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Undefeated British knockout artist Joe Joyce and former unified junior lightweight champion Mikaela Mayer are set to co-headline an action-packed card this Saturday at Copper Box Arena in London.

Joyce (15-0, 14 KOs) will defend his WBO interim heavyweight belt in the main event against Chinese contender and fellow Olympic silver medalist Zhilei Zhang (24-1-1, 19 KOs).

The co-feature will see Mayer (17-1, 5 KOs) making her debut at 135 pounds against former two-time junior welterweight world champion Christina “Medusa” Linardatou (14-2, 6 KOs) in a 10-round battle for the vacant WBC interim lightweight championship.

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Undercard fighters include heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma (2-0, 2 KOs) in a scheduled six-rounder against Ukraine’s Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko (9-12-1, 6 KOs) and England’s Sam Noakes (10-0, 10 KOs) in a 12-round lightweight clash against Indian standout Karthik Sathish Kumar (10-0, 4 KOs)