Alexey Papin - Yuri Bykhovtsev -Archive 2016 - World of Boxing

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 KRK arena in Yekaterinburg. Babanin etched his name into history not only with his incredible amateur career, but also with his victory over the Gypsy King Tyson Fury. The boxers met in the final of the European Youth Championship, and Maxim took an early victory. After this, Fury ended his amateur career. “About the fourth round he hit me in the jaw from below, I thought my lower teeth fell out! But he defended the ending, and the fight ended,” Babanin recalls in an interview with “Championship”. But if 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 he has four early victories and a place in the top 15 of the Russian heavyweight rankings. Bykhovtsev is also a unique boxer: he already has 38 fights behind him and holds the #2 position in the Belarus ranking. This is one of the most unyielding boxers - only eight of his fights ended early, and nine meetings ended in separate decisions. #RCC #RMK