Dale Evans To Return On July 16 in Cardiff, British Eliminator Next
By Elliot Foster
Dale Evans will be back in action next month.
The St Clears welterweight (10-3-2, 3 KOs) is set to box in Cardiff on a televised card.
Evans, who will fight over six rounds before participating in a title eliminator later on in the year, has been added to the Frank Warren-promoted show at the Ice Arena on July 16.
He’ll come up against tough Sheffield man Ryan Hardy (8-9) on a card which already features a world title fight and a showdown between two unbeaten fighters for the British and Commonwealth super-welterweight titles and will be screened exclusively live on BoxNation.
Cuba’s Guillermo Rigondeaux, a two-time Olympic and world champion who has a record of 16-0 (10 KOs), is scheduled to grace the UK with his presence, at the second attempt, when he defends the Super WBA super-bantamweight world title against Liverpool’s Jazza Dickens (22-1, 7 KOs) and Liam Williams of Clydach Vale (14-0-1, 9 KOs) will defend the aforementioned Lonsdale belt and Commonwealth crown against Gary Corcoran from Wembley (15-0, 6 KOs).
The 24-year-old, who has been out of action since losing on points to Sam Eggington in a challenge for the British and Commonwealth titles last October in Birmingham, has been nominated by stewards at the British Boxing Board of Control to face Mike Towell (11-0-1, 8 KOs) in an eliminator for the domestic bauble at the weight, which is currently held by Penge’s Bradley Skeete.
The contest is currently out to purse bids, with the submission date set at July 13, and it must take place by October’s end.
Boxing Scene understands that the eliminator for the British title between Evans and Towell, 24, is likely to take place in the latter’s home country of Scotland.
Skeete, the British and Commonwealth welterweight champion, will box alongside Evans vs. Hardy on the Cardiff card in a defence of his WBO European crown and Tommy Langford is set to defend the WBO Inter-Continental middleweight belt.
Elsewhere on the bill, Southampton’s red-hot Joe Pigford looks to extend his unbeaten run to 11 fights, Irish trio Gary Sweeney, Jamie Conlan and Tyrone McKenna will feature, while there is action for Welshmen Craig Evans, Zack Davies, Alex Hughes and Jay Harris, who all look to impress in front of their home crowd, and Mason Jones makes his professional debut.
