Matchroom confirmed today that sluggers Conah Walker and Sam Eggington will headline a May 2nd DAZN show in Walker\u2019s hometown of Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n
Walker (17-3-1, 8 KO) has been on an absolute tear since narrowly falling to Lewis Crocker in 2024, rattling off four straight wins. That run includes a British and Commonwealth title-winning finish of Harry Scarff, but his latest feat was his most impressive to date, as he hammered Pat McCormack into submission this past December.<\/p>\n
A potential rematch with Crocker fell by the wayside when the IBF ordered their newly minted champion to face mandatory challenger Liam Paro, so he\u2019ll face action man Eggington (36-9, 20 KO) at a catchweight the press release doesn\u2019t specify. Eggington stands at 8-2 in his last 10, both losses coming via majority decision to Dennis Hogan and Abass Baraou.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dream is to fight for a World Title,\u201d said Walker.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat dream was so close to being a reality for this fight \u2013 but the next best thing was a homecoming in Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to thank my manager Sam Jones, Eddie Hearn and Frank Smith for making it a reality. And the opponent in Sam Eggington couldn\u2019t be more fitting. It will be a special fight for the fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook I\u2019m a 147lbs fighter, Sam is a 154 fighter \u2013 but we\u2019ve made it happen for the fans and we will put on an amazing spectacle on May 2. But there\u2019s only one winner and that\u2019s me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eggington said: \u201cLee Cutler and Joe Pigford both picked me for the away corner. Different fighters, different venues. Same result incoming. Conah Walker, you are next.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking of the British and Commonwealth belts, super welterweight titlist Bilal Fawaz (11-1-1, 3 KO) will make his inaugural defense against Ryan Kelly (20-6-1, 8 KO) in the co-feature. Kelly is 1-2-1 in his last four, but that run includes a split decision loss to Kieron Conway at 160 and a majority decision loss to Caoimhin Agyarko. Fawaz, 37, took down Ishmael Davis for his belts in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n Conway (23-4-1, 7 KO) sees action as well, moving from 160 to 168 to face Mark Jeffers (20-2, 7 KO), while 19-year-old super-prospect Tiah May Ayton (5-0, 4 KO) meets Stevi Levy (15-4, 2 KO) and Junaid Bostan (10-1-1, 8 KO) takes on TBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matchroom confirmed today that sluggers Conah Walker and Sam Eggington will headline a May 2nd DAZN show in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-495447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495447","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=495447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}