Bellew to fight Makabu for vacant WBC cruiserweight title

By foxsports
Updated Mar. 4, 2020 2:29 p.m. ET

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.''

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.''