as slight favourite.

The announcement that double Olympic Champion Vasyl Lomachenko will be boxing at York Hall in London when Ukraine Otamans battle the British Lionhearts in the last round of World Series of Boxing (WSB) fixtures in Group B on Friday 1 March 2013, is sure to be greeted with great joy by all boxing fans across Britain. It will be an opportunity for them to see first-hand one of the world's finest talents in action. For the price of one Olympic and World Champion, they will get the opportunity of seeing a second absolutely free, with the imposing figure of Oleksandr Usyk also set to grace the canvas.

Lomachenko, the electric 24-year-old southpaw, is now a fully fledged boxing superstar after adding the London 2012 Olympic Lightweight (60kg) gold medal to the Featherweight (57kg) one he claimed in such style at the 2008 Beijing Games. The two-time AIBA World Champion, after triumphing both in Milan in 2009 and in Baku in 2011, is one of the world's most feared boxers and the British public is sure to be treated to something truly special when he takes to the ring to face either one of Lionhearts fighters.