Former British, Commonwealth and European welterweight champion Sam Eggington returns to the ring this weekend. ‘The Savage’ will clash with unbeaten Przemyslaw Zysk for the vacant IBO super welterweight title. While the world title involved is lightly-regarded, the bout itself is an intriguing clash. Zysk is undefeated but untested. Eggington has been close to the very top, but has incurred seven defeats along the way in a topsy-turvy career.
Support comes from River Wilson Bent’s English middleweight title rematch with Tyler Denny. The pair went to a technical draw for the same vacant belt last year, when Bent withdrew due to a cut. 4-0 hot prospect Adam Azim will fight on the undercard against an opponent yet to be named.
Here’s everything you need to know about a bumper night of British boxing.
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Where: Coventry Skydome, Coventry, England
When: Saturday 25th June, prelims 5:30pm, main card 7pm
How to watch: Sky Sports YouTube from 5:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event from 7pm
Tale of the Tape:
Eggington
Place Of Birth: Birmingham, England
Age: 28
Alias: The Savage
Record: 31-7 (18 KOs)
Height: 5’11’’
Reach: 71.7”
Last Fight: Eggington edged out Bilel Jkitou by split decision to retain his WBC silver light middleweight championship. The victory was his third on the spin, after beating talented veteran Ashley Theophane and former world champion Carlos Molina.
Zysk
Place Of Birth: Ostrołęka, Poland
Age: 30
Record: 18-0 (6 KOs)
Height: 6’0’’
Reach: 72”
Last Fight: Zysk scored a unanimous decision win over Venezuela’s Juan Ruiz last time out. ‘El Nino’ represented a step up in class for the Pole, who had mostly feasted on journeymen in his previous outings. However, Eggington is on another level entirely from anybody Zysk has faced before.
Full Card
Sam Eggington vs Przemyslaw Zysk
River Wilson-Bent vs Tyler Denny
Adam Azim vs Anthony Loffet
Cori Gibbs vs Carlos Perez
Dylan Cheema vs Stu Greener
Rhys Edwards vs TBA
Karriss Artingstall vs Vaida Masiokaite
Kaisee Benjamin vs TBA
Shaka Thompson vs Bartosz Glowacki
Scott Forrest vs Toni Visic
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