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Zach Parker (22-1, 16 KO’s) returns to the ring this Saturday night on the undercard of Zhilei Zhang’s rematch with Joe Joyce. After sitting patiently at the top of the WBO super middleweight rankings for over two years, Parker badly broke his hand
Conor Benn (21-0, 14 KO’s) will make a controversial return to the ring in Orlando on Saturday night when he faces Rodolfo Orozco (32-3-3, 24 KO’s) over ten rounds on the undercard of Richardson Hitchins’ super lightweight fight with Jose Zepeda.
Tyson Fury has weighed in on this weekend’s WBO Interim heavyweight title fight between Zhilei Zhang and Joe Joyce. Zhang comprehensively beat Joyce in April, stopping the Londoner in six rounds. Joyce seemed totally bemused by Zhang’s southpaw style and was unable to build any momentum. The fight was officially stopped due to damage around
Jack Catterall has his eyes fixed solely on Jorge Linares ahead on the pair’s super lightweight clash in Liverpool on October 21st. Catterall (27-1, 13 KO’s) jumped at the chance to take on the former multi-weight world champion and will be aiming to produce the type of performance that will make his own world title claims impossible to ignore.
Polish heavyweight Kamil Sokolowski (11-28-3, 4 KO’s) been banned from all sport for a period of three years after a UKAD urine test returned an adverse finding for testosterone following his fight with Frazer Clarke last November. Olympic bronze medallist, Clarke, won the six round contest on points.
Joe Cordina will finally get to defend his IBF super featherweight title when he takes on Edward Vazquez in Monte Carlo on November 4th. Cordina (16-0, 9 KO’s) first won the IBF title in June 2022 by knocking out Kenichi Ogawa in spectacular fashion before
Jack Rafferty moved a step closer to a shot at the British junior welterweight title with a conclusive ninth round stoppage of Ben Fields in Liverpool.
Zelfa Barrett looks likely to continue his quest for a world title on November 25th on the undercard of the Chantelle Cameron - Katie Taylor rematch in Dublin.
The prospect of Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua meeting before the end of the year seems to be becoming more and more remote. A fight which was apparently set in stone just a few weeks ago looks to be drifting further away by the day.
Brad Rea will return to action on October 6th and the middleweight prospect will be looking to put a nightmare year behind him and enter 2024 on a high.