A mouthwatering all-Irish combat between Pierce O’Leary and Sean McComb was made for the Eubank-Benn undercard, Eddie Hearn confirmed this weekend.
Nonetheless, the Dublin facet of the potential match-up has elected to a different route for now.
Talking in Las Vegas the Matchroom boss informed IFL that the bout had been made for April 26 and the undercard of the large British encounter.
Hearn additionally confirmed Sherrif Avenue’s O’Leary initially agreed earlier than deciding to take an alternative choice.
O’Leary can have his homecoming when he tops a JB Promotions card on the Nationwide Stadium on April 12.
And whereas combat in Dublin is one thing ‘Huge Bang’ craves and has been calling for, it’s additionally one thing he would probably postpone to combat to combat on the Benn- Eubank invoice.
Which, in flip, suggests April 12 could possibly be greater than only a Dublin debut. Might one thing massive on the road when he fights in his dwelling metropolis within the Spring?
The Dublin Dockland’s graduate had been ordered to combat an eliminator for the EBU title Dalton Smith gained on Saturday evening, it may nicely be that bout.
It’s a irritating flip of occasions for the ‘Public Nuisance’ McComb.
The Belfast southpaw has been determined for a combat of notice since he suffered a merciless defeat to Arnold Barbosa Jr on the Ryan Garcia – Devin Haney card.
Will probably be attention-grabbing to see if he can nonetheless discover passage onto the invoice and if he’ll combat one other opponent on the undercard of what could possibly be one of many greatest fights of the yr.
