Souleymane M'baye To Make Ring Return on March 26

By Per Ake Persson

Former WBA super lightweight and welterweight champ Souleymane M´Baye (40-5-1) has been out of the ring since 2013 but it is now announced that he will return to the ring on March 26 in Deauville (France) against Alexandre Lepelley (18-5-1).

M´Baye, who turns 42-years-old in March, held the WBA 140-pound world title 2006-07 and as a welterweight won the WBA interim belt 2010. He then returned to super lightweight and challenged then unbeaten Khallab Allakhverdiev but was stopped in what was his last fight.

M'Baye has some impressive wins on his record, like against Antonin Decarie and Amneth Diaz. He fought to a draw with talented Andriy Kotelnik, but lost tough fights to Vivian Harris, Gavin Rees and Herman Ngoudjo.