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Abass Barrou's European title defence against Milan Pratt is postponed again

The EBU has announced that its junior middleweight champion Abass Baraou, 16-1 (9 KOs) will make a mandatory defense of the title against Frenchman Milan Prat, 25-1 (19 KOs), on February 11 in Grenoble, France, on a EuroProm promotion

European junior middleweight champion, Abass Baraou, paid more attention than most to the latest instalment of Riyadh Season which saw Terence Crawford step up from 147lbs and box his way to a decision victory over Israil Madrimov to claim the WBA title.

Abass Baraou outpointed Macaulay McGowan on Friday at Bolton Whites Hotel in Lancashire, U.K., coasting to a wide unanimous decision win and the European Boxing Union's junior middleweight title.

The football European Championships are set to kick off in Germany on Friday night with a match that pits the hosts against Scotland and Manchester’s Macaulay McGowan is happy to represent the Scots when he challenges German Abass Baraou for the EBU junior middleweight champion in Bolton

The old Macaulay McGowan may have been inclined to fight with his heart rather than his head when he takes on talented European super welterweight champion, Abass Baraou, on Friday night.

Abass Baraou may have completed one journey when he was finally crowned European super welterweight champion back in March, but his exciting 12-round victory over Sam Eggington also set him on another path

Abass Baraou spent years looking for a real fight. In March, he found one. Barou was matched with Sam Eggington for the vacant European super welterweight title.

Abass Baraou’s maiden defense of his EBU European junior middleweight title on June 14 will now take place at a new venue.

Abass Baraou will make the first defense of his European super welterweight title against Macaulay McGowan on Friday June 14. The fight will be promoted by Wasserman and televised by Channel 5.