Liam Davies is about for his newest effort to climb the junior featherweight ranks.
‘The Telford Inoue’ simply made weight for his TNT Sports activities headliner versus Shabaz Masoud. Davies (16-0, 8 knockouts) was 121.6 kilos, whereas Masoud (13-0, 4 KOs) was just below the divisional restrict at 121.9 kilos.
Their scheduled 12-round regional title battle headlines Saturday’s TNT Sports activities present from bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham, England.
Davies has been dubbed by Dev Sahni, boxing’s premier emcee and hype man, because the one to ultimately take down Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs). Nevertheless unrealistic, fights like this may go a great distance to assist the 28-year-old to rise to rivalry.
A 3-fight knockout streak precedes Saturday’s occasion. It got here on this very venue, when Davies stopped Erik Robles (15-2, 9 KOs) within the second spherical on March 16.
Masoud (13-0, 4 KOs) additionally makes his second straight look on the rebranded bp pulse LIVE. The 28-year-old prospect from Stoke-on-Trent outpointed Marvin Solano on July 20.
Saturday will mark Masoud’s first scheduled 12-round outing.
The chief assist pits a pair of former titlists in the hunt for making their approach again to the highest.
Former undisputed 140-pound queen Chantelle Cameron (19-1, 8 KOs) defends her interim WBC junior welterweight title versus Sweden’s Patricia Berghult (17-1, 4 KOs).
Cameron was 139.7 kilos, whereas Berghult—a former 154-pound titlist now campaigning at 140—weighed 138.2 kilos.
The bout is the second for Cameron underneath the Queensberry Promotions banner. She signed with Corridor of Fame promoter Frank Warren earlier this 12 months and picked up a secondary title in her first outing. It got here in a July 20 factors win over Elhem Mekhaled at this location.
Key for Cameron campaigning for that trinket was positioning herself for the winner of the Nov. 15 Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano rematch. Northampton’s Cameron would be the necessary challenger to the undisputed crown she misplaced to Taylor of their Nov. 25 rematch in Dublin.
Cameron outpointed the Irish celebrity final Might, ruining Taylor’s lengthy=awaited Eire homecoming.
Berghult (17-1, 4 KOs) has gained two straight since a ten-round defeat to Natasha Jonas of their Sept. 2022 unification bout. Berghult held the WBC 154-pound title however conceded her belt to the British icon of their WBC/WBO championship affair.
Under are the weights for the remaining undercard bouts.
Ekow Essuman (20-1, 8 KOs), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, 146.6 kilos
Ben Vaughan (10-0, 3 KOs), Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK, 146.6 kilos
Ezra Taylor (9-0, 6 KOs), Nottingham 176.8 kilos
Kristaps Bulmeistars (12-2, 5 KOs), Riga, Latvia, 180.1 kilos
Eithan James (12-1, 0 KOs), Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK, 146.6 kilos
Jermaine Osbourne-Edwards (11-0, 1 KO), Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK, 146.4 kilos
Lewis Williams (professional debut), Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK, 225.6 kilos
Lamah Griggs (3-9-1, 0 KOs), Nottingham, 247.9 kilos
Eoghan Lavin (2-0, 0 KOs), Ballyhaunis, Eire,161.8 kilos
Remi Scholer (4-12, 1 KO), Thionville, France, 159.7 kilos
Mykyle Ahmed (1-0, 1 KO), Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK, 118.8 kilos
Yin Calcedo (10-24-4, 4 KOs), Buenaventura, Colombia, 117 ½ kilos