He is considered the top talent and greatest hope in German heavyweight boxing. The only 21-year-old Peter Kadiru has decided with his team on SES Boxing as his boxing promoter and will step into the ring for the first time as a professional at the Magdeburg SES boxing gala on March 2nd.

Born in Hamburg Peter Kadiru has already achieved many titles as junior super heavyweight e.g. twice U22 European champion, runner up world champion and Olympic Youth Champion 2014.

Together with the European champion Agit Kabayel (26), the WBO Inter-Conti champion and triple junior world champion Tom Schwarz (24), SES Boxing has united three young German heavyweights "on the way up" under one roof.

The MDR will broadcast this SES boxing gala with the debut of Peter Kadiru and the title fights by Agit Kabayel and Tom Schwarz on his program "SPORT im Osten – Boxen live" starting at 10.30pm.

Statements on the new SES deal from Kadiru:

Peter Kadiru: "I'm really looking forward to my professional debut and working with Ulf Steinforth. As an amateur, I've been following some of SES 'great boxing nights on TV and I'm proud to be part of this team now. I am convinced that together we can achieve a lot."

Bernd Böente, B+M Sport Management GmbH, who advises Peter Kadiru: "We had several lucrative offers for Peter Kadiru - many of them from abroad. But Peter wants to become the best out of his home country. SES is the ideal partner for us. I have known Ulf Steinforth for many years and I appreciate his excellent work. Thanks to his many years of cooperation with the MDR, we believe we have the right media partner right from the start for Peter. In the medium term, we hope that Peter will make the leap to nationwide awareness. I'm convinced Peter Kadiru will quickly prove the potential in him."

Christian Morales, Coach of Peter Kadiru: "I've seen Peter's excellent skills in training and competition. We celebrated many achievements in the Olympic field. A highlight was certainly the Youth Olympic gold medal 2014 in Nanjing. I am convinced that he will achieve great success in his professional career. I've rarely seen a more agile and faster heavyweight."

SES-Promoter Ulf Steinforth: "With the commitment of Peter Kadiru we are adding a great German talent in the heavyweight division to our ranks. In the future, he will form a mega-strong trio with European champion Agit Kabayel and WBO Inter-Conti champion Tom Schwarz. All three are young, ambitious and at the respective stages of their career outstanding hope carrier for German boxing. I am pleased to be able to accompany this special talent on his way to a professional sport and we will do our part to ensure that he can develop carefully so that in future he can reach the top of the world. It is a great sign of trust that Peter Kadiru and his team have chosen us."

Wolf-Dieter Jacobi, Program Director MDR: "We are delighted to welcome Peter Kadiru as an outstanding athlete and boxing talent on our program 'Sport im Osten - Boxen Live.' We will be showing all full-length matches of Peter Kadiru on MDR television. In addition, there will be a live stream of each fight under sportschau.de provided by the ARD."