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Boxing: Brandon Thysse targets IBO world title in France

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South African boxer Brandon Thysse will face France’s Milan Prat for the vacant International Boxing Organisation super-welterweight world title on 15 October in Enghien-les-Bains. Thysse, who has 20 wins, four defeats and one draw, will seek his first world belt, reports the Sunday Express.

South African boxer Brandon Thysse will face France’s Milan Prat for the vacant IBO super-welterweight world title on Thursday 15 October at Enghien-les-Bains, north of Paris. The fight is scheduled to take place at the Salle du Casino, reports the Sunday Express.

Brandon Thysse will enter the bout with a record of 20 wins, four defeats and one draw, compared with 30 wins and one defeat for Milan Prat. The Frenchman, a former European Boxing Union champion, will have home advantage, according to the Sunday Express.

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