Lewie Edmondson will take on former Commonwealth super-middleweight champion Luke Blackledge on next week’s MTK Fight Night. The planned fight between John Joe Nevin and Shaun Cooper has unfortunately been postponed after Nevin tested positive for the coronavirus. The event takes place at the University of Bolton Stadium on Saturday April 17th and will be broadcast live on IFL TV. Edmondson (4-0, 1 KO) is making his return to the ring following a third-round stoppage win over John Telford in December. He now faces the veteran Blackledge (26-9-2, 9 KOs) [loser of three straight] who won the Commonwealth title back in 2015 and made two successful defenses. Blackledge has also shared the ring with the likes of Callum Smith and Rocky Fielding during his career.

 

MTK Global Promoter Lee Eaton said: “This is a brilliant test for Lewie Edmondson in just his fifth professional fight. Luke Blackledge has mixed it with some of the best in the division, so it’s a great opportunity to see where Lewie stacks up against them.”

 

Elsewhere on the card, Danny Dignum has a middleweight encounter against Andrey Sirotkin and Dan Azeez puts his English light-heavyweight belt on the line against Ricky Summers.