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Jono Carroll vs. Maxi Hughes Headlines Special Wednesday
Edition Of #MTKFightNight On ESPN+
Midweek boxing comes to ESPN+ this Wednesday with the return
of former world title challenger Jono Carroll, who will face
off against veteran Maxi Hughes in the 10-round lightweight
main event.
The closed-door #MTKFightNight event will take place at
Production Park Studios in Wakefield, England, and will
stream live beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 p.m. PT.
Carroll (18-1-1, 4 KOs), from Dublin, lost a unanimous
decision to Tevin Farmer for the IBF junior lightweight
world title in March 2019, but he’s since won two
consecutive bouts. The southpaw pressure fighter kicked off
his 2020 campaign in March with a knockout over former world
champion Scott Quigg in Manchester, England. The result sent
Quigg into retirement and re-inserted Carroll into the world
title picture. Hughes (20-5-2, 4 KOs) is a two-time British
title challenger who is best known to UK fight fans for his
action-packed trilogy against Martin Joseph Ward. He is 3-2
in his last five bouts, including a decision loss to former
world title challenger Liam Walsh last November.
In other action on the ESPN+ stream:
“Sugar” Sean McComb (10-0, 5 KOs), aka “The Public
Nuisance,” will fight former Southern Area champion Siar
Ozgul (15-4, 3 KOs) in a 10-round junior welterweight bout.
McComb announced he will campaign at lightweight following
the Ozgul fight.
In an eight-round battle featuring a pair of unbeaten
welterweights, former British amateur sensation Sahir Iqbal
(7-0, 1 KO) will take on Welsh prospect Maredudd Thomas
(11-0, 2 KOs).
Dublin-born prospect Pierce “Big Bang” O’Leary (4-0, 1 KO)
will face off against Jacob Quinn (4-0) in a scheduled
six-rounder contracted for 143 pounds.
Craig MacIntyre (11-0-1, 4 KOs) will fight Ishmael Ellis
(11-2) in an eight-round welterweight tilt.
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