Harlem Eubank will have a new opponent in the opposite corner of the field when the rematch next weekend.
The undefeated grandson of British boxing legend Chris Eubank Snr and Chris Eubank Jr’s cousin (14-0, 6 KOs) will return to the competition on July 30.
Eubank was originally set to face Liverpool’s Tom Farrell at the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle, broadcast live exclusively on Channel 5, as part of the Wasserman boxing promo card.
But after Farrell withdrew from the competition, citing a positive COVID-19 test, Mexico’s Eliot Chavez (11-4-1, 6 KOs) was brought in to provide Eubank’s latest test.
Chavez is 27 years old and has only appeared outside of Mexico once. He was in the fight on the winning front but lost recently in February when he traveled to Kazakhstan and was knocked out in the eight-round final by one-time beater Bekman Soylybayev, 31, Bekman Soylybayev.
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Josh Kelly, who represented Team GB at the 2016 Rio Olympics and previously held the Commonwealth and WBA International weightlifting titles, tops the following table. last month’s impressive performance against Peter Kramer at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
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Josh Kelly returns to Newcastle on July 30 against dangerous Argentine Lucas Bastida for the WBO super welterweight belt
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The man currently ascending to super-heavyweight will contest the vacant WBO International title against leading Argentinian contender Lucas Bastida (18-1-1, 10 KOs).
‘El Tornado’, South America’s current middleweight champion, is coming to ruin the party and launch himself into the fray for the world title and has warned Kelly he won’t be back.
Speaking of coming to the UK, Bastida said:
“This is my first match overseas and I’m delighted to be coming to the UK and trying my hand at someone like Josh Kelly.”
“I’m going to the UK in the best condition I’ve ever been in. I know I have strong hands, I just have to be patient and wait for my moment.”
Pat McCormack, Olympic silver medalist from the Tokyo Olympics, fights for the second time as a professional on the cards, while there is a long-awaited return for former unpaid star Lisa Whiteside as she seeks to regain her career following trauma and the birth of her son.
Commonwealth Games 2018 gold medalist (3-0, 1 KO) meets Jasmina Nad of Serbia (11-24-5, 4 KOs) in a flyweight match and will take part in local women’s hand Jordan Barker-Porter as well as heavyweight prospects Hosea Stewart and Franklin Ignatius. The two undefeated boxers battled to see who would take the first loss and had an opening match for Darlington’s Ben Marksby, six-foot-seven-inch Steve Robinson and 22-year-old Spennymoor man Kai Richmond in their second professional bout. his Fight.
