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Irish sensation Connor “The Kid” Coyle will meet fellow unbeaten middleweight Felix Cash in a ten round contest for the WBA Intercontinental title Saturday, October 8 at the sold-out O2 Arena in London.
Triller Fight Club and Ares Entertainment have announced plans for “Lineage of Greatness II,” an evening of boxing on Saturday, October 22 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, KS and broadcast live globally on FITE.
Josh Warrington will defend his IBF World Featherweight title against Luis Alberto Lopez at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on Saturday December 10, live worldwide on DAZN – and Matchroom and DAZN can announce that the Light-Flyweight unification clash between Hiroto Kyoguchi and Kenshiro Teraji will be broadcast live on DAZN in Europe when the pair clash in Saitama, Japan on Tuesday November 1.
Montreal - Erik Bazinyan (28-0, 21 KOs), one of the featured fighters on the October 27 gala at the Théâtre du Casino du Lac-Leamy, was forced to withdraw due to family obligations following the death of his father.
Former undisputed women’s world champion, ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus is going title hunting in the junior middleweight division.
Matchroom and Wasserman stars make up the undercard of the highly-anticipated ‘Born Rivals’ clash between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn, broadcast live worldwide on DAZN from what is already a sold-out night at The O2 in London on Saturday, 8 October.
Undefeated middleweight, Richard Brewart Jr. (12-0, 4 KOs), will face former USA Boxing stand-out Joeshon James (6-0, 3 KOs), as the two will do battle in an 8-round main event on Thompson Boxing’s “Locked ’N Loaded” card.
Maxi Hughes has told Kid Galahad to prepare for life after boxing as he defends his IBO world lightweight title at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham on Saturday night, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand).
The Floyd Mayweather-Mikuru Asakura pay-per-view press conference was held today in Tokyo, Japan for this Saturday night’s Super RIZIN, presented by Japanese MMA company RIZIN Fighting Federation.
Katie Taylor will defend her Undisputed Lightweight World title against Karen Elizabeth Carabajal at the OVO Arena Wembley in London on Saturday October 29, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand).