So remember earlier this year when the WBA officially named Jono Carroll the mandatory challenger to Lamont Raoch Jr’s super featherweight title, only to turn around and allow Roach to fight the hapless Feargal McCrory in a few weeks? It turns out they have changed the deal even further, as Carroll will now face Tokyo gold medalist Albert Batyrgaziev for the interim title on July 12 at the IBA Night of Champions in Serpukhov, Russia.

The event will likely be available to watch via them official live broadcast. It may or may not appear on their BoxRec pages, as was the case with Eduardo Nunez’s knockout of Shavkat Rakhimov.

Batyrgaziev (10-0, 7 KO), a 3-0 pro at the time, led the Olympic featherweight standings with notable victories over multiple medalist Lazaro Alvarez and future rising contenders Duke Ragan and Erdenebat Tsendbaatar. As a prospect, he had quite the task, defeating substantial names like Ricardo Nunez and Jezreel Corrales, along with two undefeated fighters in his last two fights.

Carroll (24-2-1, 7 KO) hasn’t seen any action since outclassing the faded Miguel Marriaga last June. He is 8-1 since a failed title shot against Tevin Farmer, highlighted by a stoppage win over Scott Quigg and a disheartening loss to the rather aged Maxim Hughes.

A solid crossroads fight in my book, a world more intriguing than the actual title fight a month earlier. However, the question is what will happen to Otar Eranosyan, as he was expected to be in immediate trouble after Roach faced Carroll.

Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will meet again, with Turki Alalshikh announcing that the heavyweights will face off in an anticipated rematch on Saturday, December 1. 21, from Saudi Arabia.

Usyk defeated Fury on May 18 in Riyad to become boxing’s first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era, unifying the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO titles.

The fight received rave reviews not only for its importance and spectacle, but also for its action, meaning it’s quite the scarce rematch that audiences will want to see because there simply isn’t a better – or bigger – rematch in the heavyweight division .

Usyk (22-0, 14 KO) may or may not end up defending the undisputed crown in the fight, although if boxing’s most essential players – the money men, in this case the Saudi sponsors of the event – speak up, that will be a deal. Usyk does have mandatory challengers waiting in the wings, including Filip Hrgovic, who will face Daniel Dubois this Saturday in Riyad, and interim WBO titleholder Joseph Parker, but given that everyone involved is currently working with the Saudis on various events, one can assume that the wheels can be greased and Usyk vs Fury 2 will be an undisputed title rematch.

Fury (34-1-1, 24 KO) will want to bounce back from his first defeat in his career, and also achieve what he has not achieved yet, which is unquestionable.

The good news is that you’ve received early warning about any holiday travel plans you may have during this period. I have to tell the family that you won’t be arriving until the 22nd.

During the post-fight press conference following Jack Catterall’s victory over Josh Taylor, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn did not mince his words, lobbying for the Teofimo Lopez fight on Catterall’s behalf.

Hearn criticized Lopez for his disgraceful upcoming title defense against Steve Claggett, saying Catterall would be a much more suitable opponent.

“It’s a terrible fight (Lopez vs. Claggett),” Hearn said. “But look, Steve Claggett is a real tough guy. We were offered Steve Claggett as Subriel Matias, but I said he wasn’t good enough. I can’t say that Subriel Matias is an unbelievable talent and I put him up there with Steve Claggett – how many losses does he have, eight, nine losses or something like that?

“I don’t want to be disrespectful, but this is a terrible fight for ESPN. Like Jack Catterall against Teofimo Lopez, it’s the right fight, the right fight, but let’s let him do his thing. We would love to have that fight later, I mentioned Riyad or wherever, we can bring large fights to Manchester, he gets large crowds too.”

Hearn continued by admitting that a potential rubber match with Josh Taylor is obviously an option for Catterall in the future, but their preference is to chase a world title shot.