Lee Haskins will defend the IBF Bantamweight title against Stuart Hall later this Summer in England, after promoter Matchroom Sports won a purse bid to stage the fight, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
Matchroom Boxing won promotional rights to Haskins-Hall with a bid of $201,999, which easily beat the only other offer of $85,000 made by Tom Brown’s TGB Promotions. As the titleholder, Haskins is entitled to 75 percent of the winning bid ($151,499), and Hall will receive the remaining 25 percent ($50,500).
“I’m pleased to win the bid, as it’s a domestic world title fight that I’m excited to see,” Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn told ESPN.com. “There is some deep rivalry between the pair having already met, and we are deeply invested in the division with [world titleholder] Jamie McDonnell and [British champion] Ryan Burnett.
“We have eight world champions in our team right now, and I want to push this into double figures as soon as possible, and I believe Stuart will get the job done against Haskins.”
