Your Fight-size Boxing Update:
- A couple of title bouts are set to take place on the undercard Amir Khan's bout against Neeraj Goyat on July 12 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The first is a WBC International featherweight title match between Lerato Dlamini and Dave Penalosa. The other will see unbeaten bantamweight Prince Patel fight for the IBO title though his opponent has yet to be made.
I will be fighting for the @IBOBoxing bantamweight world title at King Abdullah Sports City in Saudi Arabia on July 12th ------ #boxing #world #title #dream #believe pic.twitter.com/XTrXS8Utuk
— Prince Patel (@PrincePatel1993) June 6, 2019
- Former world title challenger Anthony Yigit will fight Siar Ozgul in an eight-round fight on the undercard of the June 28 MTK Global card from York Hall. This will be Yigit's third fight since losing to Ivan Baranchyk in the World Boxing Super Series quarterfinals with the IBF junior welterweight title on the line.
- Speaking of MTK Global and former world title challengers, Muhammad Waseem will fight on the June 22 card from Glasgow, Scotland against an opponent to be named later. This will be Waseem's first fight since an unsuccessful attempt at capturing the IBF flyweight title last July against Moruti Mthalane.
- Mikey Garcia and boxing icon Erik Morales will meet in an exhibition bout titled ‘Legends Collide’ in Southern California on June 23. The exhibition will top a full fight card presented by Mikey Garcia Promotions in support of injured fighter Izaac Colunga. Colunga was shot in the spine while at a residence in Riverside California. The fighter remains at a rehabilitation facility in Denver, Colorado.
