Josh Padley will face Serbian Marko Cvetanovic in the 10-round Undercard competition for the international featherlight title WBA on April 19, live on Dazn at Park Community Arena in Sheffield, England.

Padley-Cvetanovic will fight for Dalton Smith vs. Mathieu Germain at this event. Given the lower place, it is not expected to be a competitive fight. Of course, with the lack of Padley’s power, you cannot rule out a strictly fighting fight from beginning to end. You can expect Cvetanovic to aim at Padley’s body because it turned out to be exposed in his last fight.

Match debut

This is the first of the many fighting Padley (15-1, 4 KO), recently signed with Eddie Hearna’s boxing after his effort, losing to the WBC Lightweight Shakur Stevenson champion through the ninth round of February 22 in Riyadyh, Saudi Arabia.

Padley was recruited by Hearn as a replacement opponent Shakur after the withdrawal of the initially planned guy, Floyd Schofield. Hearn criticized fans for choosing a featherlight boxer part -time Padley at the invincible WBC ranking No. 10 Herrera Core (17-0, 15 KO), which would create a much more fascinating fight for Shakur.

Some fans thought Hearn protects Stevenson to stop him from knocking out and save him a potential fight with a huge amount of money with the star of a featherlight division, Gervont Davis.

Four-year-old pro Marko Cvetanovic (13-0, 6 KO) has one significant name in her CV, the journeyman Viorel Samion, who fought many eminent fighters during his career. Cvetanovic detained a 43-year simulation in the third round due to injury last year on June 28. Apart from him, Cvetanovic largely fought veterans and perspectives during his miniature career. He started as a kick-boxer in 2018, but he abandoned one successful fight for focusing on boxing.

Featherlight limits

Padley’s lack of power makes it arduous for him to match any of the huge punchers or skillful fighters in a featherlight division. You can’t match him with such as Abdullah Mason, Raymond Muratalla or Edwin de Los Santos and expect it to reach the fourth round. Hearn can choose target fighters such as Denys Berinchyk, Maxi Hughes or Joe Cordina as Padley’s options. Introducing him with 22-year-old Jadier Herrera would be a bad idea.

April 19 full card

Dalton Smith vs. Mathieu Germain
Ishmael Davis vs. Ryan Kelly
Josh Warrington vs. Asad asif khan
Josh Padley vs. Marko Cvetanovic
Giorgio Visioli vs. Kane Baker
Joe Howarth vs. Mario Valenzuela Portillo
Emmanuel Buttigieg vs. TBA

The opponent confirmed @Joshpad Will debut in a match against 13-0 Serbian Southpaw Marko Cvetanovic for WBA International Lightweight Title #Padleycvetanovic |. April 19 | #Smithgermain pic.twitter.com/iuunjfmlci

– boxing matchroom (@matchroomboxing) April 1, 2025

Promoter Eddie Hearn predicts that on April 12, the struggle of unification between Jaron Masters Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis will be “the biggest fight in the USA this year”, when the headline at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Up-to-date Jersey.

Hearn says that this fight will show whether Ennis (33-0, 29 KO) is “real great” or not. Unfortunately, Ennis looked great in his last defense of the title against Karen Chukhadzhian on November 9 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Some believe that the shoes showed his real colors and that he was never as good as noise.

Stanionis: Test

After Jaron worked for a 12-round decision, boxing fans began to jump over, abandoning the Ennis ship and perceiving him as a lost case.

It was not the first time Ennis looked marginal, because in his first fight he turned in bad performances against David Avanesian, Roiman Villa and Chukhadzhian.

Although Ennis talked about a good game, he did not look like the same warrior who had been organized with a higher class of fighters since he was. His boxing IQ is gone. We saw Karen so loudly and clearly when Karen taught him in November last year. The promoter of Matchroom, Hearn, may have remorse the buyer, regretting pouring the signing of Ennis.

If the shoes look bad against Stanionis on April 12, it will be engaging to check whether Hearn will keep him on board or give it up like a bad habit.

“This is the biggest fight in the USA this year. It is supremacja. #1 against No. 2. WBA, IBF and Ring Magazine,” said Eddie Hearn to Stamping At around April 9, the fight between the IBF Errol Spence welterweight master and WBA champion Eimantas Stanionis in Atlantic City, Up-to-date Jersey.

“This is the best struggle in the welterweight and stylistically division, it is such a brilliant fight. Stanionis is a beast- the whole action, a bunch of action and a really good technique.” Shoes “are really against it. Despite all the noise and everything, this is a fight in which “shoes” show that it is a real great, and I can’t wait. “

Hearn is wearing his promoter’s hat when he claims that Ennis vs. Stanionis is “the biggest fight in the USA this year” because apparently not. There is an excellent card on May 2 at the Times Square, which has several fights that will attract greater interest in fans than this.

“Hall Boardwalk, I think we will have 10,000 there. It will be absolutely amazing,” said Hearn. “This is the biggest fight in the USA this year and the best fight in the USA this year. Yes, April 12 at Hall Boardwalk.”

In Boardwalk Hall there will be a nice crowd for the ennis-Stanionis party. Shoes and Stanonis will have to keep a fun program to make fans elated. Hearn hopes that the shoes are making a number on Eimantas so that he can start setting another unification fight with the WBO WBO BRIAN Norman Jr. Or more likely that WBC Master Mario Barrios.

It seems to me that Hearn will save Norman Jr. Finally, because he is the most tough of the other two masters he would have to defeat. The longer Ennis is waiting, the better for him, because Norman Jr. He can be picked up by someone, which would save him a problem with fighting him.

“It’s a unique collection of two lanes. WBA and a ring magazine,” said Boots to Matchroom boxing about his fight with Stanionis.

“It’s a good fight. Stanionis is one of the best. I think he is one of the best in this weight,” said Derek “Bozi” ENNIS. “This is where you will see shoes at a different level. They have not seen a high level yet. I think that the shoes have fallen into the habit of exclusion.

Joe Joyce predicts that he will defeat the pretender for heavyweight Filip Hrgovica in a 10-round headliner on Saturday, April 5, live at DAZN at 14:00 et/11: 00 PT with Co-OP Live Arena in Manchester, England.

No warrior can afford another loss if they want to stay in hunting for a shot in the title of world champion. 32 -year -old Hrgovic was knocked out in the eighth round by Daniel Dubois in June last year in Riyjad in a fight in which he was a favorite to win.

Hrgovic was put as a substitute after Dillian Whyte withdrew from the fight with Joyce because of an injury. He is a complex deputy for Joyce and he doesn’t look good.

“The Juggernaut” Joyce (16-3, 13 KO) has a 1-3 record in its last four fights and slipped out of the 15 best rankings after his last defeat with Derek Chisor on July 27 last year. Joe’s performance in this fight was one of the worst in his career because he looked slowly at 281 pounds.

It seems that Joyce has not cut the Saturday fight against the replacement opponent of Hrgovic (17-1, 14 KO), which can be a bad news for him. In the last three fights of Joyce he weighed in the years 280. And this is too much weight for him, because he is too free to carry this kind of size. It must be in the 250s, but it doesn’t look like it happened.

“It is quite highly rated and it is a name that will return to the top,” said Joe Joyce Queensberry About his fight with the pretender Filip Hrgovic on Saturday, April 5 in Manchester, England. “Bookmakers are not always right. Let’s see. This is a great fight,” said Juggernaut Joyce, asked why Hrgovic became a favorite, even though Daniel Dubois lost.

Hrgovic occupies #6 IBF, #6 WBA and #6 WBC. After the way he looked with his loss with Dubois, he will probably have to focus on winning the position to fight in the eliminator of the world championship title to become a must. None of the champions will give Hrgovica the title of world champion in voluntary defense because he is too hazardous.

Second round

“This is not the best situation, but there is a great recovery,” Joyce said about his thoughts about Dillian Whyte withdrawing from the fight. “Yes, it’s a pity what happened to his finger, but it can happen in boxing.”

Whyte would still be a really complex fight for this version of Joyce, but more possible to win than towards Hrgovic. This is a bad duel for Joyce, unless he finds a youth fountain.

“I know his posture, his style and who he trains,” said Joyce about Hrgovita. “I have a good idea for what to do and how to beat it. It was a great performance, and I try to do the same,” said Joyce about his five -time win in the decision with Hrgovic at the World Series of Boxing in 2013.

“We had fights, we learned and we intend to have a great fight. There is some history, but I will win.”