
Charlie Edwards-Sikho Nqothole eliminator set for May 29
Edwards previously held a world title at flyweight, while Nqothole has never fought for a world title before.

Edwards previously held a world title at flyweight, while Nqothole has never fought for a world title before.

Josh Kelly made rapid work of Romania’s Flavius Biea, needing little more than two minutes to stop him Friday inside the Newcastle Arena in Newcastle, England.

On Friday night, 19-year-old Tom Welland looked every inch the professional as he outpointed the decent Marvin Solano over six man-making rounds at London’s York Hall, but if the unbeaten featherweight has his way he will once again pull on an amateur vest and compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer.

Tom Welland has made an entertaining start to life as a professional. The 19-year-old is just three fights into his career but his all-action way of fighting has already caught the eye. Welland’s bout with Marvin Solano has been elevated to the live portion of Friday night’s live Channel 5 show and the Essex super bantamweight will appear alongside former WBC flyweight champion Charlie Edwards at London’s York Hall. The size of the opportunity hasn’t escaped him. “I was speaking to my manager, Lee Eaton, about this the other day,” Welland, 3-0 (2 KOs), told BoxingScene. “With terrestrial TV, people just have it on in the background and if two people start having a tear up, they just get invested in it and start watching. Hopefully this’ll bump up my profile a bit and people will start watching me a bit more and taking note. “This is a big step up. The guy I’m boxing is good. I think he’s had 37 fights and won 24. He’s got eight stoppages. He’s been stopped a few times but it’s a step up. I’m on the live broadcast so hopefully this should be a coming out party.

Super bantamweight Tom Welland (3-0, 2 KO) scored a second-round stoppage against Esteban Troestch (1-3-1, 1KO) in Telford, opening the televised broadcast of the Wasserman Boxing promotion headlined by the vacant European super welterweight title fight between Abass Baraou and Sam Eggington.

Josh Kelly set up what might become the biggest year of his career by producing a quick knockout in front of his Sunderland fans, live on DAZN.

Josh Kelly will now face Colombian KO artist Placido Ramirez when he returns home to fight in Sunderland on December 16, live on DAZN.

Brighton, UK - Sultan Zaurbek (16-0, 12 KO’s) barely needed to get out of second gear as he coasted to a sixth round stoppage of Sergio Martin Sosa (13-4, 3 KO’s) at super featherweight.