Lewis Green will defend his Commonwealth super welterweight title against Sam Gilley on October 21, live on Sky Sports.
Commonwealth super welterweight champion Green He makes his third title defense against Gilly On the undercard of Joshua Buatsi’s light heavyweight bout in London with Dan Azeez at the O2 Arena.
Green claimed a fifth-round knockout to win the Commonwealth title in November last year and defended it in May with another resounding victory, traveling from Kent to challenger Paul Keane’s home city of Dundee, leaving nothing for the judges as he finished the bout. Scottish night in round six.
English super-welterweight champion Gilley, who fights from Walthamstow, booked a Commonwealth title shot for Green in June, when he delivered a blistering knockout of Ellis Currie at London’s historic York Hall in what was the third stoppage victory in his last four fights. Picnics.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Carice Artingstall Her card has also been confirmed, as she heads to The O2 in London in what will be her fifth professional outing and the second time she has competed over eight rounds as she works her way up the world rankings and towards title contention. Her opponent will be revealed in the near future.
Sparks is set to fly in a 10-round super welterweight showdown when Michael Hennessy – son of veteran British boxing manager Mick Hennessy and brother of recently signed BOXXER franchise Fran Hennessy – takes on a challenger with an equally deep British boxing heritage: Harley Benn, son of the legendary Nigel son.
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Sam Gilley landed a left hook to the body that Ricky Hatton would have been proud of as he stopped Ellis Currie in the final round
The main event sees a decade-long friendship put aside When Joshua Buatsi tops the light heavyweight division Dan Aziz put their unbeaten records on the line in a massive competition that has global implications.
Plus, the British Cruiserweight Championship is on the line when defending champion Mikael Lawal finally meets his arch-rival Isaac Chamberlain, with the pair aiming to settle their differences in explosive fashion when they finally meet in the ring.
Tickets are on sale now and available via BOXXER.
