Ryan Walsh: record, next fight and profile →
Anthony Yigit (23-1-1, 8 KOs) has arrived in London ready for his super lightweight showdown with Siar Ozgul (15-3, 3 KOs) on Friday night at the English capital's iconic York Hall boxing venue. The slick southpaw continues his charge back into World title contention following a brave attempt at the IBF belt versus Ivan Baranchyk in their World Boxing Super Series Quarter-Final on October 27 in New Orleans.
Unbeaten welterweight standout Taras Shelestyuk (16-0, 10 KOs) marks his return to the ring this Saturday, March 9 in the eight-round main event of Thompson Boxing Promotions' annual private show, "Night of Champions." While tickets are not available for purchase, the promoter will livestream the entire fight card on TB Presents: Night of Champions starting at 8:00 p.m. PT / 11:00 p.m. ET.
Ryan Walsh defends his British Featherweight title against Reece Bellotti at The O2 in London on December 22, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN in the US. The Cromer star won the Lord Lonsdale belt outright when he stopped Belfast’s Marco McCullough at the Copper Box Arena in May 2017 before drawing with Manchester’s Isaac Lowe in his next defence of the title on the George Groves vs. Chris Eubank Jr. undercard earlier this year.
Jazza Dickens finally looks to have a dance partner for his next title fight. The former British super-bantamweight champion had been set to challenge Martin Ward, and his brother Thomas before him, for the vacant crown. But Dickens upped sticks and moved to Miami, Florida, after it was revealed that there were no fights this side of the pond for him and he even secured a first-round win .
British featherweight champion Ryan Walsh (22-2-2, 11 KOs) will not be defending his title against Isaac Lowe (15-0-3, 5 KOs) on November 10 in Manchester. The pair had been mooted to face one another on Eddie Hearn’s October 27 card at Copper Box in London but was then confirmed for the Oleksandr Usyk-Tony Bellew undercard next month.
Joe Cordina will meet Scott Cardle in a lightweight clash in a couple of months’ time. Wales’ Cordina is the current Commonwealth champion and is set to come up against the former British champion on November 10. The pair will square off at Manchester Arena, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office, on the undercard of Tony Bellew’s IBF, WBA Super, WBC, Ring Magazine and WBO world cruiserweight title challenge against the undisputed king Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine.
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.
They both put in disappointing performances against British starlet Lawrence Okolie, now Isaac Chamberlain (9-1, 4 KOs) and Luke ‘The Duke’ Watkins look set to square off against one another in a crunch cruiserweight contest next month. Chamberlain and Watkins are being lined up to fight for the vacant Commonwealth cruiserweight title, recently dropped by Okolie, on October 27 at the Copper Box, London on a Matchroom Boxing promotion filled with intriguing domestic dust-ups.
Ted Cheeseman and Asinia Byfield finally have a date for their fight. The super-welterweight duo had been set to fight in London on October 20. The vacant British title will be at stake when the pair meet –– but it will be later than planned.
The BBBoC recently met to match various British and English title fights, with some interesting match-ups sent out to purse bids. Most notably, cruiserweight holder Matty Askin has been ordered to defend against the undefeated Lawrence Okolie, with bids due in by August 8 and the contest to take place by the end of November.