Stevie McKenna has let his willingness to battle Josh Kelly.
The Olympian was attributable to battle Liam Smith in an fascinating potential passing of the guard conflict on the undercard of the September twenty first Wembley version of Riyadh Season, which sees Daniel Dubois defend his IBF heavyweight title in opposition to Anthony Joshua.
Nevertheless, ‘Beefy’ has pulled out attributable to harm leaving the 30-year-old Sunderland native with out a battle.
McKenna says he’s glad to step in. ‘The Hitman’ was fast about placing Kelly on his hit listing.
Talking on-line the action-loving Monaghan puncher mentioned ‘I’ll step in. I’m prepared.’
The bout would supply the older of the 2 boxing brothers with an opportunity so as to add one other identify to his document and construct on the momentum offered by victory in a Battle of the 12 months contender with Joe Legal guidelines.
Belfast’s Lewis Crocker is one other who expressed a need to battle Kelly as did the likes of Connah Walker, Crocker’s most up-to-date opponent.
If McKenna was to get the battle and was added to the cardboard he would be a part of Belfast’s Anthony Cacace on the invoice. The Apache defends his IBF world title in opposition to Josh Warrington within the stadium.
