Joshua Buatsi will face former World Title challenger Maxim Vlasov on the undercard of Joseph Parker’s enormous rematch with Derek Chisora on the AO Area in Manchester on Saturday December 18, live worldwide on DAZN (except for 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 ultimate week of Matchroom Battle 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 set to bounce again by changing 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 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 changing 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 Battle 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 Closing 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 for an additional massive 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).
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