Alen Babic looks set to return to the ring next month.
The Croatian heavyweight has not yet fought this calendar year.
Babic, 29, has a record of 3-0 and has finished all three of his pro outings early.
And the man who is managed by Dillian Whyte is expected to feature on his mentor’s undercard on August 22.
Whyte, the WBC interim heavyweight title holder, is back in action against former Anthony Joshua opponent Alexander Povetkin at the headquarters of Matchroom Boxing in Brentwoood, Essex and Eddie Hearn, the Matchroom MD who is promoting Whyte, has confirmed that Babic will get an outing on the card.
“He will feature on the card,” Hearn told iFL TV in a recent interview. “We have got a couple more fights to add, actually, and we’ll be adding those early next week.
“Babic will be in a big step up fight and we have a few opponents in mind. He’s a good fighter and there’s a fighter who is up for fighting anyone and Dillian is up for putting him in with anyone.”
Tom Little, the Londoner who has been stopped by David Price and Daniel Dubois in previous contests, has been mentioned as a potential foe for Babic for the card, though nothing is yet set in stone.
Katie Taylor will defend her WBA, IBF, WBO, WBC and Ring Magazine world lightweight titles on the same card as Whyte’s clash against Povetkin in the Fight Camp series.
Amanda Serrano had been set to be in the opposite corner, but the former seven-weight world champion failed to agree to the fight and Taylor’s promoter Hearn instead secured a rematch between Taylor and Delfine Persoon for the date.
Persoon, from Belgium, was controversially outpointed by Taylor at Madison Square Garden in New York last June and the return is highly anticipated.
Martin Bakole, Whyte’s fellow heavyweight, will meet Russia’s Sergey Kuzmin on the card, while there is also a rescheduled clash between Luther Klay and Chris Kongo on the bill for the former’s WBO Global welterweight title.