Joshua Buatsi will face former World Title challenger Maxim Vlasov on the undercard of Joseph Parker’s big rematch with Derek Chisora on the AO Enviornment in Manchester on Saturday December 18, stay worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Samoa).
Buatsi (15-0, 13 KOs) scored his tenth knockout in a row when he stopped Latvia’s Ricards Bolotniks within the eleventh spherical of their WBA Gentle-Heavyweight World Title Eliminator on the third and closing week of Matchroom Struggle Camp in August.
That win adopted on from his brutal fourth-round stoppage of undefeated Frenchman Daniel Blenda Dos Santos in Could and the 28-year-old contender returns to the well-known area subsequent month to tackle his hardest problem but within the skilled ranks.
Russia’s Vlasov (45-4, 26 KOs) dropped a controversial twelve-round majority choice to the USA’s Joe Smith in a problem for the vacant WBO Gentle-Heavyweight World Title earlier this 12 months and the previous Interim Cruiserweight World Title challenger is decided to bounce again by turning into the primary man to defeat Buatsi.
Additionally on the cardboard, undefeated New Malden Tremendous-Middleweight expertise Lerrone Richards (15-0, 3 KOs) seems to be to construct on his spectacular EBU European Title win in opposition to Giovanni De Carolis in Could when he takes on unbeaten IBO 168lbs World Champion Carlos Gongora (20-0, 15 KOs).
Gongora created historical past by turning into Ecuador’s first ever World Champion when he scored a spectacular twelfth-round knockout win over Kazakhstan’s Ali Akhmedov final December earlier than stopping Christopher Pearson in his maiden defence of the title on the Andrade vs. Williams undercard.
‘Little Lever’s Meat Cleaver’ Jack Cullen (20-2-1, 9 KOs) returns to the scene of his Struggle of the 12 months contender with Felix Money again in 2019 as he clashes with Germany’s Emre Cukur (17-1, 3 KOs) for the vacant EBU European Tremendous-Middleweight crown following his win over Avni Yildirim in July.
Manchester Tremendous-Featherweight contender Zelfa Barrett (26-1, 16 KOs) hopes to make it three wins from three fights in 2021 as he meets Australia’s Bruno ‘The Terminator’ Tarimo (26-2-2, 5 KOs) in a Last Eliminator for the IBF World Title.
Derby Tremendous-Light-weight prospect Sandy Ryan (2-0, 1 KO) is out to impress once more after her vicious physique shot knockout win over Aleksandra Vujovic final month in Italy, unbeaten Cruiserweight Jordan ‘Troublesome’ Thompson (11-0, 9 KOs) seems to be for one more large KO in his residence metropolis, New Zealand Cruiserweight David Nyika (1-0, 1 KO) fights within the UK for the primary time and Anthony Crolla-trained Light-weight Rhiannon Dixon (3-0) returns to motion.
Tickets are priced £40, £60, £80, £100, £150, £200 and £400 (VIP).
Matchroom Struggle Move members will have the ability to buy tickets from 10am on Thursday November 4. Precedence ticket information can be emailed on to eligible members.
Normal Sale tickets could be bought by way of StubHub (www.stubhub.co.uk) from 10am on Friday November 5.
Press launch issued by Matchroom Boxing.
