Choi v Jackson Asiku to be broadcast live this Saturday night

Hard Knocks Boxing Promotions are proud to announce that the eagerly-awaited showdown between Choi Tseveenpurev and Jackson Asiku will be broadcast live for fans around the world from London's York Hall on June 18.

Thanks to their association with Garland Partners, Hard Knocks will broadcast the whole 'Summer Smash' bill live, for free on UStream.

The fight between two of the toughest featherweights of their generation has Britain's number one boxing pundit Steve Bunce buzzing with excitement. "This is a classic York Hall battle between two old school warriors," Bunce said.

Promoter Spencer Fearon compares the fight to those that took place between the Murderers' Row boxers in the 1940s and 1950s when legendary names like Charles Burley and Lloyd Marshall fought each other multiple times because they were not able to get title shots. "These two are the modern-day equivalent of those guys," Spencer Fearon said. "They are the antithesis of the protected fighters you see so often these days. Real warriors, without perfect records - partly due to getting jobbed.

"As a boxing historian I'm so disappointed there's no footage of the two fights between Ezzard Charles and Charles Burley for instance.

"With us not being on TV yet, this is a classic fight that could easily have gone unseen and that shouldn't happen in this day and age. I've had fans from America, Africa and Australia all ask about this fight and I'm glad they can get to see it.

"I truly believe I can get the winner one last chance to achieve the riches their talent deserves."

Both fighters have certainly been studiously avoided in their careers. Having lost a ten-round points decision to legendary Thai world champion Veeraphol Sahaprom in his third fight, Mongolian Warrior Choi (30-5, 21 KOs) moved to the UK in 2000 and won 21 fights either side of two hotly-disputed reversals, culminating in the dramatic knockout of Derry Mathews to win the WBU featherweight title in 2008. This title, that had been contested five times in Britain in the preceding 18 months, suddenly became wholly unappealing as Choi spent 15 months on the sidelines leading him to lose his position as a top-ten ranked fighter by Ring Magazine. Choi, 39, wowed fans in defeat in the Prizefighter Super-Featherweight competition in November but remains unbeaten at the nine stone limit.

The Ugandan-born Asiku (26-4, 14 KOs) has had two previous fights in the UK - winning both Commonwealth featherweight title fights with first-round knockouts in 2005. With no keen suitors in the UK, Jackson left for Australia and extended his unbeaten run to five-and-a-half years before he fought Heriberto Ruiz for the vacant IBO world featherweight title, winning the contest in eight rounds. Jackson was not granted any easy defences returning to the ring ten months later to defend against superb current WBC champion Jhonny Gonzalez where he lost a six-round war.

Both men are doing things the tough way taking this fight and that fits in perfectly with Fearon's vision for Hard Knocks. "We are the only promotional company in the UK that has competitive fights throughout the card," Fearon said. "We have seven fights on the night and I promise fans in the venue and at home that they will not see anyone enter the ring who is just happy to turn up, take a beating and go home. Every fighter comes to win."

The former light-middleweight professional, nicknamed 'The Spirit', insists he is not worried about the free stream affecting the attendance at York Hall. "Nearly all the tickets are gone already and the remaining few will be snapped up because the London fight fans know there is nothing to compare with the atmosphere of a Hard Knocks show - and viewers around the world will see that too."

Tickets can be bought from hardknocksboxing.com. Tickets £35, ringside £60 (sold out). The broadcast will begin at 7pm (BST), with Choi vs Jackson taking place at 10pm.

Full bill: Choi Tseveenpurev vs Jackson Asiku – 10 rounds featherweight contest

Darren Hamilton vs Dave Ryan – 10 rounds British Masters light-welterweight title fight

Steve O’Meara vs A. A. Lowe – 8 rounds light-middleweight contest

Alex Dilmaghani vs Mickey Coveney – 4 rounds lightweight contest

Joe Catchpole vs Steve Spence – 4 rounds light-middlweight contest

Simon O’Donnell vs Sergejs Savrinoviks* – 4 rounds middleweight contest

Robert Lloyd Taylor vs Tommy Broadbent – 4 rounds light-middleweight contest