Simpson and Ridings face-off for vacant Central Space title – British Boxing BBTV

The Oldham Leisure Centre will host one more home title conflict on Saturday evening as Callum Simpson (9-0-0, 7KOs) and Ben Ridings (5-2-0) compete for the vacant Central Space title at super-middleweight.

Simpson enters the competition with an unblemished file in 9 outings whereas Ridings holds two defeats to his title, albeit towards stable opposition in Jez Smith and Thomas Whittaker-Hart respectively. The Central Space belt hasn’t been competed for since 2020 when Mark Jeffers overcame Ben Thomas however will discover a dwelling this weekend in an intriguing home division at 168lbs.

Saturday’s undercard contains a host of prime prospects together with Ricky Hatton-trained bantamweight Ibrahim Nadim (8-0-0, 1KO) who takes on Romania’s Alexandru Ionita (7-15-1, 5KOs). Lancashire-born light-heavyweight Billy Deniz (6-0-0, 4KOs) can be set to seem in a six-round conflict with Michal Gazdik (6-24-1, 4KOs) of Slovakia, whereas Reece Farnhill (6-0-0, 3KOs) seems for the seventh time towards the at all times rugged Seamus Devlin (1-39-1) over six rounds. Jabran Bilal (3-1-0) faces-off towards Craig Miles (3-1-0) in a six-round middleweight conflict, and Adam Sircar (4-0-0) comes along with Joe Garside (5-0-0) at light-weight.

Charles Martin Stuart (4-0-0, 2KOs) seems in a four-round contest towards Serge Ambomo (8-34-3, 4KOs), whereas the undefeated Jake Andrews (2-0-0) takes on Genadij Krajevskij (0-39-0) at 175lbs. The Poland-born however Wakefield-based Sylwia Doligala (0-1-0) seems for her second professional outing in a four-round contest with Jamileth Vallejos (1-7-2, 1KO) down at flyweight, and Tauseef Suleman (1-0-0) seems to keep up his unbeaten file towards Jamie Quinn (10-135-2) at light-weight,