Martin Bakole decided to relinquish his WBC International Heavyweight title on voluntary basis.
The Committee will support current International Silver champion Zhan Kossobutskiy (Kazakhstan) to fight for this now vacant crown next February 19 in Hamburg (Germany). The name of the other contender will be announced soon by Universum Box Promotions.
Former champions in this division
Martin Bakole Ilunga, Congo
Filip Hrgovic, Croatia
A fight for the vacant belt took place in Moscow (Russia) on 27th November 2017 between Sergey Kuzmin and Amir Mansour. The fight was stopped in round three due to an accidental clash of heads which caused severe cuts on both fighters’ eyebrows. The title remained vacant*
