Queensberry’s first trip to Altrincham Ice Dome on 23 August promises fireworks as Jack “Demolition Man” Rafferty puts his British and Commonwealth super-lightweight titles on the line against power-punching south-coast rival Mark Chamberlain, live worldwide on DAZN.
Rafferty (26-0, 17 KOs) has mowed through domestic opposition since lifting the British strap by halting Henry Turner last October. Stoppage defences over Reece McMillan and Cory O’Regan underlined the 28-year-old Liverpudlian’s reputation as one of the division’s most relentless finishers—and his travelling army is expected to turn the Ice Dome into a Mersey cauldron.
Chamberlain (17-1, 12 KOs) knows something about heavy hands himself. The Portsmouth puncher held IBF European, WBA Inter-Continental and WBC Silver belts at lightweight before a first career setback to Josh Padley stalled his world-title surge last September. A measured points win at 140 lbs in April steadied the ship, and the 26-year-old now sees Rafferty’s belts as the springboard back to global contention.
Promoter Frank Warren calls it “an absolute humdinger”—two front-foot fighters with a combined 29 knockouts in 43 wins, throwing down for domestic supremacy and a crack at world rankings. For Rafferty, victory cements his status as Britain’s man to beat; for Chamberlain, it’s redemption and a passport to bigger nights. Either way, expect action from first bell to last in Manchester’s coolest new fight venue.
Fight card:
▪️Jack Rafferty vs. Mark Chamberlain, 12 rounds, for the BBBofC British and Commonwealth Boxing Council super lightweight titles
