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Katie Taylor will risk her lightweight belts and unbeaten record on Saturday evening, as she faces Firuza Sharipova at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena.
Taylor is 19-0 with six knockouts to her name, having last contended in September when she beat Jennifer Han through choice. The previous Olympic, world and European top dog takes on Sharipova here, with the Kazakhstani (14-1, 8 KOs) unbeaten since her expert introduction in 2016. Taylor's status as undisputed hero and her expectations of an enormous conflict with brought together featherweight champion Amanda Serrano could both vanish in the event that she loses to WBA obligatory challenger Sharipova.
In the interim, in the card's headliner, Chris Benn protects his WBA Continental welterweight title against Chris Algieri. The 25-year-old Benn is meaning to make it three successes from three of every 2021, having completed Samuel Vargas in April prior to beating Adrian Granados through choice in September. Those triumphs took the unbeaten Briton's record to 19-0 (12 knockouts), while his American rival this end of the week is on a four-battle win streak. Algieri (25-3, 9 KOs) is a previous WBO junior welterweight champion, who got back to the ring in August following two years out.
Follow live updates from Taylor versus Sharipova, Benn versus Algieri and the whole undercard, underneath.
TAYLOR VS SHARAPOVA
Katie Taylor (19-0) guards her undisputed lightweight crown against Firuza Sharipova (14-1)
The Irish star is bound to battle Amanda Serrano in a super battle one year from now if triumphant
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Chris Algieri quick to encounter English air, cautions Conor Been tied in with moving forward
Chris Algieri says: "Be cautious needing to move forward. Everyone believes they're prepared until they're not. I've for a long time needed to battle in England, I'm anticipating it.
"It'll be rooftop descending sort of stuff. It's a chance and an inclination I'm anticipating."
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