Velikovskyi and Macías contesting WBC International title

WBC Press

Ukrainian Andrii Velikovskyi will face Mexican José de Jesús Macías, for the vacant international middleweight title of the World Boxing Council, during the main event of a card next Saturday, July 31, in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Andrii Velikovskyi (19-2-1, 12 KOs) will be increasing his level of opposition, against the quality of Mexican, José de Jesús Macías (28-10-3, 14 KOs), who arrives at this fight after defeating in Cuernavaca, Mexico the former Canadian world challenger, Steven Butler, to conquer the NABF title.

Andrii Velikovskyi arrives with a streak of eleven consecutive wins since 2017, including winning the WBC Asia title. In his last fight, Andrii knocked out Czech Anatoli Hunanyan this April in Germany, in five rounds.