The 23-year-old Rabii represented Morocco at this year’s Olympic Games in Brazil, where he captured a bronze medal in the welterweight division, losing a disputed decision (0-3) на полуфиналите до боксьора Узебек Шахрам Гиясов, who then lost (0-3) in the championship final to Данияр Yeleussinov. Rabii had defeated Yeleussinov, Казахстан, in the gold-medal championship bout of the AIBA World Amateur Championships. An average of 6 million Moroccans viewed each of Rabbi’s Olympic matches, providing testimony to his celebrity status back home.

A gifted orthodox fighter, Rabii was the past World Series of Boxing Fighter of the Year, who signed an exclusive, multi-year managerial contract last October with Nowhere2Hyde Management, which is owned and operated by international manager Гари Hyde, of Cork, Ирландия.

“We are delighted to have signed one of the best amateur boxers in the world,” Hyde каза. “Mohammed has a great style with knockout power in both hands. He will kick-star his pro career in front of his adoring fans in Casablanca February 18^тата. He is a national hero, така, the plan is to take full advantage by building him up at home in Morocco.”

Two other boxers managed by Hyde, Бившата световна асоциация Boxing (WBA) перо Симпиве Ветиека и средна категория Геворг Хачикян, will fight in the main event and co-feature, съответно, against opponents to be determined.

Vetyeka (29-3, 17 Нокаута), fighting out of South Africa, в момента е класиран №. 4 от WBA. The only two pro losses for Khatchikian (24-2, 12 Нокаута), a Netherlander, have been to present super middleweight world champions Джеймс Дегале (IBF) и Gilberto Ramirez (WBO).

Билетите вече са в продажба за Февруари. 18 шоу в Казабланка, in which Rabii will be supported by three other Moroccan fighters.

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