Ryan Garner: record, next fight and profile →
THE EARLY SUPPORTING cast for Billy Joe Saunders’ WBO Interim world super middleweight title showdown with Shefat Isufi on Saturday May 18 can now be revealed, with a number of further title contests to be confirmed shortly.
Daniel Dubois will return to the ring on December 15 on a night of top championship boxing at the Brentwood Centre, live on BT Sport, that also features British super featherweight champion Sam Bowen making a first defence of his title against Ronnie Clark.
Anthony Crolla is expected to return to the ring in a couple of months' time. The former WBA lightweight world champion has been out of action since his victory on the last Anthony Joshua card in March. Crolla scored a unanimous decision victory over Edson Ramirez at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff and was afterwards considered a realistic future opponent for the current WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko.
But the 5ft 9in slab of black marble who sports a ‘Built for War’ tattoo and owns a maximum security glare is promising fight fans a style make-over that would flatter Gok Won, when he returns to duty after 11 months of exile at London’s O2 Arena on June 23rd.
Promoter Frank Warren has revealed that a plethora of names who got wins last weekend will be back in the ring within a matter of weeks. The Hall of Fame promoter saw a first defeat for English super-featherweight champion Zelfa Barrett at York Hall last Saturday (February 24), but he also confirmed that three of his prospects would be back out as soon as possible.
Ryan Garner was taken the distance for the first time in his pro career, but it did him no harm as he cruised to a 40-37 points win. The 19-year-old impressed the masses in Leeds with some quality boxing skill and hard hitting power that had his 24-year-old opponent Rafael Castillo scrambling on a number of occasions.