{"id":523971,"date":"2026-04-10T20:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/523971\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:35:08","slug":"ryan-garner-ex-european-super-featherweight-champion-to-headline-show-in-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/523971\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garner: Ex-European super-featherweight champion to headline show in Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garner’s most recent fight was a third-round stoppage<\/a> of Mexican Cristian Bielma in Dublin on the undercard of Anthony Cacace’s win over James “Jazza” Dickens.<\/a><\/p>\n

He will become the first person to headline a boxing show on the pitch at St Mary’s Stadium and would also become Southampton’s first boxing world champion should he eventually win a full world title.<\/p>\n

“I am personally delighted to be putting on this special night for Ryan at St Mary’s,” added promoter Frank Warren.<\/p>\n

“I am extremely fond of Ryan as he has been with us since day one on turning professional at 18 and his talent and potential has always been obvious.<\/p>\n

“It has taken a little bit of time to get to this point and through Ryan’s efforts and title successes, I can now deliver on my promise for him to fight at the home of Southampton FC, who have supported him tremendously.<\/p>\n

“Winning this fight against Magnesi is Ryan’s gateway to the big time and more major fights and massive occasions.<\/p>\n

“I would like to extend my thanks to the staff and officials at Southampton FC for their help in making this happen for Ryan.”<\/p>\n

Boxing on the south coast has grown in recent years with Bournemouth’s Chris Billam-Smith claiming the WBO cruiserweight title<\/a> at AFC Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium in 2023.<\/p>\n

Queensberry’s stable has a number of fighters from Hampshire who could also feature on June’s bill, with Mark Chamberlain<\/a> and Royston Barney-Smith<\/a> also making a name for themselves in recent years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garner’s most recent fight was a third-round stoppage of Mexican Cristian Bielma in Dublin on the undercard of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-523971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523971","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=523971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}