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Oliver McManus Manchester’s AO Arena plays host to a triple-header of European title fights on Saturday night with Joshua Buatsi nominally headlining in a
Joshua Buatsi looks to restart his momentum
Buatsi vs Dos Santos
The quiet man of Britain’s thriving light-heavyweight scene, Joshua Buatsi returns to action behind closed doors at the Manchester Arena with a new trainer in his corner. Since a tougher-than-expected bout last time out against Marko Calic, the talented Olympic bronze medallist has linked up with Virgil Hunter as his coach.
This contest on Saturday (May 15) against France’s Daniel Blenda Dos Santos, more of a tune-up bout for Buatsi, is thrown into the spotlight after the excellent Terri Harper vs Hyun Mi Choi super-featherweight WBC/WBA title unification fight had to be cancelled after Harper broke her hand again, in just her last sparring session.
Joshua Buatsi defends his WBA International Light Heavyweight title against Daniel Blenda Dos Santos in Manchester on Saturday
Joshua Buatsi heads a card at the AO Arena in Manchester this Saturday night, as he makes a sixth defence of his WBA International Light Heavyweight title against France’s Daniel Blenda Dos Santos over a scheduled ten rounds on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN internationally.
The bill was due to be topped by WBC and IBO boss, Terri Harper’s bid to become unified Super Featherweight champion against WBA champion Hyun Mi Choi, but Harper was forced to withdraw with a hand injury just over a week away from fight night.
April was, admittedly, a bit of a slow patch for the boxing schedule.
May is coming hard, though. We’ve got a lot of good fights, marquee names in action, strong matchups, and no Paul brothers on the schedule.
Personally, I’m stoked for the coming month in boxing.
10) Derek Chisora vs Joseph Parker (May 1, DAZN) Related
Solid fight, and meaningful for the heavyweight division. If Parker wins, which most expect, he will stay in the title mix, with a stronger argument than he’s had, and it would be two solid wins already in 2021 for the former WBO titlist.