Matchroom announced a four-week schedule for Fight Camp – an August boxing series based at the Matchroom HQ in Brentwood, Essex (England) with the first three weeks shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US – and the final week shown live on Sky Sports Box Office. Here are the announced match-ups:
Saturday August 1st: Sam Eggington (28-6, 17 KOs) faces Ted Cheeseman (15-2-1, 9 KOs) in a junior middleweight barnburner, Belfast’s big-hitting James Tennyson (26-3, 22 KOs) takes on Cardiff’s Gavin Gwynne (12-1, 2 KOs) for the vacant British lightweight title, Jordan Gill (24-1, 7 KOs) meets Reece Bellotti (14-3, 12 KOs) in an featherweight battle, heavyweight Fabio Wardley (8-0, 7 KOs) steps up to take on Middlesbrough’s Simon Vallily (17-2-1, 7 KOs) for the vacant English belt and Sheffield's Dalton Smith (5-0, 4 KOs) squares off with Liverpool’s Nathan Bennett (9-1, 2 KOs) at 140 pounds.
Friday August 7th: Terri Harper (10-0, 5 KOs) defends her WBC and IBO 130-pound world Titles against British rival Natasha Jonas (9-1, 7 KOs), supported by Bournemouth’s Chris Billam-Smith (10-1, 9 KOs) defending his Commonwealth cruiserweight title against undefeated Cardiff man Nathan Thorley (14-0, 6 KOs), Liverpool junior middleweight Anthony Fowler (12-1, 9 KOs) gets his second outing of the year against Adam Harper (9-1), Oldham lightweight Aqib Fiaz (5-0) steps up against Birmingham’s Kane Baker (13-6) and Leeds featherweight Hopey Price (2-0) fights on UK soil again following his win on the huge Andy Ruiz vs. Anthony Joshua 2 show in Saudi Arabia.
Friday August 14th: Felix Cash (12-0, 8 KOs) puts his Commonwealth middleweight title against Jason Welborn (24-8, 7 KOs), recent Matchroom signing Zelfa Barrett (23-1, 14 KOs) meets Ireland’s Eric Donovan (12-0, 7 KOs) over ten rounds, Northampton junior middleweight Kieron Conway (14-1-1, 3 KOs) takes on Rotherham’s Navid Mansouri (20-3-2, 6 KOs), Watford super bantamweight Shannon Courtenay (5-0, 2 KOs) faces the toughest opponent of her career in Rachel Ball (5-1) and hard-hitting super middleweight John Docherty (8-0, 6 KOs) looks for his second win of the year.
Saturday August 22nd: Fight Camp concludes with blockbuster action, shown live on Sky Sports Box Office, as Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) defends his WBC interim heavyweight title against Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs) and Irish legend Katie Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) defends her world lightweight championships [No opponent named]. There’s more heavyweight action as Martin Bakole (15-1, 12 KOs) returns to the ring against Russia’s Sergey Kuzmin (15-1, 11 KOs) and Luther Clay (13-1, 5 KOs) is in a welterweight contest against Chris Kongo (11-0, 6 KOs).
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Adam Smith, Sky Sports Head of Boxing Development, said: “Eddie Hearn has supplied a sizzling summer schedule in August, starting with three Sky Sports shows packed with British talent. Sam Eggington against Ted Cheeseman should be a classic clash, while the exciting trio of Jordan Gill, Fabio Wardley and Dalton Smith will be eager to impress.
“Terri Harper has already endeared herself to fight fans with her remarkable success story, but Natasha Jonas is a genuine threat as we return to Matchroom HQ with a high-class title fight. Anthony Fowler and Chris Billam-Smith have big ambitions and cannot afford slip-ups on the same bill.
“Felix Cash defends his Commonwealth belt against the dangerous Jason Welborn on our third action-packed show. We’ll get another chance to see Shannon Courtenay in action – she is a rising talent with an entertaining style – and it’s a perfect platform for Kieron Conway and Zelfa Barrett to showcase their skills.
“Fight Camp ends with fireworks as Dillian Whyte risks his world ttle ambitions against the big-hitting Alexander Povetkin, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Katie Taylor can cement her status as one of the sport’s finest fighters when she returns to action on another fantastic bill. We’re back with a red-hot line-up of live boxing!”
