Leigh Wooden and Mauricio Lara headline bumper card in Nottingham on September 24 – British Boxing BBTV

Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing have introduced a mega card for the Nottingham Enviornment on September twenty fourth, reside on DAZN. The present will probably be headlined by native man Leigh Wooden who takes on Mexico’s Mauricio Lara in a tasty featherweight affair. The winner is ready to conflict towards the rising victor of the world title unification bout between Leo Santa Cruz and Rey Vargas, a struggle anticipated to be introduced imminently following the WBA’s approval of each contests this week.

Lara tore up the script in one of many largest upsets of 2021 when he demolished Leeds’ Josh Warrington in seven rounds, with the pair solely managing two rounds within the rematch earlier than the competition was stopped on account of an unintentional head conflict inflicting a vicious minimize to the Mexican, forcing the bout to be referred to as a technical draw. Warrington has since claimed the IBF title with an emphatic victory over Kiko Martinez in March, leaving Lara because the 126-pound divisions bogeyman with few opponents seemingly prepared to step in with him. That was till Wooden, to his immense credit score, has stepped as much as the problem when he may need been forgiven for taking a neater contact whereas ready for the Santa Cruz-Vargas consequence, particularly given the hellacious twelve rounds he went with Michael Conlan six months in the past the place Wooden got here up with one of many biggest comebacks seen inside a British ring.

The world title affairs are usually not restricted to the primary occasion as Doncaster’s Terri Harper stepping as much as 154-pounds, regardless of having solely moved as much as light-weight in March, to conflict with super-welterweight champion Hannah Rankin. Harper surrendered her world title at 130-pounds final November in a second-round stoppage defeat to Alycia Baumgardner and now seems to be to change into a two-weight world champion towards an improved Rankin on September twenty fourth. The Scot in the meantime dusted herself down after a 2020 defeat to Savannah Marshall, claiming the WBA strap versus Maria Lindberg over ten rounds in London. Rankin little question harbours robust ambitions of her personal, together with a possible mega showdown versus the winner of the upcoming super-welterweight unification between Natasha Jonas and Patricia Berghult subsequent month.

The in-form Maxi Hughes faces arguably his hardest problem but as he takes on Sheffield’s Child Galahad at 135-pounds. Hughes upset Jono Carroll in 2020 out in Dubai earlier than placing a formidable streak collectively which has seen him get rid of the likes of Jovanni Straffon and Ryan Walsh in his final two fights. Galahad in the meantime steps up two divisions from featherweight following his defeat to the aforementioned Martinez in his residence metropolis final yr.

DAZN will broadcast, with extra undercard bulletins anticipated within the coming weeks.