On Saturday, February 26, Kazakh Kanat Islam (28-0, 22 KOs) will have a title fight against Briton James Kilrain Kelly (25-2, 10 KOs), bbabo.net correspondent reports.

The fight will take place in Plant City (USA, Florida): in a ten-round fight, the opponents will challenge the vacant WBO Global middleweight title.

Live broadcast from the USA will start at 07:00 Nur-Sultan time.

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We add that the 29-year-old Kelly boxed in December last year, when he beat compatriot Henry Matthews ahead of schedule (16-51-3, 2 KOs). As for Islam, the winner of the Beijing Olympics a year ago defeated Ecuadorian Jason Alexander Minda (14-6-1, 8 KOs) by technical knockout.

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Earlier, the rivals passed the official weigh-in ceremony and both fit into the division limit - up to 72.57 kilograms.

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