Higginson feeling good after shaking off illness

Dezzie Higginson returns to action next week with his sights firmly set on another English lightweight title shot. The Blackburn boxer boxes on the undercard of Stephen Foster Jr’s European super-featherweight title defence against mandatory contender, Belgian Ermano Fegatilli in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Saturday 26th February.

He is still waiting to hear news of his opponent, but Higginson is just glad to be fully fit ahead of his fight on the Sky televised bill. Higginson lost an English lightweight title fight to Martin Gethin 13 months ago, and although he has won two subsequent bouts has been suffering from a chest infection.

He said: “I need to get a good win or two and then I will hopefully get another title shot later this year.

“I was out of the gym for a couple of months, but now I am fit and cannot wait to get back in action, and what a big show I have got a chance on.”

In the chief supporting contest, St Helens scrapper Craig Lyon makes the first defence of his English super-bantamweight title against Barnsley’s Josh Wale in a War of the Roses.

Unbeaten British Olympian Joe Murray faces his toughest test so far against Frenchman Daniel Kodjo Sassou who recently extended Scott Quigg .

Other hopefuls on the undercard include Belarusian star Sergey Rabchenko tackles former Commonwealth light-middleweight champion Martin Concepcion, Kieron Maher faces Lester Walsh, Richard Towers meets Daniel Bispo, Adam Etches fights Aleksei Tsatiasvili.

Like Higginson, Jack Perry meets a selected opponent.