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SHOWTIME SPORTS will chronicle the buildup to the SHOWTIME PPV battle between five-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and unbeaten No. 1-ranked contender and mandatory challenger Rolando “Rolly” Romero with a new installment of the Emmy Award-winning series ALL ACCESS.
Nathan Gorman (18-1, 12 KOs) returns under the bright lights to headline an action-packed night of free-to-air boxing on June 17 at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, promoted by Wasserman Boxing live on Channel 5 in association with William Hill, Numan and Infinitum Entertainment.
‘Bad News’ Charles Conwell is picking Jermell Charlo to emerge as the undisputed super welterweight champion after his rematch with Brian Castano.
BRAD FOSTER IS back in the title mix at York Hall on May 20 but his points defeat to Jason Cunningham last time out remains a scar that has yet to fully heal. The 24-year-old, 14-1-2 (5 KOs) takes on the dangerous Romanian Ionut Baluta, 14-3 (3 KOs) with the vacant WBC International super bantamweight title at stake in Bethnal Green.
Bruno Tarimo is finally heading down to his natural weight of super bantamweight, as he sets his sights on world titles. Tarimo has defined himself as a road warrior in recent years, constantly upsetting the odds on away soil against the likes of Nathanial May, Kye Mackenzie, and former world champion Joel Brunker amongst others. However, these wins have all come at super featherweight.
The former WBA Super-Middleweight World champion George Groves will stand ringside on Friday night, swapping gloves for the microphone, as Wasserman Boxing welcomes in a new era of Channel 5 boxing.
Sergey “The Krusher” Kovalev (34-4, 29 KOs), living in Long Beach, CA, will fight Tervel Pulev in his cruiserweight debut on Saturday, May 14 at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA and will be streamed live on Triller and Fite.tv.
Adam Booth is one of British boxing’s most experienced and successful guiding lights, and he’ll be homing in on those skills as Josh Kelly (10-1-1, 6 KOs) returns to steal the show on Friday night when boxing comes to the Indigo at the O2, live and free-to-air on Channel 5.
Undefeated rising star, Ernesto "Tito" Mercado (5-0, 5 KOs), has been making some serious noise in the lightweight division, having knocked out all five of his opponents to start off his career. He returns to the ring this Thursday, May 12, on a card promoted by Tom Loeffler's 360 Promotions, against Jose Zaragoza (8-4-1, 2 KOs). The scheduled 6-round bout will air live on UFC Fight Pass from the Quiet Cannon Country Club, in Montebello, California. (photo by Supreme Boxing)
On May 13, at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy - Opi Since 82, Matchroom and DAZN will promote a card being topped by the main event between WBO Intercontinental super middleweight champion Daniele Scardina (20-0, 16 KOs) and former WBA "regular" super middleweight champion Giovanni De Carolis (30-10-1, 14 KOs).