Josh Warrington will get the chance to win back the IBF world featherweight title on Saturday night when he rematches Spanish veteran Kiko Martinez in Leeds.
The former world champion vacated his belt last year in an effort to earn bigger fights with fellow champions Gary Russell Jr and, at the time, Xu Can. But after he was defeated by Mauricio Lara in one of the most shocking upsets of the year, he ended up going down a different route, taking on the Mexican in a rematch last September.
But a strange series of events that saw newly-crowned champion Kid Galahad stopped by underdog Martinez for the IBF belt, and Warrington draw with Lara in their rematch due to a cut from a clash of heads saw plans once again changed. Now, the Leeds native is set to fight for the belt once again, in an exact rematch of their 2017 bout down to the venue.
