Karim Guerfi: record, next fight and profile →
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, no shows will take place in the United Kingdom in January after a rise in coronavirus cases linked to a new variant of the disease. The British Boxing Board of Control announced a new shutdown for the sport on Sunday, which means that Matchroom’s show planned for January 30, as well as the MTK Global show on January 22 will be postponed.
The European bantamweight title fight between Karim Guerfi and Lee McGregor will now take place on an MTK Fight Night event on Friday 22 January. The huge show will be held at Production Park Studios in Wakefield, and will be broadcast live in the US on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank, and worldwide on IFL TV.
Karim Guerfi has called for a showdown against a former world champion after his next fight was postponed. The European bantamweight champion had been set to defend his title against Lee McGregor at the Production Park Studios in Wakefield on November 11, exclusively live on iFL TV worldwide and ESPN + Stateside.
The planned European bantamweight title fight between Karim Guerfi and Lee McGregor has unfortunately been postponed after McGregor tested positive for COVID-19. The two men were due to meet on the MTK Fight Night taking place on Wednesday 11 November at Production Park Studios in Wakefield, with a new date set to be announced for that fight in the near future.
In the co-main event, recent world title challenger Jay Harris (17-1, 9 KOs) looks to build on the fantastic showing he produced against Julio Cesar Martinez, when he defends his Commonwealth flyweight title in a brilliant match-up against Marcel Braithwaite (9-2).
Scottish star Lee McGregor has linked up with world-title winning trainer Ben Davison ahead of his European bantamweight title showdown with Karim Guerfi in November. British and Commonwealth champion McGregor (9-0, 7 KOs) challenges Guerfi (29-4, 9 KOs) for his EBU belt later this year, and will now have the expertise of Davison in his corner for the clash, along with the help of nutritionist David Stache.
MTK Global has confirmed that Lee McGregor will challenge Karim Guerfi for the European bantamweight title in a brilliant fight set to take place in November. British and Commonwealth champion McGregor (9-0, 7 KOs) recently returned to the ring with a fifth round TKO win over Ryan Walker, and will now look to add the European belt to his collection when he challenges extremely talented Frenchman Guerfi (29-4, 9 KOs).
The fight for the vacant EBU heavyweight title between Joe "Juggernaut" Joyce (10-0) and Marco Huck (41-5-1) will go ahead on January 11 in Hannover (Germany) - at least according to the EBU. The fight is promoted by Huck Service Gmbh (headed by Marco´s brother Kenan) who won purse bids October 16 with an offer for 480,000 Euro - but the date s not yet officially confirmed by Huck & Co and there is no venue announced either.
The EBU have announced that Stefan Haertel´s defence of the EBU super middleweight crown against mandatory challenger Juergen Braehmer will go ahead October 26 in Rostock. This is probably the hottest all-German matchup of the year. It´s promoted by JB (as in Juergen Braehmer) Sport Promotion.
Badou Jack "The Ripper" was interviewed by Swedish news agency TT recently and said that his next fight will be either January 12 or January 19. It will be a non-title fight against an opponent to be announced. Jack also said he would be facing the winner of Adonis Stevenson and Oleksandr Gvozdyk most likely in May 2019. Stevenson and Gvozdyk battle for the WBC light heavyweight title next month in Canada.