McDonnell vs Pozo Likely To Happen on January 21

By Terence Dooley

Jamie McDonnell’s second EBU bantamweight title defence will see him fight Spain’s Ivan Pozo at the Doncaster Dome on January 21st according to Boxingscene’s sources.  McDonnell, 15-2-1 (7 early), will now be the show’s sole headliner after the postponement of Gary Skyes’s British super-featherweight title defence against Jon Kays.

Pozo, 31, has won EBU titles down at flyweight, he is a former EBU-EU bantamweight champion; Ivan recently defeated Luis Sandoval for the vacant WBC Mundo Hispano bantamweight title and is currently 31-6-1 (20).

However, Ivan lost to journeyman Abel Ochoa in 2009 and only fought once during 2010, that fifth round stoppage win over Sandoval.  McDonnell, 24, shot to prominence when out-pointing Ian Napa in January and has since registered EBU title stoppage wins over Jerome Arnould and Rodrigo Bracco during an active 2010.

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