A fan-friendly heavyweight boxer battered his opponent then proposed to his girlfriend on live TV

• It's been a tumultuous weekend for heavyweight boxer Alen Babic.
• The 30-year-old got slapped at a weigh-in and bludgeoned his opponent the next night for revenge.
• He then asked his girlfriend to marry him on live TV. Obviously, she said yes.

Alen Babic got slapped at a weigh-in, scored a highlight-reel knockout as revenge the following day, and then asked his girlfriend to marry him on live TV.

The 30-year-old heavyweight boxer may never have as tumultuous a weekend as the one he just lived, and it all began Friday when he showed up to a pre-fight event in England wearing a skull mask.

His opponent, Mark Bennett, grabbed the mask which provoked a slap from Babic. A slap fight ensued as Bennett responded in kind, slapping Babic even harder.

The pair were separated before things could escalate even further because, rather than fight for free, they'd be getting paid to do the same thing in the ring Saturday.

The match itself was one of many in the second of three "Fight Camp" promotions at Matchroom HQ - a mansion with a swimming pool and helipad which sits in the grassy county of Essex, 30 miles east of London.

It was a match Babic dominated. The European slugger stepped forward, threw bombs, and rocked Bennett early as he sought a conclusive finish.

It was a tough pace to maintain throughout the fight as Babic appeared to look for moments of rest in the following rounds, but in the fourth and fifth, it was clear there was only going to be one winner - Babic by KO.

That finish came before the start of the sixth, as Bennett's corner waved the bout off by asking the referee to call time on the contest.

But Babic's biggest victory of the night was yet to be had.

During his post-match interview with DAZN broadcaster Laura Woods, Babic brought his girlfriend Clara into the shot, got down on one knee, and presented her with a ring.

Babic asked his girlfriend to marry him and, obviously, she said yes.

Cute!

Babic calls himself "the smallest heavyweight alive" and wants to inspire other lighter fighters in boxing's glamor division that, if he can do it, so can they.

He even said: "I'm nothing special."

His fiancée may disagree because if there's one thing Babic is showing us, it's that he isn't just winning fights, he's also winning hearts.