Tony Bellew, BJ Flores

Merseyside star Tony Bellew will make his first defence of his WBC World Cruiserweight title against Californian B.J Flores at Echo Arena Liverpool on Saturday 15th October.

Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed the first fight on a packed undercard in support of Bellew’s World title clash, with popular Birkenhead man Sean ‘Masher’ Dodd defending his WBC International Lightweight title against Dewsbury’s Gary Sykes, with Liverpool favourites David Price and Rocky Fielding set to feature with more fights to be announced soon.