James Tennyson lands lightweight title eliminator against Canadian Josh O'Reilly

Andy Watters

JAMES Tennyson will face Josh O'Reilly in an eliminator for the WBA Lightweight World Title on the undercard of Billy Joe Saunders' WBO Super-Middleweight World Title defence against Martin Murray at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Friday, December 4.

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