Kane Baker: record, next fight and profile →
Promoter Eddie Hearn said the super featherweight fight between 12-1 (1 KO) Aqib Fiaz and 19-11-2 (1 KO) Kane Baker was called off after the Matchroom boss had been made aware of irregular betting activity.
Michael Gomez Jr. may have ended up playing for his beloved Manchester City rather than fighting for a living
Super featherweight prospect Jordan Flynn had been due to face the swift fists of Cameron Vuong but instead was faced with late-replacement Tampela Maharusi, from Tanzania, and Flynn notched a successful six-round win by 59 points to 54.
Domestic title fights rarely disappoint in the U.K., and the English junior lightweight title clash between Michael Gomez Jr. and Kane Baker in Manchester on April 13 looks like a sure-fire crowd pleaser.
The super featherweight fight between Jordan Gill and The super Barrett will headline Matchroom’s return to the Manchester Arena on April 13th and today it was announced that the show has been bolstered by another 130lb fight.
Utilita Arena, Birmingham - Conah Walker (12-2-1, 4 KOs) pulled off a stunner by battering and stopping undefeated welterweight prospect Cyrus Pattinson (6-1, 4 KOs) in eight rounds.
Galal Yafai will headline Matchroom Boxing's latest NXTGEN card at the Utilita Arena Birmingham on Saturday August 19 when he puts his WBC International Flyweight Title on the line against Tommy Frank, shown live worldwide on DAZN.
Belarus lightweight prospect Dzmitry Azanau (2-0) headlined and stopped Colombian Daniel Ibarguen (3-1-1) in the third. Azanau was an excellent amateur but the spoiling tactics from Ibarguen didn't bring out the best in him.
Matchroom and OPI Since 82 return to Italy and Super-Middleweights will take centre-stage with Daniele Scardina and Giovanni De Carolis meeting in a huge all-Italian showdown on Friday May 13 at the Allianz Cloud in Milan, while unbeaten 168lbs talent Ivan Zucco faces Marko Nikolic at Palazzetto dello Sport in his Verbania, Piemonte hometown on Friday April 22, live worldwide on DAZN.
Kane Baker will regain lost ground in the rankings if he can get back to winning ways upon his return to the ring. He remains a contender ahead of show-time in the Stadium Suite at Walsall FC’s the Banks’s Stadium, on the Sunday afternoon of September 26.