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To kick off the main card we've got an enticing European Cruiserweight title clash between Belfast's Tommy McCarthy and the Belgian Bilal Laggoune.

McCarthy was a highly decorated amateur and after losses to Matty Askin and Richard Riakporhe, he produced a career best performance last time out to defeat the hard hitting unbeaten Italian Fabio Turchi on away soil to claim the WBC International Cruiserweight Title.

Laggoune meanwhile has built up a record of 25 wins from 28 fights with one loss and two draws. Despite fighting at light heavyweight for most of his career, he's never really fought anyone of note and even though he's won three of his four fights at cruiserweight by stoppage, he is a relatively unknown quantity and this is a big step up for him.

We're backing Tommy McCarthy to get the win - Best priced 8/15 at Bet365.

Now for an intriguing encounter between the White Rhino himself Dave Allen and the unbeaten Christopher Lovejoy.

Allen has slowly built up a reputation for being one of the most popular fighters in British boxing with his exciting come forward style and his big social media presence. He suffered a stoppage defeat to the hard hitting David Price in July of last year before getting back to winning ways with his 10th stoppage victory on the bounce against Dorian Darch.

Lovejoy's record however is somewhat different. 19 fights, 19 first round KOs. On paper, this guy sounds like the next big thing in boxing. That is until you take a look at his past opponents and believe us when we say this, our nan would have stood a chance against a majority of them.

We're expecting the White Rhino to continue his good winning form with another highlight reel knockout.

A fight which was put back two weeks due a positive COVID 19 test in one of the camps, it's a battle of England versus the auld enemy Scotland as Savannah Marshall takes on Hannah Rankin for the vacant WBO World Middleweight Title.

Marshall was a Commonwealth gold medalist as an amateur back in 2014 and she's had a faultless start to the pro ranks with eight wins from eight fights including five stoppage wins under the guidance of highly respected trainer Peter Fury.

Rankin meanwhile didn't have a bad amateur career herself but it's in the pro ranks she has excelled with her biggest fight to date coming in a unanimous decision loss to one of the greatest female boxers of all time in the form of Claressa Shields back in 2018. She has picked up no notable wins to date but she has however boxed at a far higher level in the pros compared to Savannah so she will no doubt be her toughest test so far.

A win here for Marshall will almost guarantee her a shot at Claressa Shields, a fighter she beat as an amateur. That carrot getting dangled we believe will bring out the best in the Hartlepool born 29 year old and we're backing Marshall to win by decision or technical decision - Best priced 1/1 at Bet365.

Now for the undercards main event, 'Lightning' Lee Selby vs 'Ferocious' George Kambosos Jnr in a bid to become Teofimo Lopez's first mandatory challenger.

Selby has by far had the most stellar career winning the IBF World Featherweight Title back in 2015 defending it five times before the weight cut got the better of him as he lost it to Josh Warrington in 2018. The difficulty of the cut was then made even more evident when Selby decided to move up not just one but two weights to Lightweight and he's currently unbeaten in two fights at the weight with his most recent victory coming in an impressive unanimous points victory over ex three weight world champ Ricky Burns.

Sydney born Kambosos Jnr is in some peoples eyes the best kept secret in the lightweight division. He's amassed 18 wins from his 18 fights so far with 10 stoppage wins. He took a big step up in class last time out when he claimed a split decision win over ex world champion Mickey Bey in December of last year with Bey hitting the canvas in the last round the deciding factor in the Australian getting the nod off the judges.

Selby has never really been renowned for his punch power and even less so now fighting up at lightweight but what he does have is impeccable boxing skill. Kambosos seemingly prefers to pick his shots where as Selby is usually willing to throw a lot of punches off the back foot to be a nuisance.

We're backing Lee Selby to get the win - Best priced 11/10 at 888Sport