Nathaniel Collins and Cristobal Lorente will meet again on April 17 at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, headlining the ‘Score 2 Settle’ card live on DAZN.
The rematch comes after their first fight ended in a dramatic split draw last October, with scorecards of 115-113 either way and a third judge scoring it 114-114. With both fighters convinced they deserved victory, the second bout once again carries final eliminator status for a shot at the WBC world title.
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Collins (17-0-1, 8 KOs), fighting in front of a home crowd, enters the bout as a former British champion and WBC Silver titleholder following his win over Lee McGregor. Lorente (20-0-3, 8 KOs), from Barcelona, brings strong European-level experience, having won and regained the EBU title and defended it multiple times before their initial encounter.
Promoter Frank Warren expects another closely fought contest. “The first fight was a cracker… it was close and compelling, and I wouldn’t expect the second fight to be much different,” he said.
The undercard adds further depth, with Aston Brown facing Sam Gilley for the WBA International middleweight title, while Royston Barney-Smith meets Conor McIntosh and Dylan Arbuckle takes on Nico Leivars in a British title double-header.
Fight card:
▪️Nathaniel Collins vs. Cristobal Lorente, 12 rounds, for Collins’ WBC Silver featherweight title
▪️Dylan Arbuckle vs. Nico Leivars, 12 rounds, for the vacant British super bantamweight title
▪️Royston Barney-Smith vs. Conor McIntosh, 12 rounds, for the vacant British and Commonwealth super featherweight titles
▪️Aston Brown vs. Sam Gilley, 10 rounds, middleweight
▪️Marcus Sutherland vs. Lateef Bayo Alabi, 8 rounds, featherweight
▪️Reese Lynch vs. Matthew King, 6 rounds, welterweight
▪️Stephen Newns vs. Tariq Davis, 6 rounds, middleweight
▪️Alex Arthur Jr vs. Owen Kirk, 6 rounds, super middleweight
▪️Drew Limond vs. Ryan Frost, 6 rounds, welterweight
▪️John Thomson vs. Kasey Bradnum, 4 rounds, super lightweight
▪️John Joe Carrigan vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super welterweight
