ESPN+ picks up next week's Golden Contract show

Press Release

23/09/2020

ESPN+ picks up next week's Golden Contract show

Two Golden Contract champions will be crowned Wednesday, Sept. 30th at Production Park Studios in Yorkshire, England. The ten-round junior welterweight and featherweight championship matches will stream live and exclusively on ESPN+ beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. At junior welterweight, it will be Ohara Davies (21-2, 16 KOs) vs. Tyrone McKenna (21-1-1, 16 KOs), while the featherweight final will pit Ryan Walsh (26-2-2, 12 KOs) vs. James “Jazza” Dickens (29-3, 11 KOs). Here’s what's in store when the championship combatants fight behind closed doors"
 
Junior welterweight: Ohara Davies (21-2, 16 KOs) vs. Tyrone McKenna (21-1-1, 16 KOs)
Davies entered the tournament coming off a controversial decision over former IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez, but in the tournament, Davies has appeared revitalized. He knocked out Logan Yoon in seven rounds in his quarterfinal match and stopped Jeff Ofori in six rounds to advance to the championship. McKenna, from Belfast, [got a decision he did not deserve against] French contender Mohamed Mimoune in the semifinals.
 
In undercard action on ESPN+:
 
In a Golden Contract light heavyweight semi-final match scheduled for ten rounds, all-action British favorite Liam Conroy (18-5-1, 9 KOs) will face 2016 German Olympian Serge Michel (10-1, 7 KOs). Conroy and Michel shared a bill last December, and each man won their respective quarterfinal bout by unanimous decision...
 
Former amateur star Ben Fail will make his professional debut in a middleweight six-rounder against Robbie Chapman (6-4)...
 
In a six-round cruiserweight tilt, former light heavyweight Steven Ward (12-1, 4 KOs) moves up in weight to fight Jone Volau (5-5, 2 KOs).