Florian Marku (13-0-1) and Chris Kongo (14-2) will settle their welterweight rivalry on Sunday, March 31st at The O2 in London. On the same show, Alen ‘The Savage’ Babic is back and set for heavyweight action against Newcastle’s Steve Robinson. The main event that night matches unbeaten heavyweight rivals Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke.  All the action will be available to watch live and exclusive on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Peacock in the USA. There’s no love lost between Marku and Kongo, who had to be pulled apart following an explosive press conference altercation last year. It will be a clash of styles as the ‘Albanian King’ and ‘2 Slick’ meet in the capital to settle their long-standing feud in a fascinating ten round contest.

 

Marku made short work of his last opponent, stopping Dylan Moran inside 60 seconds on September 2nd in Manchester. The 31-year old will be raring to go following this speedy stoppage win and is expected to bring an army of Albanian supporters with him to London.

 

Kongo returns following a narrow points defeat to Ekow Essuman for the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles on January 21st last year. The Bermondsey man thought he did enough to edge the contest but found himself of the wrong end of a majority decision at Manchester’s AO Arena.

 

Babic (11-1, 10 KOs) returns to The O2 where he has previously recorded wins over Morgan Dessaux, Eric Molina and Adam Balski. The popular Croatian heavyweight has built a cult following in the UK where he has amassed a series of KO wins. His unbeaten run was cut short when challenging Lukasz Rozanski for the WBC bridgerweight title in Poland last April. The 33-year old will be looking to get back to winning ways when faces Newcastle’s Steve ‘Drago’ Robinson (6-2, 4 KOs) as part of a huge night of boxing in the capital.

 

Callum Simpson (13-0, 9 KOs) will be on the card as well He was ringside to watch Zak Chelli capture the British super middleweight title from Jack Cullen in Liverpool in January. The Barnsley man is mandatory challenger for the British Title but before he has his crack at the Lonsdale belt, the 27-year-old will look to extend his unbeaten streak as he returns to London following a unanimous points win over Jose de Jesus Macias at York Hall in September.