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Sam Eggington (17-2, 9 KOs) will defend his British and Commonwealth welterweight titles against challenger Bradley Skeete (22-1, 10 KOs) on March 5 at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham.
Promoter Eddie Hearn is hoping that his WBA World bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (27-2-1, 12 KOs) will fight on British soil this year for the first time since November 2014. McDonnell, who last fought in Britain when making his first world title defence against Javier Nicolas Chacon, had two fights and two wins last year, both coming against Tomoki Kameda in what were the champion's second and third title defences.
Boxing Scene understands that Britain's Kell Brook’s (35-0, 24 KOs) second mandatory defence of his IBF World welterweight title against Canada's Kevin Bizier (25-2, 17 KOs) will take place on March 19 or 26 in Sheffield.
German promotional outfit Sauerland Event has confirmed that Dereck Chisora (24-5, 16 KOs) will have one more fight before his proposed European heavyweight title clash. Chisora, who signed with Sauerland after being released from his contract by previous promoter Frank Warren last November, will appear tomorrow night (January 9) on the undercard of the WBA World super middleweight title fight between Vincent Feigenbutz and Giovanni De Caroli in Offenburg, Germany, a rematch from their October 2015 contest.
Boxing Channel Media Ltd, the trading name for BoxNation, reported a loss of £1.7m for a 14 month financial period to March 31, 2015. The figures, which have been lodged with Companies House, are down from losses of £3.4m in 12 months to January 31, 2014.
Britain's Tony Bellew (26-2-1, 16 KOs) has vacated his European cruiserweight title. The 33-year-old Liverpudlian won the belt in one of his biggest wins to date when beating Mateuz Masternak for the vacant title last month at London’s O2 Arena. In a back and forth contest it was Bellew who got the judges nod with a unanimous decision points victory.
David Haye’s comeback fight may land on British television after all. After much debate and speculation as to where the former world cruiserweight and heavyweight champion’s January 16 bout against Mark De Mori would be shown, Boxing Scene understands that the UK channel Dave may have picked up the rights. ITV, Spike, BT Sport, Apple TV and even Haye’s own YouTube channel have all been linked to broadcasting the 'Haye Day' promotion which takes place at London’s O2 Arena.
Former world super middleweight title challenger Frank Buglioni (17-2-1, 13 KOs) will make his light heavyweight debut on March 12 at the Copper Box, London. Buglioni’s maiden professional bow, just over four years ago, was nearly bang on the 175lb limit and then flirted between 168 and 172lbs during his first ten fights as professional.
India’s Vijender Singh (3-0, 3 KOs) will have his next four or five fights beamed back to his homeland on the nation's Star TV platform. The middleweight, who signed a deal with Queensbury Promotions last summer and fights on Boxnation, will to his homeland for one bout as part of the broadcast agreement revealed by Frank Warren to Boxing Scene.
Liam Smith’s second defence of his WBO World light middleweight title will not be on February 13. In the immediate aftermath of his first defence against Jimmy Kelly, last month, it had been suggested by his promoter Frank Warren that he could return in February at Liverpool’s Echo Arena. Smith’s second defence would have been part of Warren’s Terry Flanagan-Derry Mathews ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ promotion