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Former UFC star Artem Lobov will go face-to-face with Amir Khan next week at Brave CF's exclusive invite-only MMA show in London.

Brave 24 takes place in front of a crowd of celebrities, politicians, businessmen and influencers at London's Copper Box Arena on Thursday July 25 - and Lobov will be in attendance to support his teammate Cian Cowley.

Amir Khan has been announced as one of the guests, and Lobov is expected to attempt to meet him and Brave president Mohammed Shahid to begin negotiations for a boxing match.

SBG Ireland head coach John Kavanagh has previously called for boxing legend Khan to fight Artem at a Brave CF event later this year in what would be the Russian's first official pro boxing match.

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Ex-UFC Lobov is 2-0 in Bareknuckle boxing, most recently defeating former world champion boxer Paulie Malignaggi at BKFC 5 by a controversial decision.

And now he has set his sights on another former champ in 34-5 Amir Khan, with Coach Kavanagh even suggesting that the fight could take place later this year.

In a tweet to Khan, Kavanagh said the pair could face off in a "boxing fight" in the main event of Brave's massive Asian show in November.

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Khan will be one of many celebrity guests at the fight night, while Kavanagh will be in the corner of Cian Cowley for his fight with Maciek Gierszewski in the co-main event.

Lobov has previously told Khan over Twitter that he is "ready when you are".

Amir Khan recently cruised to victory over Billy Dib to earn his 34th career victory.

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