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Matches made for Walsall's next fight night

Fighters have been matched for when professional boxing returns to Walsall Town Hall next month for the third time this year.

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Tipton's Lee Glover tops the bill with the British Masters featherweight title on the line, Swindon's Joe Beeden in the other corner.

They go toe-to-toe on Friday July 11, when the paid pugilists again hit the airwaves on BBC WM's DAB Digital Service and online.

Two 10-round bouts headline the card, the other featuring skilful British Bronze Masters light welterweight champion Luke Paddock.

The stylist from Bloxwich will step through the ropes with Portsmouth's Lewis O'Mara, who has never been stopped in four outings.

The show will be aired live and exclusive where, in the main event, Glover will be looking to get his career back on the right track.

'The Tipton Slasher' pushed English champion Jon Kays close before a narrow points defeat in March, only his second bout in two years.

Now the 27-year-old is looking to get back up to speed against the game Beeden, who gave Wolverhampton's Des Bowater a test last year.

Bowater will form part of the under-card alongside his older sibling Sid, as they compete together on a professional bill for the first time.

Unbeaten super featherweight 'D Bow' steps up to six rounds in his sixth paid contest to tackle the wily Kristian Laight, a veteran of 193 bouts.

Big brother Sid has finally got the all-clear from a brain scan to make his pro debut at welterweight, but his opponent has yet to be named.

Stafford's Grant Cunningham, the undefeated super middleweight from Moss Pit, boxes for the first time in 14 months against Jamie Ambler.

Fellow super middle Lennox Clarke, a former white collar punching sensation from Halesowen, will pit his wits against Londoner Joe Walsh.

Brummies John Hutchinson and Sean Davis also appear, battling Kieron Gray and Harvey Hemsley at light middle and super feather respectively.

Tickets, priced at £30 and £60 ringside, are available to buy from the Town Hall Box Office on 0845 111 2900.

The weigh in and after-show party will both be staged at the Pitch Sports Bar and Grill on Bridge Street in Walsall.

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