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David Price has had his comeback opponent confirmed. The Liverpool heavyweight returns fights in his home city for the first time in nearly three years next weekend and his foe has now been tied down.
Paul Butlin has hit out at the representatives of a former world champion after he was denied the chance to fight him. The Leicestershire-born heavyweight was on the shortlist to be in the opposite corner to Shannon Briggs at London’s O2 Arena this weekend, as part of the supporting cast to David Haye’s second comeback showdown against undefeated Arnold Gjergjaj.
Shannon Briggs has finally had an opponent confirmed for this weekend –– and it’s not the same man as was reported yesterday. Boxing Scene reported on Thursday that the former WBO heavyweight champion, 44, would be fighting late stand-in Jakov Gospic on Saturday at London’s O2 Arena, exclusively live on UKTV channel Dave.
Chris Eubank Jr. will return to the ring next month. The 26-year-old Brighton man will defend the aforementioned coveted Lonsdale belt against WBC International champion Tom Doran (17-0, 7 KOs) on June 25 at the O2 Arena in London, as part of the undercard to Anthony Joshua’s first defence of the IBF world heavyweight title against undefeated American Dominic Breazeale.
Shannon Briggs will face a late replacement opponent this weekend. The former WBO champion, 59-6-1 (52 KOs), had been set to come up against former European champion Alexander Dimitrenko on May 21.
Tom Stalker has had his next opponent revealed. The Liverpool lightweight returns to title action in his home city next month, exclusively live on BoxNation. He’ll come up against 39-year-old Antonio Joao Bento (30-15-2, 18 KOs) on June 4 at the ECHO Arena for the vacant WBO European title. Stalker vs. Bento comes in support of Liam Smith’s WBO super-welterweight title defence against Predrag Radosevic.
Matty Fagan and Romeo Romaeo will clash next month. The all-British domestic dust-up will now take place on Friday, June 9 at Bethnal Green’s York Hall venue.
Scott Cardle will make his return to the ring later this month. The British lightweight champion, who clung to his belt by the skin of his teeth last month, is set for a tick-over contest, live on Sky Sports. Cardle (19-0-1, 6 KOs) drew with Sean Dodd in Liverpool in their rematch on April 2, but is now scheduled for action on May 28 in Scotland.
Tony Dodson has been ruled out of his next fight after suffering a serious injury. The Liverpool light-heavyweight was meant to challenge for the British title later this month but now looks set for an extended spell on the sidelines after snapping his achilles tendon.
Paul Smith will fight for the second time in just over three weeks later this month. The Liverpool super-middleweight, who is a former two-time world title challenger, has been added to Matchroom Boxing’s Bank Holiday boxing bonanza on May 29, exclusively live on Sky Sports.