Liam Davies vs Ionut Baluta

Saturday night on the Telford Worldwide Centre sees house favorite Liam Davies that includes prominently, and the British champion vies for the vacant European tremendous bantamweight title in opposition to harmful Romanian, Ionut Baluta. Baluta’s WBC Worldwide belt can be at stake.

BT Sport televise Davies vs Baluta stay within the UK.

Davies (12-0, 5 KOs) has rapidly rose up the home rankings, and after a spell as English champion, a pair of stoppage wins led to a vacant WBC Worldwide Silver title shot in opposition to Dixon Flores, which he got here via broadly on the playing cards.

The 26-year-old would go onto problem for the British title in his final battle in June, and began as underdog in opposition to the champion, Marc Leach.

The Telford man was in good type although, dropping Leach within the opening spherical earlier than recording a points win in entrance of his adoring followers.

He now takes on Baluta (15-3, KO3), who isn’t any stranger to UK shores.

‘Il Capo’ upset Kyle Williams in 2019 earlier than beating former world champion TJ Doheny in a factors win in March 2020.

The 28-year-old adopted that up with a shocking third spherical stoppage of David Oliver Joyce, and pushed Michael Conlan to the wire, ultimately happening by way of majority resolution.

He was final out in Might, scoring one other upset by outscoring Brad Foster to take the vacant WBC Worldwide crown.

Prediction: Davies impressed final day trip, and if he can negotiate some tough early remedy, he can come away with a factors win.

Yarde faces final hurdle earlier than Beterbiev

Co-main occasion comes at mild heavyweight, the place Anthony Yarde retains busy forward of a scheduled assembly with unified world champion, Artur Beterbiev in January, with a ten rounder in opposition to Stefani Koykov.

Yarde (22-2, 21 KOs) has challenged for world honours earlier than, shedding in a spirited effort to Sergey Kovalev in 2019, and was upset by way of break up resolution by Lyndon Arthur on the again finish of 2020.

Final December noticed him avenge that defeat in type, knocking Arthur out within the fourth.

 

That noticed the 31-year-old return to the highest of the WBO rankings, and he has an finish of January date pencilled in with WBC, IBF and WBO boss Beterbiev ought to he get previous Koykov (14-1, 12 KOs).

The Bulgarian has solely been into the sixth spherical throughout his profession, and his sole loss got here in his third battle, a 2019 second spherical knockout loss to Rene Molik.

Prediction: That is nothing greater than a tick over battle for Yarde, and he ought to take away the customer from battle fairly swiftly right here. I think about the conclusion will come inside 4.

Remaining Undercard

Eithan James (9-0) takes a marked step-up in school, and the Northampton native ought to take the vacant WBO European tremendous light-weight title with a ten spherical factors win in opposition to Connor Parker (14-1, 1 KO), whose solely reverse got here in a seventh spherical stoppage to Sam Maxwell for a similar belt in November 2019.

Jamie Stewart (3-2-2) makes a second defence of his Midlands Space welterweight title, and he might have all ten rounds to take a decent win on the referee’s scorecard in opposition to Owen Cooper (6-0, 2 KOs), who has solely boxed a six rounder beforehand.

In six rounders, Macauley Owen (4-0, 1 KO) can outscore Eduardo Valverde (3-7-1, 1 KO) at light-weight, whereas at tremendous bantamweight, Brad Strand (8-0, 3 KOs) can do the identical in opposition to Darwin Martinez (7-6-2, 6 KOs).

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George Davey (5-0-1) was held to a attract his final outing in opposition to Serge Ambomo, however the welterweight ought to return to successful methods over the gap in opposition to Paul Cummings (3-68-1, 1 KO).

William Hayden (4-0, 1 KO) must also want the length to take victory in opposition to Marian Marius Istrate (3-13) at light-weight.

The only real 4 rounder is at bantamweight, the place Raheem Muhammad (2-0) ought to outpoint Steven Maguire (4-31-1, 2 KOs).