By Michael Pavitt

Erislandy Savon helped the Domadores to their ninth straight win of the season ©WSBThe Cuba Domadores and the Russian Boxing Team underlined their dominance in Group A of the World Series of Boxing (WSB), as both franchises recorded whitewashes against the Algeria Desert Hawks and China Dragons respectively, in the latest round of fixtures.


As they look to defend their WSB title, the Domadores have now claimed victory in all nine of their Season V matches, the latest triumph coming at home in Havana.

Erislandy Savon secured his twelfth consecutive WSB win in the heavyweight division, while Arlen Lopez continued his quest for Rio 2016 qualification by stopping the Desert Hawks' Illyas Abbadi in their middleweight fight.

The whitewash was completed with light flyweight Joahnys Oscar Argilagos Perez, bantamweight Andy Cruz Gomez and light welterweight Kevin Hayler Brown Bazain earning victories in their respective divisions.

The result keeps the Domadores in pole position to qualify from the Group, however their unbeaten record will be put to the test in their next fixture as they travel to Moscow to face the Russian Boxing Team on March 20, who are yet to lose a fight at home this season.

Vasilii Egorov and Vladimir Nikitin set them on the Russian's on their way to another whitewash in front of their home fans, in St Petersburg, by defeating the China Dragons Xin Huang and Wang Long in their light flyweight and bantamweight fights.

Light welterweight Vitaliy Dunaytsev confirmed the victory on the night by winning every round of his bout with Jun Yang and before Petr Khamukov and Evgeny Tishchenko continued their franchises remarkable home record with victories of their own in the middleweight and heavyweight divisions.

Victories continue to pile up for the Russian Boxing Team in front of their own fans, with their boxers having won all 25 home fights ©WSBVictories continue to pile up for the Russian Boxing Team in front of their own fans, with their boxers having won all 25 home fights ©WSB



In the final Group A fixture of the night the Mexico Guerreros earned their fourth win a row, in a closely fought encounter with the Morocco Atlas Lions, in Casablanca.

Joselito Velázquez Altamirano got the Guerreros off to the perfect start by stopping the Lions' Zouhair El Bekkali in the second round of their light flyweight encounter, however Said Malek levelled the tie with a points victory in his bantamweight fight.

Raúl Curiel García restored the Guerreros advantage after the judges' scorecards ruled in his favour at the close of his light welterweight bout with Hamza El Barbari.

The Lion's Said Harnouf sent the match to a decider after winning in the middleweight division, but it was not enough to prevent his franchise from tasting defeat, as the Guerreros went home victorious after Julio Cesar Castillo clinched a heavyweight win on debut.

The Morocco Atlas Lions will attempt to get back to winning ways when they head to London to face the British Lionhearts on March 19, while the Guerreros hope to continue their streak when they visit the Algeria Desert Hawks on March 21.

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