Maxim Babanin vs Yuri Bykhovtsev | Tyson Fury Winner vs #2 Belarus | RCC Boxing
- Posted by fmartin on May 11, 2023
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Undefeated Russian boxer Maxim Babanin (4-0) and Yuri Bykhovtsev (10-25-3) will fight on the card of the RCC Boxing Promotions boxing evening, which will take place on May 6 at the Uralets arena in Yekaterinburg.
Babanin wrote his name into history not only with his incredible amateur career, but also with his victory over the Gypsy King Tyson Fury. Boxers met in the final of the European Youth Championship, and Maxim took an early victory. After that, Fury ended his amateur career.
“Somewhere in the fourth round, he hit me in the jaw from below, I thought that my lower teeth had fallen out! But he defended the ending, and the fight was over, ”recalls Babanin in an interview with the Championship.
But if then Fury ended his amateur career, then Babanin boxed as an amateur for another 14 years. Maxim's debut fight as a professional took place only in 2021. Now behind him are four early victories and a place in the top 15 of the Russian heavyweight rating.
Bykhovtsev is also a unique boxer: behind him is already 38