The Ukrainian heavyweight Viktor Faust will fight America’s Rydell Booker on April 5 at the MBS Arena in Potsdam, Germany. 

Faust, 13-1 (8KOs), is continuing to rebuild off the back of being stopped by Lenier Pero of Cuba in 2023. The 32 year old has since recorded successive victories.

The 28-7-1 (15KOs) Booker has lost six of his past 10 fights. Aged 44, he was perhaps at his peak in 2004 when he lost to James Toney; he was then inactive until 2018, having gone to prison for drugs-related charges. His most recent victory came against the lightly regarded John Cortez in Colombia, in December 2024.

In the main event of the SES promotion, Tina Rupprecht and Sumire Yamanaka contest the undisputed atomweight title. Rupprecht holds the WBA and WBC titles; Yamanaka those of the IBF and WBO.