Moses Itauma and Jermaine Franklin headline a busy night of boxing in Manchester tonight.
Frank Warren and Queensberry’s delayed Magnificent 7 card takes centre stage at the Co-op Live, two months after the show was originally supposed to take place.
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Itauma is now recovered from a biceps tear sustained in training that forced that postponement and ready to take the next step in his ascending heavyweight career against what, on paper at least, should be his toughest opponent to date.
The 21-year-old is one of the biggest young stars anywhere in the sport and being tipped for a huge future that will surely include world title glory sooner rather than later, having delivered a number of destructive early knockouts to develop a fearsome reputation.
He needed less than two minutes to brutally stop Dillian Whyte in his last bout in Riyadh last summer, but could find things a little trickier against the durable Franklin.
The American has never previously been stopped and gave a good account of himself in his only two professional losses to date, which came on points in successive outings in London against Whyte and Anthony Joshua - since when he has bounced back with a three-fight winning streak, albeit against lower opposition.
How to watch Itauma vs Franklin
TV channel and live stream: Itauma vs Franklin is being shown live in the UK through DAZN and is part of their regular subscription service, rather than on pay-per-view.
The undercard starts at 5pm GMT, with the main event expected at approximately 11pm.
Live blog: Standard Sport’s live fight blog will keep you fully up to date on how events unfold across the night.
