Matchroom announces Nunez vs Diaz, Allen vs Makhmudov, and more

Matchroom has unveiled its fall lineup, starting with a pair of shows on September 6th and continuing on to October 17th.

The inaugural card sees Olympic silver medalist Pat McCormack (7-0, 5 KO) take on Miguel Parra (25-5-1, 17 KO) at Sunderland Live, while Mark Dickinson defends his English middleweight title against Troy Williamson and Sandy Ryan returns against Jade Grierson. Leo Atang, Cameron Vuong, and more dot the undercard.

Later that day, IBF super featherweight champion Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez (28-1, 27 KO) makes his inaugural defense against veteran Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz (30-5, 19 KO) in Los Mochis, Mexico. Nunez is coming off his first-ever decision win against Masanori Rikiishi, while Diaz has fallen short against the likes of Shakur Stevenson, Emanuel Navarette, and most recently Henry Lebron in his biggest fights to date.

One week later, Lewis Crocker (21-0, 11 KO) and Paddy Donovan (14-1, 11 KO) rematch for the IBF welterweight title in Belfast.

On October 11th in Sheffield, Dave Allen (24-7-2, 19 KO) looks to take out his second straight Big Galoot ™ in Arslanbek Makhmudov (20-2, 19 KO), while Kieron Conway (23-3-1, 7 KO) defends his British and Commonwealth titles against 23-year-old George Liddard (12-0, 7 KO) in London on the 17th.