Midweek boxing comes to ESPN+ this Wednesday with the return of Jono Carroll, who will face off against Maxi Hughes in an all-British ten-round lightweight main event. The closed-door MTK Fight Night event will take place at Production Park Studios in Wakefield, England, and will stream live beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 p.m. PT. [Some versions of the press release listed an incorrect starting time]. Carroll (18-1-1, 4 KOs), from Dublin, lost a unanimous decision to Tevin Farmer for the IBF junior lightweight world title in March 2019, but he’s since won two consecutive bouts. The southpaw pressure fighter kicked off his 2020 campaign in March with a knockout over former champion Scott Quigg.  The result sent Quigg into retirement and re-inserted Carroll into the world title picture.

 

Hughes (20-5-2, 4 KOs) is a two-time British title challenger who is best known to UK fight fans for his action-packed trilogy against Martin Joseph Ward. He is 3-2 in his last five bouts, including a decision loss to Liam Walsh last November.

 

In other action on the ESPN+ stream:

 

Sean “The Public Nuisance,” McComb (10-0, 5 KOs) will fight Siar Ozgul (15-4, 3 KOs) in a ten-round junior welterweight bout. McComb announced he will campaign at lightweight following the Ozgul fight...

 

In an eight-round battle featuring a pair of unbeaten welterweights, former British amateur star Sahir Iqbal (7-0, 1 KO) will take on Wales' Maredudd Thomas (11-0, 2 KOs)...

 

Dublin-born Pierce “Big Bang” O’Leary (4-0, 1 KO) will face off against Jacob Quinn (4-0) in a scheduled six-rounder contracted for 143 pounds and...

 

Craig MacIntyre (11-0-1, 4 KOs) will fight Ishmael Ellis (11-2) in an eight-round welterweight tilt.