Ellie Scotney-Mea Motu to support Jack Catterall-Regis Prograis

Ellie Scotney is to defend her IBF and WBO super-bantamweight titles against her mandatory challenger Mea Motu on the undercard of Jack Catterall-Regis Prograis on October 26.

Catterall and Prograis will fight at the Co-op Live in Manchester at the second attempt after an injury suffered in training by the former forced a postponement – and the fight between the 26-year-old Scotney and Motu, 34 and of New Zealand, will form their chief support.

“I’ve been desperate to get back in the ring since I unified the division in Manchester back in April,” Scotney said. “That night was a dream come true for me and it seems like the city is becoming a second home.

“Right now all that matters is October 26 where I’m fully focused on defending what’s mine. I’m ready to prove I’m the number one in the super-bantamweight division.”

Reece Bellotti will by then have fought for his British and Commonwealth super-featherweight titles against Michael Gomez Jr.

There will also be a rematch at junior welterweight between Campbell Hatton and James Flint, who inflicted Hatton’s first defeat, contributing to him replacing his uncle Matthew as his trainer with Barry Smith.

Pat McCormack fights William Andres Herrera of Argentina at welterweight, where Ishmael Davis will also fight, against an opponent to be confirmed. The junior middleweight William Crolla, the middleweight Ste Clarke and the featherweight Joe McGrail also await opponents. Emily Whitworth makes her debut, at bantamweight, against an opponent also to be confirmed.