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Anthony Vs Avni for the super middleweight crown
Anthony Dirrell will fight Avni Yildirum for the vacant super middleweight title of the World Boxing Council, on February 23 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in an attractive card that will be broadcast by FOX SPORTS.
Dirrell (32-1-1, 24 KOs) will face Yildirim (21-1, 12 KOs) for the vacant belt after undefeated 168-pound champion David Benavidez (20-, 17 KOs) was declared “Champion in recess” at the WBC convention last October.
Benavidez was suspended for six months after an adverse result in a test conducted as part of the WBC’s Clean Boxing Program.
Avni has commented on several occasions that his dream is to become the first WBC absolute champion in history from Turkey and now he has just that opportunity.
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