First British title defence for Martin Gethin
Martin Gethin will make the first defence of his British lightweight title against Tommy Coyle at Walsall Town Hall on April 26.
Walsall's Gethin won the vacant belt at his hometown venue in January with a ninth-round stoppage of Ben Murphy, after a toe-to-toe battle.
And the new champion has picked WBC International Silver and Central Area titlist Coyle for his voluntary defence towards a Lonsdale belt.
The two were supposed to meet for the English title, which Gethin has held twice, in September of last year, mooted for Coyle's hometown of Hull.
Gethin instead chased a Commonwealth title shot and eventually landed a crack at a world-ranking, winning the IBF International crown that same month.
Then came his British title chance and Coyle will get the same but the challenger must travel to his back-yard, with the show likely to be televised on BoxNation.
Midlands cruiserweight champion Christopher Keane, from Walsall, heads the under-card along with British welterweight title challenger Jason Welborn.
Rowley Regis' Welborn topped the bill when Gethin became British champion, in his unsuccessful attempt to wrest the title away from Birmingham's Frankie Gavin.
Cannock's Dave Egan, unbeaten welterweight and former Chasetown footballer, is also slated to appear and picked up his fifth professional victory on Saturday night.
Stafford's Grant Cunningham, the unbeaten middleweight from Moss Pit, and West Brom's Tom Stokes, making his professional debut, have also been lined up.
