London, England – February 12th, 2025 – The drama between EBU light-heavyweight champion Daniel ‘Blenda’ Dos Santos and British challenger Shakan Pitters takes another twist today as their highly-anticipated clash has now been officially rescheduled for York Hall, London on Friday, April 4th, live on DAZN.
Initially due to defend his belt against Pitters last week, Dos Santos was removed from the bout at the 11th hour as France’s boxing federation declared him to have failed a pre-fight medical test.
Dos Santos has now successfully overturned that finding following a battery of enhanced tests and scans which have proved conclusively that he is clear to compete and that the initial finding was an error.
The EBU has confirmed that Dos Santos remains the reigning, defending European Light-Heavyweight Champion. On Friday, April 4th, he will finally make his highly-anticipated defence against the surging British challenger Pitters.
April’s card will also feature undefeated super-lightweights Ben Crocker and Tienan Bradley, with Crocker defending his IBF European Super-Lightweight Championship, and Emma Dolan defending her British and Commonwealth Super-Flyweight Championship against Lauren Parker.
GBM CEO Izzy Asif said, “It’s been an unbelievably dramatic start to the year but the delay has only heightened anticipation and we are delighted now to take this European Light-Heavyweight Championship clash to the capital. Daniel Dos Santos and Shakan Pitters are raring to go and we’ve got a stacked undercard coming together for what will be another big night of British boxing on DAZN.”
Pitters underwent three different changes of opponent following Dos Santos’ removal from the originally-scheduled February 7th bout.
On fight night he stopped Manchester-based Iranian veteran Bahadur Karami in two rounds, dedicating the fight to his late father, who passed away in December.
