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<\/p>\nBack in March, Donovan had been leading Crocker on the scorecards during their dramatic first all-Irish bout contested amid a fervent atmosphere at Belfast\u2019s SSE Arena, only to be contentiously disqualified by referee Marcus McDonnell at the end of the eighth round for punching after the bell, sparking chaos.<\/p>\n
The Limerick southpaw – AKA \u2018The Real Deal\u2019 – had earlier seen two points deducted for first use of his head and then the elbow after a number of warnings from McDonnell.<\/p>\n
Belfast favourite Crocker\u2019s victory in what was a final eliminator for the IBF welterweight title saw him become the No1 contender for unbeaten American Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis, who also claimed the WBA gold by beating Eimantas Stanionis in New Jersey in April but then vacated his belts in order to move up to the super-welterweight ranks.<\/p>\n
Donovan\u2019s team quickly lodged an appeal against his controversial disqualification, with demands for a swift rematch granted by the IBF.<\/p>\n
But Ennis\u2019 decision to vacate, with a fight coming up against Uisma Lima next month, has now seen the stakes rise massively for both men with the vacant belt now on the line in front of a sold-out stadium crowd.<\/p>\n
Crocker vs Donovan 2 fight date and venue<\/p>\n
After the first fight was held at Belfast\u2019s SSE Arena, the rematch for the IBF world title has been upgraded to the 18,500-capacity Windsor Park, home of Linfield FC and Northern Ireland\u2019s international football teams.<\/p>\n
Crocker vs Donovan 2 fight time and ring walks<\/p>\n
Ring walks for Saturday night\u2019s main event are expected at around 10:20pm BST, with the main undercard action getting underway at 7pm and the early bouts from 4:30pm.<\/p>\n
As ever, the exact timings on fight night are subject to change.<\/p>\n
How to watch Crocker vs Donovan 2<\/p>\n
TV channel and live stream: The rematch is being shown live on DAZN. A subscription starts from \u00a314.99 a month in the UK.<\/p>\n
Crocker vs Donovan 2 undercard<\/p>\n
Caoimhin Agyarko clashes with Ishmael Davis in Saturday\u2019s co-main event for the WBA continental super-welterweight title, with Belfast\u2019s Tyrone McKenna also in action in a rematch against Dylan Moran.<\/p>\n
Ishmael Davis vs Caoimhin Agyarko<\/p>\n
Tyrone McKenna vs Dylan Moran<\/p>\n
Pat Brown vs Austine Nnamdi <\/p>\n
Molly McCann vs Kate Radomska<\/p>\n
Ruadhan Farrell vs Matthew Boreland<\/p>\n
Donagh Keary vs Caine Singh <\/p>\n
Aaron Bowen vs Carlos Miguel Ronner<\/p>\n
Kyle Smith vs Connor Meanwell<\/p>\n
Jim Donovan vs Lucas Barabasz<\/p>\n
Crocker vs Donovan 2 prediction<\/p>\n
Donovan\u2019s controversial disqualification in the first fight will have been so tough to take because he was up on all three judges scorecards at the time.<\/p>\n
If he can repeat that kind of showing in the rematch minus the transgressions, he should have enough to secure a maiden world title.<\/p>\n
The atmosphere back in March was quite something to behold and should be turned up further still at Windsor Park, where a very memorable night awaits in the first-ever world title fight to be contested between two Irish fighters.<\/p>\n
Donovan to win on points.<\/p>\n
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Donovan was disqualified by referee Marcus McDonnell having already had two points deducted<\/p>\n
Getty Images<\/p>\n
Crocker vs Donovan 2 weigh-in<\/p>\n
On Friday, Crocker tipped the scales at 146.6lbs, with Donovan in at 145.7lbs. <\/p>\n
Crocker vs Donovan 2 latest odds<\/p>\n
Crocker to win on points or by decision: 11\/1<\/p>\n
Crocker to win by knockout or technical knockout: 13\/2<\/p>\n
Donovan to win on points or by decision: 12\/5<\/p>\n
Donovan to win by knockout or technical knockout: 8\/13<\/p>\n
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in March, Donovan had been leading Crocker on the scorecards during their dramatic first all-Irish bout contested…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,62918,18591,18590,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-134322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-crocker-vs-donovan-2","10":"tag-lewis-crocker","11":"tag-paddy-donovan","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}