By Elliot Foster
Jono Carroll had been set for a non-television appearance to end the year, live on Sky Sports Box Office, but a change has been made.
The Dublin super featherweight, who won the lightweight Prizefighter last year, will still box on the pay-per-view format.
But the scheduled showing will be sooner rather than later after his showcase on the undercard of the heavyweight grudge match between Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte at the O2 Arena in London was cancelled.
Carroll, 23 and (8-0, 1 KO), has been pushed forward and will now be guaranteed a television appearance after being added to the undercard of Tyson Fury’s world heavyweight title challenge against Wladimir Klitschko at Düsseldorf’s ESPRIT Arena.
TV coverage of the card, which also features Tyson’s cousin Hughie Fury, begins at 7pm and Carroll –– who hasn’t fought since a points win over Barrington Brown in July –– will be looking to put on a good performance in front of the 55,000-capacity crowd in Germany.
Elliot Foster is part of Boxing Scene's UK team. Follow him on Twitter @FreelanceFoz
