Britons Dillian Whyte and Joe Joyce will headline a heavyweight-stacked card at Manchester’s Co-op Stay Area on Saturday, 5 April.
Olympian Scrumptious Orie will make his skilled debut and former cruiserweight world champion Lawrence Okolie will tackle Richard Riakporhe, who additionally strikes as much as heavyweight.
In one other date on Queensberry Promotions’ schedule, Belfast super-featherweight Anthony Cacace will face Leigh Wooden in a battle between two former world champions at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Area on 10 Could.
Later that month, former undisputed light-welterweight champion Josh Taylor will transfer to welterweight to problem WBO European title holder Ekow Essuman in Glasgow.
Scotsman Taylor has signed with promoter Frank Warren’s steady for his first battle since shedding a rematch to Jack Catterall in Could 2024.
The April card would be the first Queensberry Promotions occasion proven on streaming platform Dazn, as a part of a brand new multi-year deal.
“We’re beginning as we imply to go on and, as you would possibly anticipate, the heavyweights will play an enormous, huge half in 2025 and past,” Warren stated.
“I’m additionally a lot trying ahead to returning to Scotland with the nation’s largest star and our newest signing, Josh Taylor, headlining and rebooting his profession at welterweight, the place I imagine he can once more do huge issues.”
Fighters from the three upcoming occasions will meet at a information convention on the Co-op Stay Area afterward Monday, joined by Queensberry boss Warren.
