Jamie McDonnell: record, next fight and profile →
A few days ago, Jamie McDonnell expressed his desire to move up in weight to challenge one of the most avoided fighters in the sport, two-time Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Eddie Hearn on Brook vs. Vargas - Chris Eubank Jr will defend his British Middleweight title against Tom Doran at The O2 in London on June 25, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Jamie McDonnell is hoping to take his career to the next level, by heading to the super bantamweight division and knocking off two-time Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux.
O2 Arena, London - Jamie McDonnell (27-2-1, 12KOs) defends his WBA World bantamweight title with a ninth round stoppage of late replacement Fernando Vargas (29-9-3, 20KOs).
Anthony Joshua and Charles Martin both hit the scales ahead of their battle for global honours this weekend. The show, which is topped by the heavyweight duo in a clash for the American’s IBF world title, takes place on Saturday at London’s O2 Arena, live on Sky Sports Box Office, and features two more world title showdowns.
Promoter Eddie Hearn presented the press the opportunity to hear from the undercard fighters earlier today ahead of Saturday’s fight between IBF heavyweight titlist Charles Martin and Anthony Joshua at London’s O2 Arena.
Fernando Vargas has replaced Juan Alberto Rosas as the opponent for WBA Bantamweight king Jamie McDonnell at The O2 on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
WBA World Bantamweight king Jamie McDonnell will face ‘The Monster’ Juan Alberto Rosas at The O2 in London on April 9, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Gavin McDonnell vowed that 2016 would be the year where he joins his twin brother Jamie on the world title stage. He now has the chance to move one step closer later this month, as he enters a title eliminator with Jorge Sanchez in battle of unbeaten super bantamweights. The bout will take place on February 27 in front of a sold-out crowd at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Headlining the bill is a highly anticipated super bantamweight title unification clash between Scott Quigg and Carl Frampton. “I feel that I have come on leaps and bounds in the last year or so,” said McDonnell (14-0-2, 4KOs). “I’ve gone under the radar a bit so landing this crucial fight on such a massive event like Frampton vs. Quigg is going to make people stand up and take notice of me, and I’m going to put in a performance that fans will remember.”
BoxingScene.com reported a few days ago that the World Boxing Association (WBA) has ordered a mandatory fight between their "super" champion at bantamweight, unbeaten Dominican fighter Juan Carlos Payano (17-0, 8KO), and the "regular" champion of the same division, British boxer Jamie McDonnell (27-2-1, 12KO). Payano is also the world champion at 118-pounds under the IBO.