McCrory (18-1, 9 KOs) has competed over the years at both super middleweight and light heavyweight. He’s returning to 175 for his first appearance since his first loss, when he was knocked out in six rounds by Edgar Berlanga in February. The 36-year-old hails from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and will be performing in front of his home crowd at the SSE Arena.
Carrillo (17-5, 16 KOs) is a 35-year-old from Barranquilla, Colombia, and now fighting out of Barcelona, Spain. He’s dropped four of his last six and also has spent much of his career down at junior middleweight and middleweight. He might be too small and may be there, in essence, to help send McCrory’s fans home happy.
On the undercard, Robbie Davies Jnr faces Javier Fortuna.
Davies (23-5, 15 KOs) will try to end his two-fight losing streak. He was stopped in three rounds by Darragh Foley in March 2023 and then outpointed by Sergey Lipinets this past May.
Fortuna (38-4-1, 27 KOs) has lost two of his last four. He lost a decision to Joseph Diaz Jnr in 2021, took out a designated opponent in February 2022, was taken out in six rounds by Ryan Garcia in July 2022, and last appeared nearly 14 months ago, dispatching the 19-8 Juan Medina in two rounds in September 2023.
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