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Sam Maxwell and Alex Dickinson are among those who have been added to the undercard of Carl Frampton’s next fight. The Liverpool-based duo, who return on March 16 at Greenbank Sports Academy, as part of an MTK Liverpool card, will then face quick turnarounds after being handed spots on the same card as Frampton’s bill-topping showdown with Nonito Donaire at the SSE Arena in Belfast.
Nick Webb will return to the ring next weekend. The undefeated heavyweight has been given a spot on a Matchroom show. Webb, 30, has a ledger of 11 fights with nine knockouts to date and he will be hoping to extend that run on February 3.
Anthony Joshua recently admitted to being dropped in sparring by David Price –– but still vowed to come out on top in his next fight. The WBA Super, IBO and IBF heavyweight champion told media at the Dorchester Hotel that he had been floored by the Olympic bronze medallist as he was hyping up his unification showdown with WBO champion Joseph Parker.
Paul Butler has had his ring return confirmed –– and fans will have to travel. The former IBF bantamweight world champion, who is now under the Matchroom Boxing umbrella and promoted by Eddie Hearn, is still set to be added to Amir Khan’s undercard in Liverpool later this year.
Tyson Fury has had the suspension lifted on his British Boxing Board of Control licence. The 29-year-old former world heavyweight champion had been out of the ring since dethroning Wladimir Klitschko in Germany back in November 2015 to become the WBA Super, IBO, IBF and WBO king.
Frank Buglioni and Callum Johnson will finally meet in the ring in a couple of months’ time. The pair had been set for action, for Buglioni’s British and Johnson’s Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles, back in October at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, before Johnson was forced to withdraw and the Lonsdale belt holder faced Craig Richards.
Kid Galahad will be back in the ring in a couple of months. The former British super-bantamweight champion, who is now up at featherweight, has been out since last July. But the 27-year-old will make a comeback on March 3 at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield, exclusively live on Sky Sports.
Terry Flanagan will soon have his next fight confirmed. The Manchester man is set to come up against Maurice Hooker for the vacant WBO super-lightweight title. Flanagan will get a crack at the unoccupied belt, left behind by Terence Crawford who moved up to welterweight, after himself relinquishing the WBO lightweight crown and moving up to 10-stone.
Alexander Povetkin could fight in the UK soon after being offered the chance by Matchroom. The WBA’s number one heavyweight contender, who is the official mandatory challenger to unified champion Anthony Joshua, may fight on the Londoner’s undercard on March 31.
David Allen will get a second crack at the Commonwealth title. The Conisbrough heavyweight lost his first fight for the belt last May. Allen was outpointed by Lenroy Thomas at Bramall Lane, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office.