Promising Ukrainian boxer Nikita Babich died on the eve of his professional debut. Sad news from Luckypunch. net. The tragic incident occurred on August 5 in the village of Pukhovka, Brovarsky district, Kyiv region. The 18-year-old boxer went swimming in a local lake, where he was seized with convulsions, and he could not stay on the water. The death of the athlete became known on August 7, when his body was discovered.. On Saturday, August 12, Babich was supposed to make his debut in the professional ring as part of the Top Boxing Generation boxing evening in Brovary. He was supposed to fight with another debutant Mikhail Khainutdinov. Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian boxer Alexander Onishchenko died in the battles near Bakhmut..