- Date: Saturday, March 23
- Start time: 7 p.m. UK / 2 p.m. ET
- Stream: Live on DAZN
- Main event ringwalks (approx): 10 pm UK / 6 p.m. ET
Dalton Smith (15-0, 11 KO) faces Jose Zepeda (37-4, 28 KO) for the vacant WBC silver light welterweight title tonight, March 23rd, live on DAZN at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England. The event starts at 3:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. UK. The ringwalks for the main event are approximately at 6: p.m. ET / 10 p.m. UK.
Boxing News 24 will be giving live updates on the action below.
James Flint (14-1-2, 3 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten Campbell Hatton (14-1, 5 KOs) by a ten round unanimous decision in a thrilling action-packed contest to at light welterweight. The scores were 98-92, 97-94 and 97-95. Boxing News 24 had Flint winning 8-2. With the win, Flint holds onto his BBBofC Central Area 140-lb title.
Flint bad Hatton hurt in the eighth and tenth rounds, but somehow Campbell made it through the rounds without being stopped by holding. Campbell was at his best in rounds one and five, crowding Flint and mugging him on the inside.
“It was a brilliant fight. I thought Jimmy won by a couple of rounds,” said promoter Eddie Hearn. “I just need to look inside the mirror, ‘I wasn’t good enough.’ I’d love to make a rematch. This card from top to bottom is brilliant fights.”
Main Card on DAZN at 3:00 pm ET
- Dalton Smith 139.6 vs. Jose Zepeda 139.6
- Sandy Ryan 146.2 vs. Terri Harper 145.9
- Campbell Hatton 139.7 vs. James Flint 139
- Ishmael Davis 153.8 vs. Troy Williamson 158.2
- Nico Leivars 121.3 vs. Piotr Mirga 121.1
Preliminary card on DAZN and YouTube at 1:15 pm ET)
- Liam Cameron 174.8 vs. Hussein Itaba 173.3
- Emmanuel Buttigieg 157.2 vs. Bartlomiej Stryczek 156
- Connan Murray 158 vs. Edgar Kemsky 156.6
In the co-feature bout, WBO female welterweight champion Sandy Ryan (6-1-1, 2 KO) defends against challenger Terri Harper (14-1-2, 6 KO) in a 10-round contest.
The Matchroom-promoted Dalton Smith will face the veteran Jose Zepeda. Zepeda comes into the fight with a 1-2 record in his last three fights and the perception that he’s on the downside of his career.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says a victory for Dalton, 25, will catapult him to the #5 spot in the WBC’s rankings at light welterweight, where he can potentially fight for the title if it becomes vacant.
