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Alen Babic will fight Lukasz Rozanski for the new WBC bridgerweight title on April 22, live on Sky Sports.
Popular Croatian knockout artist Alen “The Savage” Babic will travel to Poland, Rozanski’s home country to fight for the vacant belt.
A trio of BOXXER fighters will be boxing on the bill in Rzeszow, with rising star Caroline Dubois and heavyweights Martin Bakole and Jeamie TKV also in action.
Martin Bakole will debut for BOXXER on April 22nd
This will be an international co-promotion with Knockout Promotions. Fresh from a successful event in Paris last weekend, where Dan Azeez captured the European light heavyweight title and Lauren Price extended her professional unbeaten streak, another big trip across the continent.
Coached by Shane McGuigan, Dubois blasted Feriche Mashaury at the OVO Wembley Arena in February in his last fight to take another decisive step in his burgeoning career.
Mashaury has fought Chantelle Cameron and Terri Harper and was recently crowned ‘British Boxer of the Year’ Natasha Jonas in 2019.
But former Team GB talent Dubois, still only 22, made light work of his Tanzanian rivals and sent them to three devastating rounds.
His opponent for April 22 will be named in due course.
The “Next King of Scotland” Bakole will make his highly anticipated BOXXER debut when he takes on undefeated Ukrainian Ihor Shevadzutskyi. in the battle of the behemoths.
Bakole signed a long-term deal with BOXXER in February and the Ayrshire-based heavyweight, who is highly ranked by the WBA, will be out to make a major statement when he clashes with the man nicknamed “Hulk”, who has already won. Kevin Johnson and Kamil Sokolowski at CV.
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Caroline Dubois maintained her unbeaten run with a win over Feriche Mashaury at Wembley.
Standing at 6ft 6in, Bakole hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and is the younger brother of former WBC world cruiserweight king Ilunga Makabu.
His record is as impressive as his stature, having won 18 professional fights including his last in May 2022 when he celebrated a majority decision victory over Tony Yoka in the 2016 Rio Olympic champion’s homeland in Paris, France.
Bakole’s only loss came in 2018 against American heavyweight Michael Hunter. But he has responded with seven consecutive wins since – five of which were knockouts, including wins over Kevin Johnson and Mariusz Wach.
Another impressive heavyweight on the fight card in Rzeszów is Jeamie TKV.
The unbeaten Londoner has made a strong impression with BOXXER, enjoying four wins – including a thrilling points victory over Harry Armstrong last month.
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Jeamie TKV defeated Joel Ducille, stopping him in the first round
The 29-year-old has been training in Texas sparring with Anthony Joshua and can now look forward to his first fight outside the capital when he travels to Poland next month.
CEO & founder of BOXXER, Ben Shalom said: “Another important European adventure awaits. Paris was an incredible success and we believe that this fight night in Poland will have a huge impact on the world of boxing.
“Caroline Dubois has proven to be unstoppable and this will be a great test for her overseas. Jeamie TKV has lit up our screens with some impressive heavyweight performances and you won’t want to blink when the ‘Next King of Scotland’ Martin Bakole stands toe to toe with ‘Ukrainian Hulk’, Ihor Shevadzutskyi in chief support.
“Followed by a huge world title fight with Alan Babic, we look forward to another showcase for our world-class roster on the global stage with Sky Sports.”
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