Sara Ćirković will have a warm welcome home as she gets ready to headline IBA.Pro 4 in Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The young boxer, who won a gold medal at the 2024 European Boxing Championships and recently became World bronze medallist, meets France’s Romane Moulai over eight rounds for the IBA Pro women’s 53.5kg world title.

Ćirković, who represents Serbia, was born in the border town of Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a region predominantly consisting of Serbs. Banja Luka is also in this region, making the 20-year-old’s headliner a home event. It will be her professional debut, coming off the back of making the semifinals of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships earlier this year in Serbia. Moulai has five professional fights under her belt so far, winning all of them out of her home country in 2024. She is also a World quarter-finalist.

In the co-main event, Cuba’s Lenar Perez and Aleksei Egorov of Russia face off for the IBA Pro 90.7kg Intercontinental title over 10 rounds.

Perez will be looking to keep his impressive run of knockouts – 14 from 14 victories – going against Egorov (12-2), as well as keeping his 100%-win record intact. The Cuban’s last win came in January in the eighth round against Monyasahu Muritador of Nigeria. Before then, he delivered Venezuela’s Rosmen Brito his first defeat, doing so by knockout in the first round of their bout. Egorov will be looking to bounce back after losing in the 11^th round to Brandon Glanton by knockout in Yekaterinburg in June 2024. A knockout could also come from him, having won by KO in eight of his 12 matches.

Rastko Simic of Serbia is set to make his professional debut over four rounds in the 80kg category, meeting Azerbaijan’s Murad Allahverdiyev. Simic has an amateur record of 17-4 and won a silver medal at the European Boxing Championships last year. He’s also a European youth silver medallist. Allahverdiyev made his professional debut at IBA Champions’ Night in Sochi in March 2024, beating Russian Beshto Shavlaev by a split decision.

Almir Memic of Serbia will also make his professional debut, facing Moldova’s Davron Bozorov over four rounds in the 75kg weight division. Memic won a European U23 bronze medal, as well the same colour at the European U22 Championships in 2022. Bozorov, who is a European quarter-finalist, will look to bounce back from his professional debut defeat to Spain’s Sergio Martinez in Madrid.

France’s two-time Olympic silver medallist and three-time World champion Sofiane Oumiha is also on the card, meeting Mexico’s Edivaldo Ortega in a ranking match in the lightweight division. Oumiha is one of the most notable amateur boxers of the 21^st century and has remained undefeated as a professional – with a record of 8-0. Three of these were under the IBA banner, last defeating Jose Quiles of Spain in Dubai in December 2023. It is set to be his return to professional boxing after that narrow split decision defeat to Cuban Erislandy Alvarez for the Olympic title. Ortega (31-2-1) will be a tricky opponent, having won by knockout on 15 occasions. The 34-year-old has been boxing out of Tijuana in his last five matches, winning three by stoppage.

Early matches will see Alexey Shendrik of Serbia make his professional debut against Russia’s Radmir Abdurakhmanov (3-5-1) over six rounds in the 63.5kg division. Shendrik is a European youth silver medallist, while Abdurakhmanov will be looking to bounce back from recent defeats.

Serbia’s Jovan Nikolic (4-0) will be looking to extend his undefeated streak as he meets another undefeated boxer Shokhobzhon Shukurov of Tajikistan over four rounds in an IBA Pro rating match in the 71kg division. Nikolic has two early-stoppage wins to his name, while Shukurov’s last victory came against Karomatullo Sharipov of Tajikistan in August.