Bakary Samaké (14-0) will pass his first real career test against the experienced Ahmed El Mousaoui (34-5) on Thursday. The French boxing prodigy already has a well-stocked trophy cabinet and unlimited ambitions.

He is “perhaps the boxer we have been waiting for for a long time in France”, estimated Jean-Marc Mormeck a few months ago. On the same card, two other tricolors: Milan Prat (21-1) and Cédric Vitu (48-4)