Rival on the card for Martin Gethin's return

Former British lightweight champion Martin Gethin boxes for the first time in a year on the Saturday March 19 show at the Town Hall,

'The Quiet Man' has not been seen in the ring since competing on a Matchroom show, live on Sky Sports, last March.

Gethin dropped Tommy Coyle, who was saved by the bell, with a left hook in the second round but retired at the end of the fifth, through a long-standing injury.

His ear drum perforated for a third time while he was fighting, but he's fit again and will take on busy scrapper 'Fonz' Alexander Anderson over six.

The 32-year-old has gone back up to light welter, where a Midlands title fight with Paddock had been mooted until the Bloxwich stylist lost the belt to Andy Keates.

But English champion Joe Hughes may yet vacate as he closes in on British boss Tyrone Nurse, which could free up a rich price for Gethin and 'Cool Hand.'

Paddock is also in action over six against former Central area title contender Lee Connelly, as are Halesowen's Lennox Clarke and Wolverhampton's Des Bowater.

Super middleweight Clarke needs more rounds after wiping out Richard Hobbs in a round at the same venue, in what was supposed to be an eight-rounder, last month.

'Dangerous' - who has reeled off 10 straight wins with four stoppages - now takes on Swindon's former Southern and IBF Inter-Continental champion Kelvin Young.

The unbeaten Bowater hasn't boxed in 13 months due to a serious hand injury and faces a tasty test at super featherweight, against capable livewire Chris Adaway.

'The Wednesfield Warrior' is keen to make up for lost time, having missed out on a shot at the Midlands featherweight title due to his problems.

Older brother Sid Bowater also gets himself up and running with a welterweight four-rounder against Brummie Dwayne Sheldon, in second pro outings for both fighters.

Midlands light middleweight champion and two-time British title challenger Jason Welborn features against a yet-to-be-named opponent.

Rowley Regis' Welborn gets a tune-up bout under his belt, after courageously taking three-time world title contender Matthew Macklin the distance last October.

West Bromwich's Tom Stokes has seen his middleweight four-round affair with Stoke's scrapper Mark Till resurrected, having pulled out of December's match with a cut from sparring.

Two debutants will switch sports from kickboxing elsewhere in the line-up, too, with both having been to the top table in martial arts.

Wolverhampton's Kyle Williams, from Whitmore Reans, was an ICO world featherweight champion fighting out of the city's centre Eclipse gym.

The 23-year-old, who turns 24 tomorrow, will continue to teach at Fran Zuccala's Kickboxing and Gracie Jiu Jitsu club alongside his new calling. Williams will turn over at bantam.

Newark's Chad Sugden, 21, held the ISKA world middleweight crown and remains the youngest to ever win a belt from that organisation.

Sugden starts out by lacing on the boxing gloves against Telford's Kieron Gray, with Burton's Leon Gower completing the line-up at featherweight.

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

Sponsors Grosvenor Casino Walsall, Bentley Mill Way, will host the weigh-in and after-show party. A number of free taxis from Yellow Taxis will at the Town Hall to go to the casino.