Last year was not a good year for Demond Nicholson, not with his unanimous decision loss to Demetrius Andrade, and especially not with the second straight defeat that followed, a fourth-round knockout at the hands of Christian Mbilli.

Some 13 months after the Mbilli fight, Nicholson (26-6-1, 22 KOs) is returning to the ring. The Maryland fighter will be fighting on October 12 at Bowie State University, not too far from his hometown of Laurel. BoxRec lists his opponent as Daniel Aduku (15-6-1, 11 KOs), a Ghanaian boxer now living in Columbus, Ohio.