Hawkins To Battle Lyimo In Eight-Round Main Event In Philadelphia!

Undefeated Baltimore, MD welterweight Malik "Iceman" Hawkins returns to The Met in Philadelphia, PA for an eight-round main event bout against veteran Fabian Lyimo of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on Friday, April 26th.

Hawkins (14-0, nine KO's) won an eight-round unanimous decision over Gledwin Ortiz at The Met on February 23rd.  This will be Hawkins's third straight trip to the City of Brotherly Love.  Hawkins won a 10-round unanimous decision over Raymond Serrano for the vacant NABA-USA Welterweight title at the Fillmore in February of 2018.

Lyimo (23-9-2, 15 KO's) has only fought twice in the United States and those came in his last two bouts.  On March 30th, Lyimo dropped an eight-round unanimous decision to Ismael Garcia in Hockessin, DE.  That was Lyimo's first bout in almost two years.  Lyimo made his US debut at the ABC Sports Complex in Springfield, VA in October of 2017 where he was knocked out in the first round by Zsolt Daranyi, Jr.