There were no issues at the scale for the second season finale of Matchroom Fight Camp. All boxers made weight for Saturday’s which airs live on DAZN from Matchroom Boxing HQ Garden in Brentwood, Essex, England. In the main event, 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist and current rising contender Joshua Buatsi (14-0, 12KOs) faces Ricards Bolotniks (18-5-1, 8KOs) in a scheduled 12-round light heavyweight title eliminator.
Joshua Buatsi is set to transition from rising prospect to red hot contender. The 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist steps up in class, as he faces Latvia's Ricards Bolotniks in a regional light heavyweight title fight. The bout headlines the August 14 edition of Matchroom Fight Camp, anchoring the summer series airing live on DAZN from Matchroom Boxing headquarters in Brentwood, Essex. “Rising light heavyweight star Joshua Buatsi takes a huge step up when he takes on the MTK Global Golden Contract winner Richard Bolotniks at the top of Week 3,” Eddie Hearn, chairman of Matchroom Boxing said of the crossroads clash fight, which was announced as part of the summer Fight Camp series Monday. “I'm delighted to begin our game-changing partnership with the leading global sports streaming platform DAZN with another sizzling summer of Fight Camp action."
Oleksandr Usyk and Derek Chisora are ready to take their friendly rivalry to the ring. A heavyweight clash seemingly in the works for most of 2020 is finally set to headline this Saturday at SSE Wembley Arena in London, England. The bout had been previously scheduled to take place in May before being postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Robbie Davies Jr. has been ordered to defend his British super-lightweight title against Philip Bowes. The former WBA Continental champion grabbed the vacant belt against Joe Hughes when he claimed the European crown back in March. Davies Jr., who will return to the ring at the M&S Bank Arena Exhibition Centre on August 2, exclusively live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN Stateside, must face Philip Bowes in the near future.
Lewis Ritson will be back in the ring before the end of the first quarter. The British lightweight champion suffered his maiden defeat in the paid code last October. Ritson was outpointed by Francesco Patera of Belgium, exclusively live on Sky Sports, at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle when the pair clashed for the vacant European title.
Iain Butcher will challenge Ukashir Farooq for the British title as the headline act of a stacked MTK Global show in Glasgow on November 30 – also featuring Tyrone McKenna vs. Lewis Benson and Kieran Smith vs. Peter McDonagh for a WBC world ranking title.