Frampton vs. Garcia - Tommy McCarthy Added To Belfast Card

By Elliot Foster

Tommy McCarthy will fight again next month.

The cruiserweight, who sole pro defeat to date is to Matty Askin, has a ledger of 10-1 with six early.

McCarthy returned to the ring just on October 21 to get back to winning ways, ousting Peter Hegyes inside a round at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

And it has now been confirmed, by his management team MTK Global, that McCarthy will box at the venue once more on November 18.

This time, the 26-year-old will feature on a bill promoted by Frank Warren and Queensberry Promotions which is to be broadcast on BT Sport and BoxNation.

He has been rewarded with a spot on the ‘Frampton Reborn’ card, topped by Belfast featherweight Carl Frampton in a 10-round homecoming showdown against Horacio Garcia of Mexico.

“It’s great to be on another big show in my city. It’s going to be an amazing atmosphere! I can’t wait,” McCarthy said when the news was confirmed.

The top-of-the-bill outing for Frampton also represents his first fight since signing with Frank Warren and MTK.

Jamie Conlan finally gets his opportunity to fight for global honours when he challenges Jerwin Ancajas for the IBF super-flyweight bauble, Paddy Barnes will defend his WBO European flyweight title against an opponent to be confirmed and Zolani Tete puts his WBO bantamweight world title on the line against fellow South African Siboniso Gonya.

Darryll Williams will put his English super-middleweight title on the line when he takes on Lennox Clarke, while Jono Carroll meets Declan Geraghty in a rematch, with the former’s IBF European super-featherweight title at stake, and there is action for a whole host of prospects including Gary Cully, Davey Oliver Joyce and Marco McCullough, as well as Alex Dickinson, Lewis Crocker and Steven Ward.