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Friday March 8: Light Heavyweight Destroyer Anthony Yarde and Heavyweight Sensation Daniel Dubois Return to ESPN+ PhilBoxing.com Fri, 08 Mar 2019  Yarde-Travis Reeves headlines afternoon of boxing on ESPN+ beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT Dubois to fight Razvan Cojanu in co-feature bout (March 7, 2019) ? Two of the biggest punchers in British boxing ? light heavyweight Anthony Yarde and heavyweight Daniel Dubois ? are ready to put on a Friday afternoon show for American fight fans. In the main event, Yarde will defend his WBO Intercontinental belt in a 10-rounder against Baltimore native Travis ?Seveer? Reeves at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London. In one of the co-features, Dubois will battle former world title challenger Razvan Cojanu in a 10-rounder for the vacant WBO Global belt. Yarde-Reeves will headline a live five-fight stream beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT on ESPN+ ? the new multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company?s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment in conjunction with ESPN. Yarde (17-0, 16 KOs) has knocked out 15 opponents in a row, a streak that dates back to his second professional bout in June 2015. He is the WBO No. 2 contender for the belt currently held by Sergey ?Krusher? Kovalev. Before a potential world title shot, he must get past Reeves (17-3-2, 7 KOs), a 38-year-old Baltimore native who has won two bouts in a row. In his last ring outing, Jan. 17 in Las Vegas, he knocked down Lanell Bellows (18-3-2 at the time) twice en route to a well-earned unanimous decision win. Dubois (9-0, 8 KOs) is the latest in the long line of fearsome British heavyweight punchers, a London native who has turned heads since turning pro in April 2017. His only decision victory came in his last bout, a dominant performance over veteran Kevin Johnson that streamed on ESPN+. Dubois was originally supposed to face Cojanu in December, but he contracted the flu during fight week and had to pull out. Cojanu (16-5, 9 KOs) challenged Joseph Parker for the WBO heavyweight title in May 2017, losing a unanimous decision in a game effort. In his most recent bout, he pushed unbeaten prospect Nathan Gorman the 12-round distance in a losing effort. In other action live on ESPN+: Liam ?The Machine? Williams (19-2-1, 14 KOs) will make the first defense of his British middleweight title against ?Smokin? Joe Mullender (11-2, 5 KOs). Williams won the title on Dec. 22 with a thrilling 10th-round TKO over Mark Heffron. British welterweight champion Johnny ?The Pexican? Garton (23-1-1, 10 KOs) will make the first defense of his title against Chris Jenkins (20-3-2, 8 KOs). Hamzah Sheeraz (6-0, 2 KOs) will take on Rod Douglas Jr. (2-1, 0 KOs) in a super welterweight tilt scheduled for six rounds. To subscribe to ESPN+, visit www.espnplus.com.  |
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