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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) Tony Bellew will fight Ilunga Makabu for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title at Everton's Goodison Park stadium on May 29.
Promoters announced the fight Friday.
It will be a first world title fight for the Liverpool-born Bellew since moving up from light heavyweight.
He says he's been training for months and ''this is the defining fight and night of my career.''
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Bellew is 26-2-1, with 16 knockouts. The Congo-born Makabu is 19-1, with 18 KOs.
Bellew says the WBC belt ''has always been the one that I've wanted to win more than another.''
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