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Echo Arena, Liverpool - Super middleweight contender Rocky Fielding (23-1, 13KOs) nearly finished off journeyman Istvan Zeller (33-13) in the first round after dropping him hard in the closing seconds. Zeller made it up at the last second, but in the second round he was dropped hard again and this time he was all over place upon rising and the fight was waved off.
Tommy McCarthy has been ruled out of his next fight. The Belfast cruiserweight was set to box in a British title final eliminator with Matty Askin next weekend, exclusively live on VIP TV. But the clash has been postponed due to a minor shoulder injury sustained by McCarthy, who won a unanimous decision over Jon-Lewis Dickinson in his last fight to move a step closer to a challenge for the Lonsdale belt.
Tony Bellew and BJ Flores hit the scales ahead of their world title showdown. The pair weighed in at the Odeon Cinema in Liverpool before they take to the ring at the ECHO Arena, live on Sky Sports. Champion Bellew (27-2-1, 17 KOs) tipped the scales at 14st 3lbs 4oz ahead of the first defence of his WBC cruiserweight world title against colourful Californian Flores, a former two-time world title challenger, who was forced to strip bare and did everything he can to make the limit of 200lbs, eventually coming in at 14st 3lbs 3oz.
Rocky Fielding has two jobs this weekend –– and he’ll be hoping he can do the first before it’s time for him to start the second. The Liverpool super-middleweight, 29, has been out of the ring since April but is determined to make up for lost time this weekend.
Conrad Cummings has been handed the details of his first title fight. It was announced last week that the Coalisland middleweight would be in action for a bauble when he next takes to the ring.
David Haye has claimed the highly anticipated world heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko is a goer. The heavyweight, who is set to fight for the third time this year on December 10, took to Twitter to reveal the news.
Tyson Fury is set to relinquish the second of his four titles. The Wythenshawe heavyweight, who claimed the WBA Super, WBO, IBO and IBF belts last November when he outpointed Ukrainian former kingpin Wladimir Klitschko in Germany, will vacate his WBO crown before he is stripped.
David Price has been ruled out of his fight this weekend. The Liverpool heavyweight was set for a six-round contest, live on Sky Sports, on Saturday. But Price, 33, who scored a two-round stoppage over Ivica Perkovic on October 1 in Neubrandenburg, Germany, to move to 21-3 (18 KOs), will not appear in his home city.
Stephen Simmons has been handed a title opportunity on the back of his latest win. The ‘Monster’, from Scotland, will have to travel next Friday but is set to box for a belt that will get him a handy world ranking.
Mitchell Smith returned from a 10-month ring hiatus to score a win. The Harrow featherweight, who weighed in at just over 10-stone for this fight, is back to winning ways after a convincing and dominant display against Nicaraguan opposition.