Walsall Football Club have announced that Saddlers supporting boxer Luke Paddock will make a maiden defence of his Midlands Area Light Welterweight Title against Stoke's Andy Keates at Banks's Stadium in September.
The Bloxwich boxer is set to face Keates on Friday, 4th September after he lifted the belt back in December in a convincing victory over, Josh McLaren, a previously unbeaten fighter, in Burslem.
Paddock spoke to Saddlers.co.uk about the fight, he said; "It's a fight I'm already looking forward to. It seems like a long time since I won the belt and I can't wait to defend it in my hometown, at my football club."
Paddock and Keates headline Black Country Boxing's four-fight card in the Stadium Suite. Old Hill Lightweight, Manny Zaber, Gloucester light heavyweight, Scott Gibbins Jr, and Ludlow light middleweight, Craig Morris, also feature.
Tickets are priced at £50 to include three-course meal - available by calling 01922 651 414 - or £30 standard and £40 stage ringside - available by calling 07913 861 718.