Undefeated Tremendous Welterweight, ‘King’ Callum Walsh (9-0, 7 KOs) of Cork, Eire, will battle on St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, Friday, March 15, towards hard-hitting Kazak veteran Dauren Yeleussinov.
Walsh faces the 11-3-1, 10 KOs within the ten-round essential occasion at The Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard.
The occasion shall be broadcast dwell globally on UFC FIGHT PASS, the world’s main digital subscription service for fight sports activities.
Walsh vs. Yeleussinov is promoted by Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions as a part of their nationally acclaimed Hollywood Combat Nights sequence. Tickets beginning at $45 are Now On-Sale and could be bought at MSG.com.
“Following Callum’s spectacular efficiency earlier than an lively crowd on November 9 in his debut at Madison Sq. Backyard, we began planning for him to headline once more on a really particular New York Metropolis Irish weekend,” stated Tom Loeffler, President of 360 Promotions. “Dauren Yeleussinov presents one other robust check for Callum in the principle occasion and we look ahead to asserting an action-packed undercard that includes among the prime New York Metropolis based mostly fighters.”
“We’re thrilled to welcome Callum Walsh again to The Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard for one more thrilling night time of boxing at ‘The Mecca’,” stated Joel Fisher, govt vice chairman, Marquee Occasions & Operations, MSG Leisure. “Callum follows within the footsteps of a few of Eire’s largest stars – John Duddy, Andy Lee, Matthew Macklin and Michael Conlan with preventing at Madison Sq. Backyard on St. Patrick’s Day weekend and we count on to welcome again the loyal Irish followers.”
Headlining at The Mecca of Boxing on Thursday, November 9, 2023, Walsh made a robust impression on the raucous boxing crowd within the famed venue with a dominant ten-round choice over prime native prospect Ismael Villarreal, (13-1).
The March 15 occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard would be the second straight 12 months Walsh has celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a headlining battle, beforehand defeating Wesley Tucker on March 16, 2023 on the Agganis Enviornment in Boston, MA in entrance of an enormous contingent of Irish boxing followers.
Following a sensational 2023 with 4 victories, three by knockout, Walsh was named the Prospect of the Yr by the World Boxing Council (WBC) along with being honored because the UFC FIGHT PASS Athlete of the Yr.
A local of Kayindy, Kazakhstan and brother of 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Daniyar Yelussinov, Dauren considers Brooklyn, New York his second house. Preventing in Almaty, Kazakhstan on March 21, 2023, the southpaw Yelussinov knocked out Bakhrom Payazov within the second spherical. Seven of his ten knockouts have come within the first two rounds.
