THE VACANT BRITISH welterweight championship will be on the line alongside the Commonwealth strap when Owen Cooper goes up against Constantin Ursu in ‘Under the Lights’ at Valliant Live, Derby on Saturday February 28, live on DAZN.

The ‘Under the Lights’ card will also feature 10-round action at super lightweight, with Olympian Luke McCormack taking on Kane Gardner, plus at middleweight, with Ben Fail facing Mason Cartwright.

Tickets for ‘Under the Lights’ – Cooper vs Ursu – at Valliant Live, Derby on Saturday, 28 February can be purchased from ticketmaster.co.uk. The Venue and Queensberry Presales begin at 12pm on Monday, 19 January. The General sale starts at 12pm on Tuesday, 20 January. Don’t miss it!

The prize attached to the headline fight also includes the Commonwealth title won by Ursu (14-0, 6 KOs) when he scored a knockout victory over Eithan James in March of last year. The 25-year-old Moldovan, who resides in Plymouth, has since made a successful defence and won the WBO European title with victory over Ryan Amos in November.

Worcester’s Cooper (11-1, 4 KOs) impressively returned to the win column with victory over Chris Kongo last May in Nottingham, having lost out in a thrilling WBO European title against Ekow Essuman in 2024. He won the WBO belt, along with the English title, with his success over Eithan James earlier in the year.

McCormack (4-0, 3 KOs), from Sunderland, is taking a significant step up in class by going in with Gardner in just his fifth professional fight, with having previously only taken part in one eight round fight.

Gardner (18-5, 7 KOs) is a known tough customer who in 2023 went the distance with Pierce O’Leary in a WBC International title fight and only lost out by a round in a late 2024 Central Area title encounter with Reece MacMillan, a decision that cost him a multi-title fight against Jack Rafferty.

Northampton man Fail (10-0, 5 KOs) will also have his credentials severely tested against Cartwright (23-4, 9 KOs), a two-time British title challenger from Ellesmere Port. Cartwright’s challenges for the Lonsdale belt came against Troy Williamson and Samuel Antwi and the only losses on his record have come in title contention.

Cartwright, known as ‘Nutty’, is currently enjoying a four-fight winning streak.

“This is a cracking little show and a showcase for our up-and-coming talents,” said promoter Frank Warren. “This is where prospects get to prove themselves as potential contenders and show us all that they belong on the major events moving forward.

“The British title fight between Owen Cooper and Constantin Ursu should be a real banger and it is one I am looking forward to greatly because these fights nearly always deliver the goods and Owen’s fights always do anyway.

“We expect big things from Luke McCormack and Ben Fail and they will both be tested in a big way on February 28.”

A full Championship Undercard full of up-and-coming Queensberry stars will be announced in the coming weeks.

Tickets for ‘Under the Lights’ – Cooper vs Ursu – at Valliant Live, Derby on Saturday, 28 February can be purchased from ticketmaster.co.uk. The Venue and Queensberry Presales begin at 12pm on Monday, 19 January. The General sale starts at 12pm on Tuesday, 20 January. Don’t miss it!

Constantin Ursu remained undefeated with a 12-round unanimous decision over Ryan Amos in a welterweight bout at York Hall in London.

Ursu, 146.6 lbs of Moldova won by scores of 120-108 and 119-109 twice and is now 14-0. Amos, 145.2 lbs of Nottingham, ENG is 16-3-2.

Yaser Al Ghena won a 10-round unanimous decision over Mikey Lee Broughtin in a super lightweight bout.

Al Ghena, 139.2 lbs of London won by scores of 9604 on all cards and is now 15-0. Broughton, 139,6 lbs or Birmingham, ENG is 13-2

Malik Zinad stopped Ante Bilic in round six of their eight-round light heavyweight bout.

In round three, Zinad dropped Bilic with a right to the head. Bilic began to bleed around his right eye.

In round six, Zinad uncorked about 15 unanswered blows with most of them being rights to the side of the head and the fight was stopped at 41 seconds.

Zinad, 174.2 lbs of Libya is 24-1 with 18 knockouts. Bilic, 171,2 lbs of Croatia is 32-4.

Robert Lloyd Taylor remained undefeated with a six-round decision over Harley Hodgetts in a middleweight fight.

Lloyd Taylor, 156 lbs of London won by a 58-56 score and is now 12-0. Hodgetts, 156,4 lbs is 5-5.

Tiago Muxanga stopped Harley Collison in round five of their eight-round middleweight fight.

In round five, Muxanga dropped Collison with a left the body. In the same round, Ciollison began to bleed from his nose. Finally in the round, Muxanga landed another body shot that put Collison down and the fight was stopped at 2:24.

Muxanga, 154 lbs of Mozambique is 2-0 with two knockouts. Collison, 157.6 lbs of Southampton, ENG is 3-5-2.

Stevi Levi stopped Antonella Molina in round three of their four-round featherweight bout.

In round three, Levi landed nine unanswered shots, most of them getting through flush and the fight was stopped at 39 seconds.

Levi, 122 lbs of Kingslin, ENF is 15-4 with two knockouts. Molina, 126 lbs of Argentina is 4-94.

Aamir Yakubu made a successful pro debut with a four-round decision over Octotavian Gattii in a junior middleweight bout.

Yakubu, 153.6 lbs on London won by a 40-36 score and is 1-0. Gattii, 152.5 lbs of Romania is 8-98.