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THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED rematch between unbeaten super bantamweights Brad Foster and Lucien Reid with the British and Commonwealth titles on the line will take place at York Hall on February 22.

The stacked card also features an intriguing battle at super middleweight between the unbeaten former Team GB amateur Kody Davies and the exciting ‘Top Boxer’ Umar Sadiq.

Also on the bill is thrilling super bantamweight prospect Dennis ‘The Menace’ McCann for his sixth professional assignment, Southampton snapper Ryan ‘The Piranha’ Garner (8-0) aiming to make a timely return and make up for lost time at super featherweight, as well as featherweight starlet Louie Lynn (5-0) from Banstead looking to build on his impressive Queensberry Promotions debut in December.

Top drawer former amateurs and now new professionals Henry Turner (super lightweight, 1-0), Eithan James (super lightweight, 2-0) and Sam Noakes (lightweight, 2-0) get to take the next step towards early title contention, while Muhammad Ali – elite amateur and 2016 Rio Olympian – makes his professional debut at bantamweight.

News on further exciting additions to the bill will be confirmed shortly.

The majority draw declared between the champion Foster and Reid in mid-September proved to be a source of significant controversy, with many observers marking the challenger as the winner in his first 12 round assignment.

The 22-year-old Foster completed his third 12 round test of a productive 2019 and considered himself in need of some time out having suffered a cut above his left eye early in the second round.

The Lichfield man now makes a third defence of the British title he won by beating Josh Wale from the away corner in Barnsley in March of last year. It represents a second defence of the Commonwealth crown he prized via a 12th round knockout from Ashley Lane at Stevenage in May.

“It will be another good scrap and one where I need to put things right,” insisted the champion. “I need to win this one and close this book. Simple as that.

“A draw is not the way I want to keep my titles and it was disappointing to keep them with one. This time I’ve got to win the fight convincingly.

“I can take a lot from it but he can as well because he knows what I’m like now and that is what makes it a tasty fight.

“I’ve had a nice little break to get over a few injuries including a broken knuckle after the last one. I am back at it now and on February 22 I will be the winner.”

Reid, 26, insists he is on a mission to right a wrong and will carry a sense of injustice into the ring with him.

“A million per cent and I can’t wait to prove that I did win the fight and I will do it in a fine fashion,” said the pupil of the Queensberry iBox Gym. “I am not going in there to do anything less or the same as I did last time. This time you will see a totally different me as well and I will change it up.

“Every single person knows that even if I won it by one round I still won the fight. When I get in there with Brad I am going to old man him again, move him about and prove that I am the rightful champion.

“I am also going in there thinking he will come out unbelievable so I am looking forward to seeing that and how I adjust to it because I know I can.”

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Nice of FW to put on a domestic card. He tends to put on good domestic cards and it will be right before the Wilder-Fury rematch as well.

A nice little ease in if you want to say.

Don't know what's going on with Frank this year , only 1 small hall show announced so far on the schedule ?

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 07:17 Nice of FW to put on a domestic card. He tends to put on good domestic cards and it will be right before the Wilder-Fury rematch as well.

A nice little ease in if you want to say.

Always good to have a card on our time when you're planning on staying up Makes it a little easier lol...

Floyd the snake wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 08:11 Don't know what's going on with Frank this year , only 1 small hall show announced so far on the schedule ?

So far the domestic schedule is proper grim all round! Better pick up!

Stuarty wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 08:22

Floyd the snake wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 08:11 Don't know what's going on with Frank this year , only 1 small hall show announced so far on the schedule ?

So far the domestic schedule is proper grim all round! Better pick up!

Frank is usually slower getting off the mark tbh.

Cant see him fighting but Tommy Fury is scheduled to on this Bill an all. The famous York Hall

Londonirish wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 14:14 Cant see him fighting but Tommy Fury is scheduled to on this Bill an all. The famous York Hall

You should pull the gloves back on and get on the bill mate

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Stuarty wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 14:21

Londonirish wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 14:14 Cant see him fighting but Tommy Fury is scheduled to on this Bill an all. The famous York Hall

You should pull the gloves back on and get on the bill mate

I do train more now then when I fought

I thought Foster nicked the first fight by a point but have no qualms about the draw, it was razor tight and wasn't the most entertaining fight ive seen which was a downer as I expected a cracker, too much spoiling and the styles just didn't gel, lets hope both men try to change things up this time around, I'm edging towards Foster's more polished boxing to trump Reid's jerky erratic attacks, really though this is a toss up

Being screened live on ITV 1 at 10.15pm.

Really hope this is the start of ITV getting back into boxing.
The Tyson Fury documentary has gone down well.
Boxing on a prime time Saturday night would do well IMO.

THEBUTCH wrote: ↑17 Feb 2020, 05:26 Being screened live on ITV 1 at 10.15pm.

And BT?

Has FW signed a seperate deal with ITV?

I'm guessing Tommy Fury is the live fight on ITV?

The card is listed for four hours on BT Sport - looking at the scheduled card on Boxrec that's going to be a show for the hardcore.

https://boxrec.com/en/event/800822

Poor show. Suppose everyone leaving FW these days, a lot of his cards will be like this.

Glass Joe wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 14:09 https://boxrec.com/en/event/800822

Poor show. Suppose everyone leaving FW these days, a lot of his cards will be like this.

It will do at least twice any AJ fight ever.

mickey1975 wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 15:20

Glass Joe wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 14:09 https://boxrec.com/en/event/800822

Poor show. Suppose everyone leaving FW these days, a lot of his cards will be like this.

It will do at least twice any AJ fight ever.

Ya, Brad vs Loosh is just mega mega business

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 15:33

mickey1975 wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 15:20

It will do at least twice any AJ fight ever.

Ya, Brad vs Loosh is just mega mega business

Am I right?

Nah

mickey1975 wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 15:20

Glass Joe wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 14:09 https://boxrec.com/en/event/800822

Poor show. Suppose everyone leaving FW these days, a lot of his cards will be like this.

It will do at least twice any AJ fight ever.

It almost certainly won’t. AJ vs Klitschko had 3-4m viewers (widely reported 1.6m accounts bought the PPV) and his Olympic final would have rated extremely well too.

magnus wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 13:52 I'm guessing Tommy Fury is the live fight on ITV?

The card is listed for four hours on BT Sport - looking at the scheduled card on Boxrec that's going to be a show for the hardcore.

On ITVs schedule it says Reid v Foster is the featured fight

It will be interesting to see the viewing figures, but for two relatively unknown boxers in the lower weight divisions both will be getting fantastic TV exposure that Sky or BT simply cannot compete against.

THEBUTCH wrote: ↑20 Feb 2020, 05:32 It will be interesting to see the viewing figures, but for two relatively unknown boxers in the lower weight divisions both will be getting fantastic TV exposure that Sky or BT simply cannot compete against.

It’s opportunities like this when you need them to produce a mini classic, Farooq v Mcgregor had a belter on BBC Scotland and the Inoue v Donaire fight was on free channel sky sports mix live and then repeated the same night at 9pm although I don’t know who would’ve seen both those fights as they were poorly advertised.

magnus wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 13:52 I'm guessing Tommy Fury is the live fight on ITV?

The card is listed for four hours on BT Sport - looking at the scheduled card on Boxrec that's going to be a show for the hardcore.

2 hours of that will be fury wilder promotion.