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The Independent
27-05-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Ryan Garner set for Bournemouth return to defend EBU belt against Reece Bellotti
Ryan Garner's next opponent has been confirmed, with the super featherweight set to defend his EBU title against Reece Bellotti. Undefeated Garner, (7-0 (8), picked up the EBU strap in March at the Bournemouth International Centre with a unanimous decision over the then-unbeaten Salvador Jimenez. Fighting out of Southampton, 'The Piranha' is set to travel to neighbouring Bournemouth on 26 July in a voluntary mandatory defence against Bellotti, 20-5 (15). Bellotti holds the the British and Commonwealth titles at super featherweight. Garner had been in talks with fellow Briton James 'Jazza' Dickens, 34-5 (14). Aside from his EBU title, Garner also holds the WBC international strap, having successfully defended it four times since winning it against Juan Jesus Antunez. Garner is seventh in the WBC's ratings and 13th with the IBF. Belotti is ranked 21st by the WBC and is unlisted by the other big three boxing organisations. 27-year-old Garner will hope that victory over Bellotti catapults him higher up the super-featherweight division. The weight class has thrown up some eye-catching bouts recently, with Anthony Cacace and Leigh Wood going head-to-head last weekend. Former IBF and current IBO champion Cacace managed to stop Wood in his own backyard. Garner was twice set to fight Cacace, only for bouts to fall through in April 2022 and November 2023. Garner has since admitted that either fight against Cacace would have come too soon for the Hampshire boxer, who is slowly building to world title contention. Ever since becoming a professional, Garner has been signed to Frank Warren's Queensbury Promotions.
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Garner v Bellotti and Edmondson v Taylor in works
Southampton boxers Ryan Garner and Lewis Edmondson are set to make big domestic defences of their respective titles. European super featherweight champion Garner will take on the British and Commonwealth champion Reece Bellotti in Bournemouth on 26 July, according to the EBU, external and British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC), external. Light-heavyweight Edmondson will face a first mandatory defence of his British and Commonwealth titles against the red-hot Ezra Taylor, with the bout to take place by the end of October, bouts are still pending official announcements from the respective promotional companies involved. Garner won the vacant European title in front of a packed crowd at the Bournemouth International Centre in March. He outclassed Spain's Salvador Jimenez on points to put himself into the mix for some big fights in the 130lbs division. Garner is undefeated in 17 contests and will face Bellotti who, despite having five losses to his name, has won his past six fights, with his last an impressive win over Michael Gomez Jr. Edmondson defended his Commonwealth title in March when he outpointed the previously unbeaten Oluwatosin Kejawa in Bournemouth. He won his titles in late 2024 when he beat Dan Azeez in London, but now the BBBC have ordered him to defend them against an opponent who has won all 12 of his fights, including eight knockouts, since his professional debut in 2020. Edmondson, known as 'The Saint', and Nottingham's Taylor have clashed at their past two respective bouts, willing each other to come through scheduled fights to set up what promises to be a fiery affair.
