Michael Conlan will fight Leigh Wood at Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena on March 12.
The venue and date for the world title showdown was confirmed on Friday.
Wood will have home advantage when he defends his WBA 'Regular' World featherweight title against Conlan, although the Belfast challenger will have plenty of travelling support for the much-anticipated clash.
Conlan Boxing confirmed the fight - which will be shown live on DAZN - adding: "It's time to bring Belfast to Nottingham."
Wood won the title off China's Xu Can last July, while Conlan's last fight was a WBA Interim World title win over TJ Doheny at Falls Park back in August.
Speaking in a recent interview with the Irish News, Conlan said : “I'll probably have more people in the arena than Leigh Wood.
"Everybody loves an away-day, it's the third month of the year and I could see a lot of people travelling over. I think they'll have a great night."
Meanwhile, Wood believes the boxers' two styles make for a great fight.
"I will have a big advantage size wise and power wise, but I can't overlook him. His skill set, World amateur gold, Olympian, medal at the Olympics. He is very good at hitting and not getting hit which is the name of the game," Wood told iFLTV.
"But sometimes he has a bit of an ego and likes to get shots back straight away. He does make a lot of mistakes which we are analysing in great detail.
"But it makes for a great fight. These two styles will make a great fight, and hopefully it is in my home city in Nottingham."
