By Elliot Foster
Archie Sharp has had his return confirmed.
The undefeated 22-year-old (8-0, 4 KOs) was most recently in action on May 20 at the Copper Box Arena, exclusively live on BT Sport and BoxNation.
And ‘The Sharp Shooter’, from Welling, London, will box at the same venue once more on July 8, as part of the undercard to Billy Joe Saunders’ WBO world middleweight title defence against Avtandil Khurtsidze.
Sharp dispatched of Tamas Laska in the third of six scheduled rounds in his last outing and Sharp will be hoping to grab another quick win before heading in to double figures in the paid code.
Also on promoter Frank Warren’s next show in the capital, Darryll Williams is set to defend his English super-middleweight title in a rematch against Jahmaine Smyle, Daniel Dubois will return after dispatching of David Howe inside 40 seconds and Anthony Yarde, after knocking out Chris Hobbs to claim the Southern Area light-heavyweight title, will challenge Richard Baranyi of Hungary for the WBO European crown.
Further additions to the bill will be revealed in due course.
IN OTHER NEWS: - Bantamweight world champion Lee Haskins will attempt to protect his IBF title for a third fight, this time against undefeated Ryan Burnett, Saturday, June 10th, LIVE on AWE- A Wealth of Entertainment.
The main event will be preceded by a full afternoon of boxing from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland beginning at 3 pm EST/12 pm PST.
"This fight continues our strong series of championship boxing in 2017," said AWE CEO Robert Herring, Sr. "The fight will be a tremendous battle between a classy world champion taking on a hungry, undefeated challenger."
The 33 year-old world champion, Haskins, is a 14 year professional who won his first 15 fights. After suffering his first loss to future world title challenger Tshifiwa Munyai, Haskins went on to win 11 of his next 12 bouts. His winning streak included wins over current WBA Bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (8-1-1), Ross Burkinshaw (6-1-2) as well as wins over Don Broadhurst (11-0), Trent Broadbent (3-0), Ryan Farrag (4-0) and Broadhurst (11-2) again to win the Prizefighter Tournament.
Haskins continued his success with victories over former IBF Bantamweight champion Stuart Hall (12-1-1), Martin Ward (16-1), former world title challenger Jason Booth, Luke Wilton (15-3-1), Willy Velazquez (17-3-1), Omar Lamiri (17-3-1) before winning the IBF Interm Bantamweight title with a 6th round stoppage over Ryosuke Iwasa (19-1).
Haskins defended the IBF Bantamweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Ivan Morales (29-1). In his last bout, he once again defeated Hall (20-4-2) with 12-round unanimous decision on December 10, 2016 in London.
