Ireland's Aaron McKenna will fight Italy's Etinosa Oliha for the vacant IBF world middleweight title at Zuffa Boxing 10 in Dublin on Saturday night. Both fighters enter the championship contest with undefeated professional records, with McKenna at 20-0 with 10 KOs and Oliha at 22-0 with 10 KOs.
McKenna is bidding to become Ireland's newest world champion in the main event clash. Fans can watch coverage of the Zuffa Boxing 10 ceremonial weigh-ins from Dublin via a free live stream ahead of fight night.
The main card will air live on Sky Sports Action from 7pm and Sky Sports Main Event from 8pm. Viewers can also stream the boxing contract-free with NOW.
Oliha vowed to inflict a painful first-career defeat on McKenna ahead of the bout. "I don't think he can match my work-rate. I'm an all-rounder boxer, so anything he brings is not going to be anything new to me. I will win this fight, and I will hurt him," Oliha told Sky Sports.
Defeat has not crossed the mind of McKenna, who stated he is prepared to secure victory by any means necessary. "It doesn't matter what he brings, whether he comes forward, whether he goes back, I'm ready for everything," McKenna said. "I've trained for every style possible my whole life. Whatever he brings, I'm just focused on what I'm doing and what I'm going to do in there."
Ahead of the fight, McKenna has set ambitious future targets, including unifying titles at 160lbs before a heavyweight fight. He is also eyeing a world title homecoming and has Chris Eubank Jr on his radar after facing Oliha.
Under card and support bouts
In the chief support bout, fellow Irish middleweight Callum Walsh resumes his pursuit of major titles against England's Tyler Denny in a 10-round contest. Unbeaten Scottish middleweight Sam Hickey faces the toughest challenge of his young professional career against Brad Axe in an eight-round middleweight contest.
The main card also features Ireland's Joe Ward against Dutchman Artjom Kasparian in a 10-round light-heavyweight bout. Additionally, Louis Greene of Kent does battle with Romanian Daniel Buciuc at middleweight.
Irish middleweight representation continues on the undercard prelims, where Stevie McKenna and Owen O'Neill fight each other. Connor Coyle faces American Mark Beuke, while Patrick O'Connor of the United States fights Spain's Juan Manuel Moriel.
