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September 30, 2014 / BY UBO PRESS OFFICER

Reining UBO International Middleweight Champion Aliklych Kanbolatov will face former East & Central Africa Champion, and former UBO World title-challenger, Mada Mugo from Tanzania for the vacant UBO World Middleweight title.

Kanbolatov (9-2, 4 KOs) captured the International title last May with a technical decision over undefeated Ukranian Vladyslav Yeromenko, and has since stayed busy with a fourth round stoppage of another undefeated Ukranian in Igor Makoedov earlier this month.

Photo: Aliklych Kanbolatov.

The very experienced Mada Maugo (17-11, 12 KOs) is back at Middleweight after a stint at Super Middleweight and most recently Light Heavyweight, where he lost to Matamba Postolo for the UBO World title this past March in D. R. Congo.

He rebounded with a unanimous decision over UBO All-Africa Champion Thomas Mashali in a non-title fight in August, and is reportedly in top shape for his second crack at world honors, this time in his natural weight division.

In the co-featured bout 23-year-old prospect Varazdat Chernikov (7-2, 2 KOs) is set to get his hands full when he squares off with former WBF World Champion, and reigning UBO International Champion, Karama Nyilawila (18-10-2, 10 KOs) for the vacant UBO Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title.

While Chernikov has yet to fight more than eight rounds, Nyilawila (30) is a veteran of ten title fights since turning pro in 2005, and won the UBO International crown in his latest outing by defeating fellow countryman Said Mbelwa.