Zak Chelli and Callum Simpson had been each comfortably contained in the 168-pound restrict for his or her regional title combat.
Their scheduled 12-round bout noticed Chelli clock in at a trim and match 166 kilos for the primary protection of his British tremendous middleweight title. Simpson was 167 kilos as he will get a house sport for Saturday’s important occasion from Oakwell Soccer Floor in Barnsley, England.
The present will air reside on Sky Sports activities within the U.Okay. and NBC’s Peacock TV app within the U.S.
London’s Chelli (15-2-1, 7 knockouts) regained the British title in a twelve-round win over Jack Cullen (22-6-1, 10 KOs) on Jan. 20 in Liverpool. He beforehand held the belt for greater than a yr earlier than a factors loss to Mark Jeffers (18-0, 5 KOs) final July 1 in Manchester.
Simpson (14-0, 10 KOs) embraces the long-sought step up in competitors. The hard-hitting Barnsley native resumed his knockout methods with a 4th spherical blitzing of Dulla Mbabe on March 31 in London. He’d gone the gap in his earlier two outings after a nine-fight knockout streak.
The co-feature pits London’s Caroline Dubois (9-0, 5 KOs) and Uruguay’s Maira Moneo (14-1, 3 KOs) in an interim WBC light-weight title combat.
Dubois was 133.4 kilos whereas Moneo was 134 kilos.
The winner is technically in line to problem Eire’s Katie Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs) The 2-division RING champion nonetheless holds the WBC and WBA 135-pound titles. Nonetheless, she is going to stay at 140 the place she subsequent defends her undisputed crown versus Amanda Serrano (47-2-1, 31 KOs) on Nov. 15 in Arlington, Texas.
Moneo is the present WBC necessary light-weight challenger. Nonetheless, her effort to implement her standing versus Taylor was not a bout of specific curiosity to DAZN. Taylor as an alternative opted for the far-more fascinating rematch versus Serrano, which doubtless places her light-weight reign in jeopardy. She was already pressured to vacate the IBF and WBO titles.
Dubois, whose older brother Daniel (21-2, 20 KOs) is the IBF heavyweight titlist, has been on a roll since turning professional. The 2020 Olympic quarterfinalist for Nice Britain picked up the flippantly regarded IBO title final September and goals to totally unify the light-weight division. She went the ten-round distance in every of her previous two begins, together with a shutout win over Miranda Reyes on Feb. 3 at OVO Area Wembley.
Under are the weights for the remaining undercard bouts.
10 rounds, junior middleweight
Stephen McKenna (14-0, KOs), Los Angeles by way of Manghan, Eire, 153 kilos
Joe Legal guidelines (14-2, 5 KOs), Benwell, England, 152.3 kilos
8 rounds, middleweight
Connor Coyle (20-0, 9 KOs), Pinellas Park, Florida by way of Derry, N. Eire, 161.3 kilos
Kyle Lomotey (12-1, 2 KOs), Leigh, England, 164 kilos
6 rounds, gentle heavyweight
Billy Deniz (11-0, 5 KOs), Droylsden, England, 175 kilos
Khalid Graidia (11-14-5, 2 KOs), Luxembourg, 172 kilos
6 rounds, middleweight
Mauro Silva (5-0, 2 KOs), Manchester by way of Almada, Portugal, 158 kilos
Dale Arrowsmith (6-110-5, 1 KO), Hyde, England,157.3 kilos
6 rounds, junior middleweight
Joel Kodua (6-0, 0 KOs), Dagenham, England 150.3 kilos
John Henry Mosquera (5-15, 1 KO), Venice, Italy, 151.3 kilos
