Sporting Digest: Boxing

Eamonn Loughran, of Ireland, will defend his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title against the former holder, Manning Galloway of America, on the Chris Eubank-Henry Wharton bill on 10 December at Manchester's G-Mex Centre.

Naseem Hamed, of Sheffield, will defend his World Boxing Council International super-bantamweight title at Cardiff's National Ice Rink on 19 November against the 28-year-old Dominican, Laureano Ramirez, who is unbeaten in 18 fights. On the same bill, Clifton Mitchell and James Oyebola will fight for the British and WBC International heavyweight championship; Robbie Regan and Luigi Camputaro will contest the European flyweight championship; and Nicky Piper and Crawford Ashley will fight for the vacant British light- heavyweight title.