Matchroom Boxing Reveals Major Fights In UK & Ireland Schedule From August To October!

(July 20th) London, Dublin, Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield are all set to stage major fight nights as Matchroom Boxing proudly confirms today its upcoming, action-packed UK and Ireland schedule from August to October 2026 – broadcast live worldwide on DAZN.

It gets underway on Saturday, August 22 from the capital's iconic East End home of British boxing, York Hall, when George Liddard (14-0, 8 KOs) challenges Italy’s Dario Morello (26-1, 4 KOs) for the European Middleweight Championship.

Then it is over to Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday, September 5 for Katie Taylor’s historic farewell in front of 80,000 fans at Croke Park when she faces Flora Pili for the Undisputed Super Lightweight Championship.

On Saturday, September 19, Manchester’s state-of-the-art Co-Op Live hosts a brilliant domestic dust-up as John Hedges (12-0, 3 KOs) meets Pat Brown (6-0, 6 KOs) for the British & Commonwealth Cruiserweight Championships.

Ben Whittaker (12-0-1, 9 KOs), fresh from his stunning US debut last month, returns to home soil at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on Saturday, October 3 as he looks ahead to his toughest test to date when he goes up against Australia’s Conor Wallace (17-1, 12 KOs) in a final eliminator for the IBF Light Heavyweight Title.

And, on Saturday, October 24, the Steel City King is back in his hometown of Sheffield as Dalton ’Thunder’ Smith (19-0, 14 KOs) gets set to defend his WBC World Super Lightweight Championship for the first time in a rescheduled clash with Alberto Puello (24-1, 10 KOs) at the Utilita Arena.

All the action – including this Saturday’s ’The Comeback’ headlined by two-time Heavyweight king Anthony Joshua vs Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, plus Teremoana Teremoan vs DeAndre Savage in Australia’s Gold Coast on August 12 and former Heavyweight World Champion Andy Ruiz’s New Jersey showdown with Damian Kynba on September 4 – is available to watch on the Global Home of Boxing, DAZN.

Matchroom Sport Chairman Eddie Hearn, said: “It really is an unrivalled schedule across the UK & Ireland, showcasing the future flag bearers of British boxing.

“George Liddard – fighting on a brilliant card of up-and-coming stars at York Hall on August 22 – begins his ascent to the top with the European gold on the line against Dario Morello. Then Pat Brown and John Hedges go head-to-head in a proper North vs South tear-up in Manchester on September 19 with British bragging rights at stake in the Cruiserweight division. The winner will be set for some major nights ahead.

“Ben Whittaker, who once again had the world of Boxing on its feet with his breathtaking performance in New York, has World Titles in his sights – he’s got the toughest test of his career to date on home soil in Birmingham on October 3 against a hungry Conor Wallace. And, on October 24, a man who has shown the way to all of those young British fighters by realising his World Title dream earlier this year, in Dalton Smith returns home to Sheffield to fight his dangerous WBC mandatory Alberto Puello.

“The big nights keep on coming. And they are all available for fight fans around the world to watch live and exclusively at the Global Home of Boxing, DAZN.”

Liddard successfully defended his British & Commonwealth Middleweight belts back in March at London’s Copperbox Arena when he defeated Tyler Denny with a unanimous points victory.

Now he looks forward to returning to the scene of his crowning glory in November 2025 where he dethroned Kieron Conway at York Hall, this time challenging Italian ’Spartan’ Dario Morello.

Liddard said: “I am looking forward to picking up another major title and taking another huge step towards becoming a World Champion. Expect a vicious and dominant performance for as long as it lasts at York Hall.”

Liddard has relinquished his Commonwealth strap, meaning stablemate Jimmy Sains (12-0, 10 KOs) will now battle Newark’s Tom Cowling (15-1, 4 KOs) – who stunned Aaron Bowen in a thriller last November in Birmingham – for the honours.

Sains has sacrificed his English Title in the process, meaning undefeated, 21-year-old starlet – and East End native – Leli Buttigieg (12-0, 4 KOs) will square off against unbeaten Harwich fighter PA Gordon (9-0, 1 KO) for the belt.

The teenage female superstar in the making, labeled by the legendary Katie Taylor as the future Greatest of All Time, Tiah Mai Ayton (6-0, 5 KOs) bids for her first big championship when she collides with Donacaster’s Ellie Hellewell (7-1, 1 KO) for the vacant Commonwealth Featherweight Title.

Plus, joining the stellar supporting card on August 22, Team GB Olympic Silver Medallist Pat McCormack (8-1, 6 KOs) returns to action looking to resurrect his rise up the Welterweight rankings following his defeat by Conah Walker in Monte-Carlo last December.

And rising stars Connor Mitchell, Ioan Croft, Harley Burrows and Louie Ward join the card for York Hall, all out to continue their impressive starts to life in the professional ranks.

On September 19, Manchester’s Co-Op Live plays host to an eagerly awaited, powderkeg Main Event as John 'The Gentleman' Hedges collides with Sale’s own, Pat ’The Bomber’ Brown for the British & Commonwealth Cruiserweight Championships – and, with great epectations, Essex boy Hedges insists he is ready to silence the home crowd.

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About Matchroom Boxing

After the success of snooker in the 1980s, Matchroom Sport moved into boxing with two small hall shows followed by Frank Bruno v Joe Bugner at Tottenham Hotspur’s ground – the biggest boxing event of 1987. That launched the company into the boxing big-time, a position it has maintained ever since.

Through the 1990s Matchroom Sport’s boxing roster featured many of the biggest names in the sport including Lennox Lewis, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank, Steve Collins and Naseem Hamed, all in world title fights and it continues to work with some of the biggest names in UK boxing including Audley Harrison, the 2000 Olympic Super-Heavyweight gold medalist.

Over the years, Matchroom Sport has built up long-standing relationships with broadcasters around the world and with the advent of the Prizefighter phenomenon, the company’s boxing division has never been in a stronger position.

From fantastic six round scraps between the sport’s journeymen, up to multi-million-dollar World Championship contests featuring the above fighters, the Pro Box series has it all. Each show is packed with the very best in boxing action in a series that encompasses almost 25 years of Matchroom Sport’s commitment to bringing the highest quality to the global television market.