The highly-anticipated rematch between Luke Campbell and Yvan Mendy headlines the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin.
AJ defends his world heavyweight titles at Wembley on September 22 in what is expected to be a crowd of 90,000.
But Campbell vs Mendy will provide adequate support, with the fight designated a WBC Lightweight World title Final Eliminator.
“I want to clear Mendy off my record,” said Campbell, who has recently switched to new trainer Shane McGuigan. “For reasons that I’ve talked about previously I should have never got in to the ring that night but what’s done is done, and I can’t wait to right that wrong on my record on fight night."
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"Mendy’s always been on my list for sure, he’s been winning and it will be a very tough fight. He is a tough competitor, strong and durable.
“I am now a completely different person and a different fighter all-round. I’m 10 times better than I was when he beat me three-and-a-half years ago. I’m bigger, I’m wiser, my boxing ability is 10 times what it was back then.
“I’ve already struck up a great relationship with Shane and I have no doubt that he is going to take me to the next level. I want to become a World Champion and Shane has a proven track record of achieving that with his fighters.”
Undercard fights in full
Luke Campbell vs Yvan Mendy
Luke Campbell is back in action in the anticipated rematch with Yvan Mendy – who handed ‘Cool Hand’ the first defeat of his career.
Since then, the Hull man has rebuilt and even mixed it with former pound-for-pound contender Jorge Linares, with the Venezuelan taking a close decision before making Campbell’s defeat look even better by giving Vasiliy Lomachenko a hard night’s work.
Matty Askin vs Lawrence Okolie
Perhaps the toughest fight to call is Lawrence Okolie, managed by Anthony Joshua, with ‘The Sauce’ taking on Matty Askin for the British cruiserweight title.
A seasoned champion, Askin poses the toughest test of Okolie’s career, with both fighters heavy-handed and likely to deliver a knockout one way or another.
Sergey Kuzmin vs David Price
David Price enters last chance saloon when he attempts to topple the highly-rated Russian Sergey Kuzmin.
The Liverpudlian was brutally knocked out by Povetkin last time out and with Kuzmin’s history of stopping Joe Joyce in the amateur game, it promises to be an action-packed fight.
Shakhram Giyasov vs TBA
The show opener, which means it will not be noticed by many, but that could be a mistake.
One of the least anticipated bouts of the last AJ fight in Cardiff, Morgan Jones vs Mose Auimatagi Jr, delivered a sneaky contender for fight of the year.
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