A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT triple-header takes centre stage at the magnificent Co-op Live in Manchester on Saturday, 1 November, live worldwide on DAZN, on an occasion that will mark the Queensberry debut of Joshua Buatsi.

New signing Buatsi (19-1, 13 KOs) takes on another mighty domestic showdown against another Queensberry man in Zach Parker (26-1, 18 KOs), with both men looking to force their way closer towards world title contention.

Tickets for ‘Lights Out’ go on sale at 11am on Wednesday, 20 August available from ticketmaster.co.uk.

Buatsi, 32, comes into the fight off the back of a strong fight of the year contender against Callum Smith in February over in Riyadh, where he was outpointed in a thriller, while Parker, 31, has put together four straight wins since injury forced him to retire in a WBO Interim world title fight against John Ryder at super middleweight at the end of 2022.

The European light-heavyweight title will be defended by Brad Rea – another Queensberry new signing – when he goes up against former world title challenger Lyndon Arthur in an all-Manchester showdown.

Rea (21-1, 10 KOs) won his Euro-honour last time out against Shakan Pitters, with Arthur (24-3, 16 KOs), who challenged Dmitrii Bivol in late 2023 for the WBA world title, lost out to forthcoming world title challenger Anthony Yarde in April.

Daniel Lapin, the WBO International and WBA Continental champion, will face another Brit in Manchester after successfully defending his titles against British champion Lewis Edmondson at Wembley Stadium in July.

Ukrainian southpaw Lapin (12-0, 4 KOs) will defend his belts against Troy Jones (12-1, 6 KOs) from Birmingham. The only defeat suffered by Jones came when himself and Ezra Taylor put their unbeaten records on the line in Nottingham back in May, with Taylor winning by decision.

“This will be a tremendous card and an amazing showcase for the light heavyweight division,” said promoter Frank Warren. “Our 175lbs contingent is so strong now that it made perfect sense to put a number of them on a major platform at the biggest and best Arena in Europe.

“Joshua Buatsi is probably only a fight or two away from challenging for a world title so it is important that he is tested, and he will be against Zach Parker, who is looking to make it big himself at light heavyweight and will see this as his opportunity to plant himself high in the rankings.

“The Manchester public are in for a treat with the Brad Rea vs Lyndon Arthur match-up, with them both being local boys wanting to put on a show. Brad is now with us here at Queensberry and going up against a former world title challenger gives him the opportunity to make a perfect statement of intent.

“I was very impressed with what I saw from Troy Jones last time out when he took on Ezra Taylor, so I am delighted to give him another showcase against the undefeated Daniel Lapin, who holds two international titles and is closing in on world title contention.”

There will be a full championship undercard full of up-and-coming fighters in the Queensberry stable to be announced over the next few weeks.

Tickets for ‘Lights Out’ go on sale at 11am on Wednesday, 20 August available from ticketmaster.co.uk.

Daniel DuBois had a ring walk full of fireworks and pyrotechnics, but it was Oleksandr Usyk who brought inferno as Usyk became the Undisputed Heavyweight champion for a second time with an emphatic fifth round destruction in front of over 90,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium.

In round five, Usyk landed a perfect counter right hook that put DuBois down to the canvas. Usyk then landed a perfect left to the jaw that put DuBois with a defeated and bewildered look on his face and did not beat the count at

Okolie Decisions Lerena

Former cruiserweight world champion Lawrence Okolie won a 10-round unanimous decision over Kevin Lerena in a heavyweight bout.

Okolie, 262.4 lbs of London won by scores of 100-90 twice and99-91 and is now 22-1. Lerena, 232.5 lbs of Johannesburg, SA is 31-4

Daniel Lapin Wins Majority Decision over Lewis Edmondson

In a battle of undefeated light heavyweights, Daniel Lapin won a 10-round majority decision over Lewis Edmindson.

Lapin, 174.13 lbs of Kyiv, UK won by scores of 96-94 twice and 95-95 and is now 12-0. Edmindson, 174.13 lbs of Soutampton, ENG is 11-1.

Dacres Decisons Sirenko

Solomon Dacres won a 10-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Vladyslav Sirenko in a heavyweight bout.

Dacres, 235.9 lbs of Birmingham, UK won by scores of 99-91, 99-92 and 98-92 and is now 10-1. Sirenko, 256.3 lbs of Kiev, UKR is 22-1-1.

Adam Hamed remained undefeated with a four-round decision over Ezequiel Gregores in welterweight bout.

Hamed, 144.3 lbs of Dubai via Manchester won by a 40-36 score and is now 6-0. Gregores, 145.10 lbs of Buenos Aires, ARG is 3-25.

Lasha Guruli beat down James Francis and their eight-round junior welterweight bout was stopped after in round five.

The corner pulled Francis from the fight officially at two seconds round five,

Guruli, 139.15 lbs of Georgia Republic is 2-0 with knockout. Francis, 137.12 lbs of Liverpool, ENG is 7-2.

In the first of two featured fights that can now be revealed, two-weight world champion and now heavyweight contender Lawrence Okolie, the WBC Silver champion, will defend his title by taking on the former IBO world cruiserweight champion and WBA world heavyweight title challenger Kevin Lerena from South Africa.

At light heavyweight, the British and Commonwealth champion Lewis Edmondson will go up against a Ukrainian challenge in the undefeated IBF Intercontinental and WBA Continental champion Daniel Lapin, with the two international belts on the line.

Some tickets remain for the Usyk vs Dubois superfight at Wembley Stadium on 19 July and are available from ticketmaster.co.uk and rtticket.com.

Okolie, 21-1 (14 KOs), won the WBO cruiserweight world title in 2021 with a knockout victory over Krzysztof Glowacki and went on to make three successful defences. He then won the WBC bridgerweight world title with a first round KO of Lukasz Rozanski in Poland before making the switch up to heavyweight and winning the WBC Silver title with another first round triumph over Hussein Muhamed in December 2024. At cruiserweight, Okolie was also British, Commonwealth and European champion after featuring at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

Lerena, 31-3 (15 KOs), became IBO world cruiserweight champion in 2017 with victory over Youri Kayembre Kalenga and went on to make six successful defences before making the switch to heavyweight and claiming the IBO Intercontinental title by defeating Mariusz Wach.

Now 33, Lerena came very close to becoming the architect of a major upset when he travelled to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in December 2022 to take on current IBF world champion Daniel Dubois on the undercard of Tyson Fury’s world title defence against Derek Chisora. After losing a decision defeat to Justis Huni, Lerena’s most recent action came against Serhiy Radchenko in Pretoria, where he stopped the Ukrainian in the third round.

Edmondson, 11-0 (3 KOs), became British and Commonwealth champion in his 10th fight when he took a step up in class against former European champion Dan Azeez in London and inflicted an unexpected defeat over 12 rounds in his first title fight. Most recently, the 29-year-old defended his Commonwealth belt against the previously unbeaten Oluwatosin Kejawa and secured victory via a unanimous decision in Bournemouth.

Lapin, 11-0 (4 KOs), is an established member of Team Usyk and the Kyiv southpaw won his maiden title, the IBO Continental, with a defeat of Aro Schwartz in 2023. The 27-year-old added the WBA Continental title the following year with a first round stoppage of Octavio Pudivitr in Riyadh before securing the IBF Intercontinental title in December with a unanimous points victory over Dylan Colin.

Some tickets remain for the Usyk vs Dubois superfight at Wembley Stadium on 19 July and are available from ticketmaster.co.uk and rtticket.com.

Oleksandr Usyk remained the IBF/WBA/WBO Heavyweight champion as he won a 12-round split decision over former champion Anthony Joshua in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

It was much like the first fight where, Usyk was swiftly boxing with some solid jabs and left hands. What was different from the first fight, Joshua was more aggressive and landed some hard body shots. Joshua seemed to hurt Usyk a couple times, but every Usyk had an answer for all of Joshua’s offense.

Usyk landed 170 of 712 punches; Joshua was 124 of 492.

Usyk, 221.6 lbs of Ukraine won by scores of 116-112 and 115-113, while Joshua took a card 115-113 and is now 20-0. Joshua, 244.5 lbs of Warford, ENG is 24-3.

Hrgovic Gets Off Deck; Beats Zhang By Decision in Heavyweight Eliminator

Filip Hrgovic survived an early knockdown and a few tense moments to gut out a 12-round unanimous decision over Zhilei Zhang in a IBF Heavyweight elimination bout.

In round one, Zhang landed a cuffing right around the head that put Hrgovic down.  In round four, Zhang was cut on his forehead.  Hrgovic was rocked several times with right hooks, but was able to eek out rounds down the stretch with combination punching.

Hrgovic landed 208 of 705 punches; Zhang was 154 of 395.

Hrgovic, 242.9 lbs of Zagrab, CRO won by scores of 115-112 and 114-113.

“That was for my father who passed away a few months ago. He was a special man. Yes (he has been on my mind), but my beautiful wife, Marinela, was with me in my training camp in Houston and was able to give me energy.”

“Yes, it was a very close fight, I was losing the fight, but in the later rounds I pushed myself and gave everything. I landed some huge shots, and the last six rounds he was just standing there. The knockdown, I wasn’t hurt at all, I slipped on his feet and lost my balance.

“He surprised me, he’s better than I had thought he was.”

Callum Smith Destroys Bauderlique in 4

Former super middleweight champion Callum Smith took out Mathieu Bauderlique in round four of their 12-round light heavyweight bout.

In round four, Smith dropped Baudelique with a hard left hook. It was another vicious left hook that dropped Bauderlique on to the bottom rope and the fight was stopped ‘at

Smith, 174.7 lbs of Liverpool, ENG is 29-1 with 21 knockouts. Bauderlique, 174.4 lbs of France is 21-1

Jack Decisions Rivera

Former world champion Badou Jack won a 10-round split decision over previously undefeated Richard Rivera in a cruiserweight fight.

Jack landed 101 of 299 punches; Rivera was 85 of 411.

Jack, 199 lbs of Las Vegas, NV won by scores of 96-94 twice and 96-94 for Rivera and is now 27-3-2. Rivera, 194.9 lbs of Hartford, CT is 21-1.

Almaayouf Stops Alatorre in 1

Saudi-bred Ziyad Almaayouf stopped Jose Alatorre in round one of a four-round super lightweight bout featuring debutants.

In round one, Almaayou dropped Alatorre with a short right hand. Almaayouf ended things with Almaayouf sent Alatorre down with a flurry of punches and the fight was stopped at 2:55.

Almaayouf, 139.3 lbs of Los Angeles, CA via Saudi Arabia is 1-0 with one knockout. Alatorre, 136.9 lbs of La Paz, MEX is 0-1.

Ali Stops Nova in 1st

In the first female bout in Saudi Arabian history, Ramla Ali stopped Crystal Garcia Nova in the opening round of their eight round super bantamweight bout.

Ali landed a hard right hand that put Nova down and she did not get up before the 10-count at 1:05.

Ali, 122.7 lbs of Mogadishu, SOM is 7-0 with two knockouts. Nova, 122.9 lbs of Santo Domingo, DR is 10-3.

Andrew Tabiti stopped previously undefeated James Wilson after round five of their eight-round heavyweight bout.

In round five, Tabiti beat down Wilson and dropped him in the corner with a right uppercut. After the round, Wilson’s corner pulled the plug on the fight.

Tabiti, 216.7 lbs of Las Vegas, NV is 20-1 with 16 knockouts. Wilson, 238.5 lbs of Los Angeles, CA is 7-1-1.

2021 UK Olympian Ben Whittaker remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Petar Nosic in a light heavyweight fight.

Whittaker, 173.7 lbs of West Bromwich, ENG won by scores of 60-54 and 59-55 twice and is now 2-0. Nosic, 175.3 lbs of Vrgorac, CRO is 6-1.

Tall light heavyweight and Usyk stablemate, Daniel Lapin remained undefeated with a eight-round unanimous decision over Josef Jurko in a light heavyweight bout.

Lapin, 173 lbs of Kiev, UKR won by scores of 80-72 on all cards and is now 6-0. Jurko, 176.1 lbs Kosice, SLO is 9-7-1.

Traycho Georgiev took a four-round split decision over debuting Rasheed Belhasa in a super welterweight bout.

Georgiev, 146.6 lbs of Sofia, BUL is 1-3. Belhasa, 148.5 lbs of Dubai, UAE is 0-1.

Bader Al Samreen stopped Faud Tarverdi in the fourth and final round of their super lightweight contest.

In round four Al Samreen dropped Traverdi. A follow up flurry forced a referee stoppage at 1:16.

Al Samreen