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Saturday March 10 (ITV4 2100-2305; ITV1 2305-0005)

Souleymane M'Baye v Andreas Kotelnik - WBA light-welterweight title
Derry Matthews v John Simpson - WBU featherweight title
Paul Smith v Alexander Polizzi
Kevin Mitchell v Harry Ramagoadi

Matthews-Simpson will be on ITV1. (see below) Glad they're putting this onto terrestrial, only I hope they don't make anything out of the WBU.

Derry Matthews v John Simpson. Jim Rosenthal is joined by Barry McGuigan to present coverage of tonight's WBU Featherweight title bout at Liverpool Olympia, where local boy Matthews makes his first defence of the belt he took off Stephen Foster in October of last year. Commentary by John Rawling and Duke McKenzie, with reports from Gabriel Clarke

I hope they dont go the distance so we can see some of the undercards.

How on earth can a WBU fight headline over a WBA contest?

Surely they can make room for M'Baye-Kotelnik on ITV 1?

They better as my freeview box is fvcked. :x

hagler wrote:How on earth can a WBU fight headline over a WBA contest?. :x

2 reasons 1 home town fighter.
2 if matthews was first there is a good chance everyone will go and no one will watch mbaye fight.

lvlarc_uk wrote:Surely they can make room for M'Baye-Kotelnik on ITV 1?

They better as my freeview box is fvcked. :x

If it's an early KO you'll be ok. But the first fight would suggest another close, spirited 12 rounder.

REAL_DEAL wrote:

hagler wrote:How on earth can a WBU fight headline over a WBA contest?. :x

2 reasons 1 home town fighter.
2 if matthews was first there is a good chance everyone will go and no one will watch mbaye fight.

More bullshit politics......best fight of the night is been pushed aside

which I am surprised at, as Mbaye is a live challenger for Hatton, well maybe not in ITV's eyes!!!

Just out of interest has Simpson handed in his British title to contest the WBU crap? What's the situation there.