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Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will complete their trilogy after the rematch clause was officially triggered. Bob Arum, the man behind Top Rank Inc. who looks after the newly crowned WBC and Ring Magazine heavyweight champion Fury, revealed that the duo will meet again in July.

Meshech Speare will return to the ring next month. The 23-year-old hasn’t fought since last May but has been in the gym and raring to go. Speare is 5-0 with three quick finishes and, after leaving the Everton Red Triangle gym, is now working under the tutelage of George Vaughan and Derry Mathews.

Jason Harty has put pen to paper and signed a deal to turn professional. The Limerick middleweight is set to go over under the guidance of Frank Warren after the experienced promoter secured the signature of one of Ireland’s brightest young talents.

Marc Castro will make his professional debut in a couple of months’ time. The featherweight amateur sensation, whose road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with Team USA was derailed by illness, inked a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing USA recently.

Josh Taylor has confirmed his new trainer ahead of his ring return. The Scottish super-lightweight will be back between the ropes on May 2. Taylor, the unified WBA Super, IBF and Ring Magazine world champion in the 140-pound division, will take on his mandatory challenger on home soil. He is set to meet Apinun Khongsong, from Thailand, at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, with the event being screened exclusively live on BT Sport in the UK and ESPN + Stateside.

Marcel Braithwaite will return from his second career defeat next month. The English super-flyweight champion challenged for the vacant British belt at the back end of last year. Braithwaite, from Liverpool, took on Sheffield-based Croydon talent Sunny Edwards and even knocked the Frank Warren-promoted fighter down in the seventh round.

Aaron and Stevie McKenna have teamed up with one of the most respected and well known trainers on the planet. The Los Angeles-based Irish siblings have joined the famous Wild Card Gym and will work under Freddie Roach moving forward.

Chris Jenkins will fight Johnny Garton for a second time in a couple of months. The pair first met last March at the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington, London. Jenkins won on points that night, by margins of 117-112, 116-112 and 119-109, and took the British title from Garton.

As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Jay Deas claims it was not his decision to throw in the towel during Deontay Wilder’s defeat to Tyson Fury. The 31-year-old Briton twice knocked down the WBC heavyweight champion before finally claiming victory in the seventh round when the American's corner waved the white flag on Saturday night.