Ricky Hatton's prospects to take centre stage

Paid pugilism will again be the order of the day in the Stadium Suite at the Banks's, with a boxing legend leading his fighters into battle.

The former two-weight world champion has teamed up with Errol Johnson's Black Country Boxing to put on the show, writes Craig Birch.

Wednesbury's Sam Evans and big heavyweight Nathan Gorman co-headline the bill, with 'the Hitman' in their corner.

Evans, 20, is campaigning in the light welterweight division where his mentor reigned by winning IBO, IBF and WBA 'super' world titles during his own career.

'Taffy' employs the same body punching techniques and has reeled off three straight wins, the first two in the Stadium Suite including a TKO on his debut.

Gorman, from Nantwich in Cheshire, will first appear in the supporting cast to Billy Joe Saunders' first defence of the WBO world middleweight title against Max Bursak.

If all goes as planned and he comes out on top, he'll step back through the ropes just two weeks after that date at the Copper Box Arena in London. Like Evans, he'd be looking for win No 4.

Former British lightweight champion Martin Gethin and ex-English title challenger Steven Pearce will both appear on the under-card.

Walsall's Gethin has also held the Midlands, English and IBF International belts over a productive 12-year career as a pro. He's now travelled up to welter.

The 32-year-old just wants to get back up and running again, after his comeback at Walsall Town Hall last month was postponed due to a pulled chest muscle.

Stourbridge's Pearce went down fighting in the eighth round of a great brawl for the national light middleweight crown to Adam Little in December. 'The Fierce,' 31, was a Midlands titlist at welter.

Kieron McLaren and Chad former world kickboxing champion Chad Sugden complete the line-up, the latter having already successfully made the switch.

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

He shut out the never-stopped Lithuanian Deividas Sajauka over-the-distance. The man from Newark in the East Midlands is known as '2 Slick.'

Unbeaten light welterweight McLaren will be after his eighth straight win as a pro. 'Gunner,' from Stoke, is still awaiting his first stoppage, though.

Tickets for the show, called 'May-Hem,' are on sale now. Standard passes are £30 with VIPs, at £60, including a two-course meal on tables of 10.

For more information and to purchase, call the Walsall FC Box Office on 01922 651 414, extension 416.