Hearn Plans Date Changes For McDonnell, Katie Taylor

By Elliot Foster

Gavin McDonnell could have his world title fight moved forward.

The Hull super-bantamweight will take on Daniel Roman for the WBA world title in his next fight.

McDonnell, who had previously challenged Rey Vargas for the WBC world title back in February 2017, was meant to take on the new Matchroom USA fighter on a card in California on October 20.

But Boxing Scene understands that promoter Eddie Hearn is planning to stage Demetrius Andrade’s WBO world middleweight title mandatory challenge against Billy Joe Saunders on that night at a venue to be confirmed in Boston, meaning that ‘Mac’ will get his shot sooner than expected.

An official announcement regarding the date change will come in due course.

Hearn also revealed that he is likely to switch Katie Taylor’s next fight to Boston.

The WBA and IBF world female lightweight champion had been set to face Cindy Serrano on October 6 in Chicago, topped by Callum Johnson’s IBF light-heavyweight title challenge against Artur Beterbiev, but the Matchroom boss said recently that he may move that fight to October 20 to form part of the supporting cast to Saunders vs. Andrade.