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McCarthy lands European Title chance
Cruiserweight clash added to Oct 31

Belfast Cruiserweight Tommy McCarthy will contest the vacant European Title against Belgium’s Bilal Laggoune on Saturday 31st October as part of the Usyk vs Chisora undercard, live on Sky Sports Box Office and DAZN.

McCarthy (16-2, 8 KOs) edged past Fabio Turchi last October to put himself back into title contention whilst Laggoune (25-1-2, 14 KOs) has won five on the bounce since suffering his sole career defeat in February 2017.

Victory in Trento last time out catapulted ‘Mac Attack’ into the WBC’s top 15 World rankings. Opportunity now knocks to land the European Title after Lawrence Okolie relinquished the belt.

“I can’t wait to fight,” revealed McCarthy. “This is a brilliant opportunity and huge platform on a Sky Sports Box Office show.

“Winning this European Title leads to a World Title shot and that’s what I’m chasing down.”

Mark Dunlop, manager to McCarthy said: “This is a massive night in Tommy’s career. We know it’s going to be a tough fight against Bilal but I have 100% belief that my man will get his hand raised on the night with a nice, new shiny belt over his shoulder and move one step closer to a World Title shot.”

Promoter Eddie Hearn added: “After a great win in Italy this is a huge chance for Tommy to become European Champion. It’s such an exciting time for the domestic Cruiserweight division and victory against the tough Laggoune will give the opportunity for some huge fights on both domestic and World level.”

McCarthy vs Laggoune joins Selby vs Kambosos Jr on the undercard to Usyk vs Chisora with further announcements due shortly.

Don't know much about Laggoune hopefully a competitive fight.

When mccarthy beat jon lewis dickinson i remember thinking he looked a bit special. Was shocked to see askin man handle him so easily next time out. Looks like a good opportunity, never seen the belgian fight but his record looks padded.

i like tommy saw a lot of his earlier fights, he is big moblie and has a jab, somtimes gets caught clean , think this is a good winable fight for him go tmc points

Solid addition to the undercard, I like this fight, hope Tommy does well.

I like Tommy. He’s a good guy. It’s a winnable fight for him and I really hope he pulls it off.

Sets up a fight with Billam Smith you’d have thought then with a Riakkporh v CBS rematch after their very close first fight,

Fight Week

Never seen Laggoune but has a 6 round draw with Djeko and also drew with Kucher for the European, also lost a split to Ngumbu, that's decent, could be a hard night for McCarthy, he's coming off probably the biggest win of his career, I actually thought he drew with Turchi but most people probably had him winning that one, I'm expecting a close fight, hopefully fair cards if needed

Billam Smith would walk through McCarthy by the midway point.

Laggoune is a bit of an unknown. He doesn't look that good on youtube but McCarthy is overrated so I will pick Laggoune who seems solid. McCarthy coming off a split decision over Turchi who is basically a journeyman level. Turchi has a good record but really looks poor in the ring. McCarthy doesn't have a good chin at all. He is 1/2 at the bookies. I wouldn't touch that.