Michael Conlan faces Jordan Gill tomorrow night at the SSE Arena in Belfast.
Both come off devastating knockout defeats. Conlan was viciously halted in the fourth round by Luis Alberto Lopez in a world title bout this past May. Gill was wiped out by upset artist Kiko Martinez over a year ago, losing his European title.
Conlan (18-2, 9 KOs) recently joined Matchroom having amicably split with Bob Arum’s Top Rank. The Irishman looks to have a third run at a world title after two failed attempts, both by stoppage. Conlan has also made changes to his trainer, switching from Adam Booth to Cuban veteran Pedro Diaz.
Gill (27-2-1, 8 KOs) makes his first appearance in over a year. He was dropped on four separate occasions on his way to being stopped by Martinez in the fourth round.
The pair will collide in a 12 round contest live on DAZN. The two fighters also make the short move up to super featherweight together in the crossroads contest.
Conlan and Gill both weighed in at 129 ½ pounds for their WBA international super featherweight bout.
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The chief support see’s an all Belfast clash at welterweight between Tyrone McKenna (23-3-1, 6 KOs) and Lewis Crocker (17-0, 10 KOs). McKenna made the limit at 146.9. Crocker needed to strip bare to hit the line bang on at 147 pounds.
Local man Caoimhin Agyarko (13-0, 7 KOs) will lock horns with Darlington’s Troy Williamson (20-1-1. 14 KOs) for a WBA regional light middleweight title. Agyarko was under the limit at 153.8 pounds. Williamson came to the scales at 154.2 pounds.
Belfast’s very own Sean McComb (17-1, 5 KOs) defends his WBO European super lightweight title against Liverpool’s Sam Maxwell (17-2, 11 KOs). McComb hit the scales at 139.1 pounds, the challenger Maxwell also comfortably under the 14 pound limit at 139.6 pounds.
Cameron Vuong (2-0, 1 KOs) Vs Michal Dufek (36-31-1, 23 KOs) opens the DAZN broadcast in Northern Ireland tomorrow. Lightweight starlet Vuong weighed in at 136.8 pounds, with Czechia’s Dufek coming in a fraction below at 136.7 pounds ahead of the six round contest.
