Boxer Denis Boytsov will be buried in the Orel region on October 18.

The funeral of boxer Denis Boytsov, who died at the age of 40, will take place on October 18 in the Orel region. This was announced on October 17 by the father of the athlete Nikolai Boytsov.

"Tomorrow at Streletsky at 12:30 Moscow time we will have a funeral service for him," he told TASS.

According to the athlete's father, the funeral service will be held in the temple. The boxer's funeral will take place on the same day.

The death of 40-year-old Boytsov was announced on October 17 by the Center for Physical Culture and Sports Events of the Orel region. After severe injuries sustained in Berlin in 2015, the athlete underwent several operations, was in a medically induced coma, and then underwent prolonged rehabilitation, he could not walk or speak.

Denis Boytsov was born on February 14, 1986 in Orel. He started boxing at the age of five, and at the amateur level he fought 130 fights, scoring 115 victories. In 2004, Boytsov switched to professional boxing. In 2006, he won the WBC World Youth heavyweight title, and in 2009 he won the WBA intercontinental title and the WBO European title.

In total, Fighters fought 37 fights in the professional ring, in which he won 36 victories, 27 of them by knockout. He was considered one of the most promising Russian heavyweights of the early 2010s.