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Jeffries face Belarus's Shakuro

Tony Jeffries
Jeffries has won his first two professional bouts

Belarussian light-heavyweight Ilya Shakuro has been named as the opponent for Sunderland's Tony Jeffries in his bout at the Seaham Centre on 10 July.

Shakuro, 20, is stepping up from super-middleweight for the bout and has a record of two wins and one defeat from his three fights so far.

The fight, which takes place over six rounds, is Shakuro's first outside of his native Belarus.

He is also a friend of Jeffries' first opponent Aliaksandr Vayavoda.



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