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Katie Taylor, Delfine Persoon agree to rematch on Whyte-Povetkin card

Katie Taylor and Delfine Persoon have agreed to a rematch on the Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin card Aug. 22.

Katie Taylor and Delfine Persoon reportedly will do it again.

Taylor, the undisputed lightweight titleholder, will face Persoon in a rematch on the Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin card Aug. 22 at Matchroom Boxing’s Fight Camp outside London.

Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) unified the lightweight titles by a close majority decision over Persoon in June of last year in New York, after which Persoon cried robbery. The scores were 96-94, 96-94 and 95-95.

The 2012 Olympic champion from Ireland added a junior welterweight title by outpointing Christina Linardatou in November, thus becoming a two-division champion, but she’s moving back down because the magnitude of the rematch.

She had hoped to fight Amanda Serrano but the parties couldn’t reach terms.

“With Amanda Serrano not taking the fight, I wanted the biggest fight possible in August, and I think a second Persoon fight is one that everyone wants to see,” Taylor said, according to Sky Sports.

“I’ve been looking forward to a rematch ever since the first fight, and I’m delighted it’s been made. It was definitely very close first time around, but I felt I deserved the win, and I intend to leave no doubts in the rematch.”

Persoon (44-2, 18 KOs) lost a sanctioning-body belt she had held for five years against Taylor. The Belgian veteran believes she has received an opportunity to right a wrong.

“I am ready to get the victory following the injustice last June in New York,” Persoon said. “Not by words, but in the ring. I am ready!”

Persoon is coming off a unanimous-decision victory over Helen Joseph in November.

Welcome to Eddie Hearn’s ‘Matchroom Square Garden’

Promoter Eddie Hearn on his “Fight Camp” series: “We need to make sure those fights are compelling.”

Promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed that a series of August fight nights will take place in his garden, with Dillian Whyte’s heavyweight showdown against Alexander Povetkin the standout bout.

Boxing, like most other sports, went on a hiatus earlier this year when the coronavirus pandemic spread across the world.

However, boxing and UFC cards have recently returned in the United States behind closed doors, and Matchroom promoter Hearn had spoken of his ambitious plans to resume boxing in the United Kingdom, too, in a special ring built in the garden of the Matchroom headquarters in Essex, outside London.

Matchroom’s “Fight Camp” will see boxers brought into a bubble before fighting on four dates between Aug. 1 and Aug. 22.
The final night will see Katie Taylor put her lightweight titles on the line against an as-yet-unnamed opponent before Whyte and Povetkin meet in a heavyweight fight.

“We’ve of course got Madison Square Garden, this is Matchroom Square Garden,” Hearn told Sky Sports. “We’ve been working diligently with the British Boxing Board of Control for the last three months. We’re in a position where we know the procedures that have to take place to make the sport safe to return.

“We feel like we’ve done it at the right time, we feel like everything’s safe. We’ve got a brilliant schedule of fights lined up and we can’t wait to bring boxing back to your screens.

“We have no crowd, we don’t have the 80,000 singing ‘Sweet Caroline’ and have the energy of the audience, but what we do have is the beauty of boxing, the rawness of the sport.

“We need to make sure those fights are compelling.”

Whyte has long been the mandatory challenger for the belt held by Tyson Fury, who is set to face Deontay Wilder for a third time after taking the strap off the American in February.

A path to a future fight with Fury has been further complicated by the title-holder having already agreed two bouts against fellow Brit Anthony Joshua, who has the rest of the division’s major belts.

Welcome to Eddie Hearn’s ‘Matchroom Square Garden’

Promoter Eddie Hearn on his “Fight Camp” matchups: “We need to make sure those fights are compelling.”

Promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed that a series of August fight nights will take place in his garden, with Dillian Whyte’s heavyweight showdown against Alexander Povetkin the standout bout.

Boxing, like most other sports, went on a hiatus earlier this year when the coronavirus pandemic spread across the world.

However, boxing and UFC cards have recently returned in the United States behind closed doors, and Matchroom promoter Hearn had spoken of his ambitious plans to resume boxing in the United Kingdom, too, in a special ring built in the garden of the Matchroom office in Essex, outside London.

Matchroom’s “Fight Camp” will see boxers brought into a bubble before fighting on four nights from August 1 to August 22.

The final night will see Katie Taylor put her lightweight titles on the line against an as-yet-unnamed opponent before Whyte and Povetkin meet in a heavyweight fight.

“We’ve of course got Madison Square Garden, this is Matchroom Square Garden,” Hearn told Sky Sports. “We’ve been working diligently with the British Boxing Board of Control for the last three months. We’re in a position where we know the procedures that have to take place to make the sport safe to return.

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“We feel like we’ve done it at the right time, we feel like everything’s safe. We’ve got a brilliant schedule of fights lined up and we can’t wait to bring boxing back to your screens.

“We have no crowd, we don’t have the 80,000 singing ‘Sweet Caroline’ and have the energy of the audience, but what we do have is the beauty of boxing, the rawness of the sport.

“We need to make sure those fights are compelling.”

Whyte has long been the mandatory challenger for the belt held by Tyson Fury, who is set to face Deontay Wilder for a third time after taking the strap off the American in February.

A path to a future fight with Fury has been further complicated by the titleholder having already agreed two bouts against fellow Brit Anthony Joshua, who has the rest of the division’s major belts.

Matchroom Boxing to return with Fight Camp series

Eddie Hearn on Friday announced the full schedule for Fight Camp, which will take place throughout August at Matchroom’s headquarters.

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on DAZN.com.

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Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing on Friday announced the full schedule for Fight Camp, which will take place throughout August at Matchroom’s headquarters outside London and mark the organization’s return to live action from its coronavirus-prompted hiatus.

The boxing series will feature all outdoor fights over the span of four weeks in Brentwood, England.

Fight Camp will end with a bang on Aug. 22, when Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) will face Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs) in a heavyweight bout. Katie Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) also will defend her lightweight titles that night.

Taylor’s opponent has not been announced, but Hearn has said he’s working on a deal with Amanda Serrano.

The fights will be shown live on DAZN in the U.S. and Sky Sports in the U.K., with the final week on Sky Sports Box Office.

Below is the complete schedule for Matchroom’s Fight Camp in August.

Saturday, Aug. 1

  • Sam Eggington (28-6, 17 KOs) vs. Ted Cheeseman (15-2-1, 9 KOs)
  • James Tennyson (26-3, 22 KOs) vs. Gavin Gwynne (12-1, 2 KOs)
  • Jordan Gill (24-1, 7 KOs) vs. Reece Bellotti (14-3, 12 KOs)
  • Fabio Wardley (8-0, 7 KOs) vs. Simon Vallily (17-2-1, 7 KOs)
  • Dalton Smith (5-0, 4 KOs) vs. Nathan Bennett (9-1, 2 KOs)

Friday, Aug. 7

  • Terri Harper (10-0, 5 KOs) vs. Natasha Jonas (9-1, 7 KOs)
  • Chris Billam-Smith (10-1, 9 KOs) vs. Nathan Thorley (14-0, 6 KOs)
  • Anthony Fowler (12-1, 9 KOs) vs. Adam Harper (9-1)
  • Aqib Fiaz (5-0) vs. Kane Baker (13-6)
  • Hopey Price (2-0) vs. TBD

Friday, Aug. 14

  • Felix Cash (12-0, 8 KOs) vs. Jason Welborn (24-8, 7 KOs)
  • Zelfa Barrett (23-1, 14 KOs) vs. Eric Donovan (12-0, 7 KOs)
  • Kieron Conway (14-1-1, 3 KOs) vs. Navid Mansouri (20-3-2, 6 KOs)
  • Shannon Courtenay (5-0, 2 KOs) vs. Rachel Ball (5-1)
  • John Docherty (8-0, 6 KOs) vs. TBD

Saturday, Aug. 22

  • Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) vs. Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs)
  • Katie Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) vs. TBD
  • Martin Bakole (15-1, 12 KOs) vs. Sergey Kuzmin (15-1, 11 KOs)
  • Luther Clay (13-1, 5 KOs) vs. Chris Kongo (11-0, 6 KOs)