Liam Walsh will now top the bill on the next Black Country fight night – and a clash of unbeaten cruiserweights has also been added to the show.
Walsh, 12-0 (9), will defend his Commonwealth super-featherweight championship in front of the BoxNation cameras at Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Friday, June 22 after Enzo Maccarinelli pulled out of his rematch against Shane McPhilbin.
Walsh, one of three boxing brothers from Cromer, launched BoxNation by winning one of the best fights of 2011.
His title defence against former British featherweight champion Paul Appleby was a wildly exciting, back-and-forth battle of wills.
Walsh picked himself off the floor to force a 10-round retirement win and the super-slick power puncher heads to Wolverhampton to make the third defence of his title.
His challenger will be announced in the next few days.
Joint promoters PJ Rowson and Frank Warren are also delighted to announce that unbeaten cruiserweights Chris Keane and Stephen Simmons will meet over 10 rounds.
Keane, 6-0 (2), is from Walsall and will have home advantage against the granite tough Scot in what could be a classic.
Both were top-class amateurs. Keane won the ABA heavyweight championship in 2010, while Simmons won bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and boxed regularly for Scotland.
As professionals, Keane extended his winning record to six fights with a 40-second blow-out in his last fight and Billy Nelson-trained Simmons has won all four [two inside].
Black Country favourite Jason Welborn, 9-1 (4), defends his Midlands Area welterweight title against Derby's Scott Haywood, 22-6-1 (4), on the same bill and Midlands Area light-middleweight champion Jamie Ball, 13-0-2 (4), is also in title action in another battle of unbeatens.
He has been paired with Michal Pechacek for the vacant International Masters championship.
Pechacek is the Czech super-middleweight title and has won all 10 of his professional fights.
Northampton super-flyweight Nathan Reeve, impressive in last year’s Prizefighter, is also set to be matched, along with unbeaten prospects Ryan Hookway, 4-0, Steven Pearce, 3-0 (1), and Dave Egan, 1-0.
Tipton light-heavyweight Ricky Summers, pipped by a point in the semi finals of the 2011 ABA championship, makes his professional debut, along with Andrew Robinson.
Box office 0870 320 7000; further information is available from PJ Rowson on 07976-283157.
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