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WITH just less than four weeks left until Dee Walsh's showdown with Terry Maughan for the vacant Irish light-middleweight crown another top prospect has been added to the card by MHD Promotions.

Former Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Prizefighter runner-up Paddy Gallagher (right) makes his ring return on the 'Back To The Future' undercard at the new Devenish Complex on Finaghy Road North in Belfast.

Gallagher is looking to get his record back on track under his guidance of his new manager and trainer John Breen and sees the Belfast bill as the perfect opportunity to showcase his undoubted potential.

Gallagher joins a list of exciting top-class prospects including Paul Hyland jnr, James Fryers, Junior Olympic gold medallist Ryan Burnett, Gerard Healy, Michael McKinson, Alan Donnellan and Darren Cruise. Tickets are now on sale from the boxers, the Devenish, or by phoning 07712473905. Tickets cost £40 (VIP ringside) and £30 (unreserved).

n MARTIN Murray will get a shot at middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin after he beat Domenico Spada on a technical decision on Saturday night.

Murray, who prepared for the fight by sparring Dungiven's Eamonn O'Kane, battled his way past the tough Italian in front of a sizeable travelling support in Monte Carlo after the fight was stopped due to a cut.

He will return to the principality on February 21 to face hard-hitting and unbeaten Kazakh 'GGG'.

* EDDIE Hearn says the winner of the Patrick Hyland versus John Simpson showdown at the 3Arena in Dublin on November 15 will be in pole position to challenge European champion Josh Warrington. "I have to say Patrick versus John Simpson is an absolute war," said Hearn as he looked ahead to the bill headlined by Matthew Macklin's WBC International Middleweight title scrap with Jorge Sebastian Heiland. "It is a wonderful fight. You have to give credit to both guys for taking the fight. It is a fight I really can't wait for. 'Return of the Mack' card Middleweight: Matthew Macklin v Jorge Sebastian Heiland 12 Cruiserweight: Michael Sweeney v Ian Tims 10 Middleweight: Gary O'Sullivan v Anthony Fitzgerald 10 Featherweight: Patrick Hyland v John Simpson 10 Lightweight: Declan Geraghty v Jono Carroll Super-flyweight: Khalid Yafai v TBC Welterweight: Sam Eggington v TBC Featherweight: John Joe Nevin v TBC Cruiserweight: Tommy McCarthy v TBC Light-welterweight: Kofi Yates v TBC Cruiserweight: David Maguire v TBC Lightweight: Anthony Crolla v TBC Middleweight: Luke Keeler v TBC