He requested since weeks the financial support of the government for a displacement in Bucharest (Romania) to train for the next combat for the defense of his WBC belt won in January 2020 in Kinshasa in front of the Pole Michael Cieslak. Junior Ilunga Makabu finally had been put in his right.

To believe the president of the Congolese Federation of boxing (FBC), Ferdinand Ilunga Luyoyo, the government already resolved the funds. What allowed Junior Ilunga to accomplish the voyage to Bucharest where he is training with a group of boxers and coaches which makes his delegation

Junior Ilunga will put his belt of the WBC, one of the four professional federations of boxing in the world, in game next November. His adversary, which is not known up to now, will be chosen by the WBC. Makabu was obliged to dispute a combat of defense of his belt before the end of this year, with the risk to be disqualified.

Corneille Kinsala N’soki


(CKS/Yes)