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Kal Yafai lined up a world title fight with a comprehensive victory. The super-flyweight, who is currently the British, WBA Inter-Continental and IBF Inter-Continental champion, stopped Johnson Tellez inside three rounds at the Barclaycard Arena, live on Sky Sports, as part of the undercard to Frankie Gavin’s welterweight clash against Sam Eggington.
Sean Davis put the disappointment of the week behind him to claim yet another belt. The Birmingham man was set to challenge Gamal Yafai for the Commonwealth super-bantamweight title.
Tommy Coyle and John Wayne Hibbert will meet in a crossroads clash next month. The super-lightweight duo, who will go into the fight on the back of a defeat each, are set to do battle for a title to be confirmed, exclusively live on Sky Sports. Boxing Scene had previously reported that the clash was agreed and the only stumbling block was that a date was awaited.
Terry Flanagan will return to the ring next month.xThe WBO lightweight world champion hasn’t fought since July when he made the third defence of his crown against Mzonke Fana.xFlanagan (31-0, 12 KOs) outpointed the South African (38-10, 16 KOs) in a routine 12-round clash at the Ice Arena in Cardiff, Wales, on July 16, exclusively live on BoxNation.
Jamie Cox is back in action this weekend and there will be a belt on the line. The Swindon southpaw, who was originally set for action in Germany on September 24 before the card was cancelled due to injury to one of the main event fighters, has not laced up the gloves since last November.
Tommy Coyle will meet John Wayne Hibbert in a crossroads clash next month. The super-lightweight duo, who will go into the fight on the back of a defeat each, are set to do battle for a title to be confirmed, exclusively live on Sky Sports. Boxing Scene had previously reported that the clash was agreed and the only stumbling block was that a date was awaited.
Michael Conlan will headline on his debut next year. The 24-year-old from Belfast has been rubber-stamped as the top-of-the-bill fighter when he makes his bow in the paid code. Conlan, who turned over promotionally under Top Rank and MGM Marbella managerially last month following his calling out of Olympic officials in Rio this summer after his controversial loss in the bantamweight quarter-finals.
Gamal Yafai has been forced out of his next fight. The Commonwealth super-bantamweight champion had been set to defend his rainbow belt against Sean Davis (10-0) on Saturday, exclusively live on Sky Sports.
Echo Arena, Liverpool - Ryan Burnett kept hold of his British title with a points win. The Belfast bantamweight successfully negated the first defence of his bauble in a gruelling 12-round showdown against hometown man Ryan Farrag, exclusively live on Sky Sports.
Echo Arena, Liverpool - Sean Dodd remains a champion after being handed a controversial split-decision victory. The Birkenhead lightweight looked to have had his Cinderella story ended by very good Belgian Francesco Patera, 23, exclusively live on Sky Sports, and it seemed he had succumbed his WBC International belt in the process, exclusively live on Sky Sports, as part of the undercard to Tony Bellew’s first WBC cruiserweight title defence against colourful Californian BJ Flores.