McCarthty-Dickinson Lands on Burns-DiRocco May 28 Event

By Elliot Foster

Tommy McCarthy and Jon-Lewis Dickinson will meet later this month.

The pair will meet May 28 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. Their scheduled 10-round British cruiserweight title eliminator will form part of the sporting cast to Ricky Burns’ showdown for the vacant Super WBA super-lightweight title against Italy’s Michele Di Rocco as he bids to make history and become the first Scot ever to win global honours in three different weight classes.

The show will air live exclusively on Sky Sports.

McCarthy (8-0, 5 KOs) and Dickinson (17-4, 5 KOs) will meet for the right to challenge for that aforementioned prized Lonsdale belt, which is currently held by Ovill McKenzie.

Meanwhile, both Josh Taylor (4-0, 4 KOs) and Sam Ball (5-0, 2 KOs) have been added to the bill.

Taylor, the Cyclone Promotions super-lightweight, must first deal with the challenge that awaits him at the Wales Ice Arena in Cardiff on May 14, while Ball extended his record with a victory on a dinner show in his native Scotland late last month.

Elsewhere on the card, there is a British super-lightweight title battle between holder Tyrone Nurse and Willie Limond, while the undercard for the show is headed by British, WBO European and WBC International bantamweight champion Ryan Burnett and also features former world light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly.

And John Ryder, Lewis Paulin and Joe Ham will feature alongside Charlie Flynn, who’ll fight for his first title as a pro, and Matchroom Boxing’s newest star Conor Benn, who will have to get past this test before featuring on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s first defence of the IBF heavyweight title against Dominic Breazeale on June 25 at the O2 Arena in London.

Elliot Foster is the primary reporter for the BoxingScene.com UK news team. Twitter: @FreelanceFoz