Kid Galahad v Jazza Dickens II For IBF Featherweight Title On August 7

Galahad v Dickens II to Headline Week 2 of Matchroom Boxing’s 2021 Combat Camp

Matchroom Boxing CEO Eddie Hearn has introduced that “Child” Galahad (27-1, 16 KOs) will face James “Jazza” Dickens (30-1, 7 KOs) for the vacant IBF World Featherweight title. The combat will happen on August 7 on the Matchroom Combat Camp headquarters in Brentwood, Essex, England. Galahad v Dickens headlines the second card of Matchroom’s Combat Camp sequence dwell on DAZN.

Because the IBF’s obligatory featherweight challenger, Galahad is hungry to win a world title. It’s the 31-year-old’s second try on the IBF 126 pound world title. In his earlier title attempt, he misplaced a detailed, disputed resolution to then-IBF Featherweight titleholder Josh Warrington. Galahad desperately wished a rematch. The IBF ordered that encounter in January of 2021. Nevertheless, Warrington determined to vacate the title to the bitter disappointment of Galahad.

For Dickens, that is additionally his second attempt at a world title. In July 2016, he retired after two rounds as a consequence of a damaged jaw in a combat towards then-WBA ‘Tremendous’ World Tremendous Bantamweight champ Guillermo Rigondeaux. Then in his subsequent outing, he misplaced a technical resolution to Thomas Patrick Ward in Might of 2017. Nevertheless, the 30-year-old has picked himself up and received his final 9 fights. He’s at the moment ranked third by the IBF at 126 kilos.

There’s prior historical past between Galahad and Dickens. In September of 2013, Galahad defeated Dickens by hard-fought, tenth-round TKO. That backdrop will function additional motivation for each males heading into this battle. Can Galahad as soon as once more present he’s the higher fighter? Can Dickens study from his errors of their earlier match practically eight years in the past? We are going to all discover out on August 7.

By: Michael Wilson Jr.

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