With a recent win over Francesco Patera in Montreal, Dzmitry Asanau has firmly established himself in the chasing pack of lightweight contenders. Already ranked No. 13 with the WBC heading into the bout, victory boosted him inside the sanctioning body's Top 10 upon its April ratings release.

MONTREAL — Dzmitry Asanau lived up to his billing as "The Wasp" with his high work rate taking care of Francesco Patera by 10-round unanimous decision to retain his WBC Continental Americas lightweight title at the Montreal Casino, Montreal, on Thursday night, on ESPN+

Rising lightweight Dzmitry Asanau will have his third fight under the Eye of The Tiger banner on Thursday. Each fight has been a step up and this time he will face former European titleholder Francesco Patera in the main event at Montreal Casino, Montreal.

MONTREAL - Dzmitry Asanau and Francesco Patera both comfortably made lightweight this afternoon at the Montreal Casino, Montreal, ahead of tomorrow's main event. Asanau tipped the scales at 134.6, while his opponent Patera came in at 134.1.

Eye of The Tiger announced that Dzmitry Asanou would face former European lightweight titleholder Francesco Patera in the main event at the Montreal Casino, Montreal on April 10.