Matchroom Italy announce Patera vs. Boschiero

Matchroom have announced a lineup of fights their Italian card in Milan on 17 December at the Allianz Cloud, with all of the action live on DAZN.

Former European lightweight champion Francesco Patera (23-3, 8 KOs) looks to continue a five-fight unbeaten run when he meets Devis Boschiero (48-6-2, 22 KOs), with the vacant WBC silver lightweight title on the line.

Luca Rigoldi (22-1-2, 8 KOs) defends his European super-bantamweight title against Gamal Yafai (17-1, 10 KOs), who has bounced back with three straight wins after his first career loss to former world title challenger Gavin McDonnell. 

And France's Maiva Hamadouche will take on Serbian fighter Nina Pavlovic, as Hamadouche defends her IBF super-featherweight world title. If successful she may face Terri Harper and Hyun-Mi Choi in an attempt to unify the division.

Announcing the fights, Matchroom head Eddie Hearn said: “This is a stacked night of title action and I’m pleased to end a difficult and challenging year out in Italy on a high. Francesco Patera has been in red-hot form since he claimed the European lightweight crown against Lewis Ritson back in 2018 and he’ll be knocking on the door for a world title shot in the brilliant lightweight division should he get past Boschiero.

"Gamal Yafai gets his European title shot but faces a tough task against reigning champion Luca Rigoldi. It’s great to see our recent signings Maiva Hamadouche and Sandor Martin out so soon, there’s some huge fights out there for the both of them in 2021 if they win on December 17. Don’t miss any of the action on DAZN.”