Zak Chelli signs multi-fight Zuffa Boxing contract — SkimNews
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- Zak Chelli signed a multi-fight contract with Zuffa Boxing and will fight on Sky Sports, with his Zuffa debut to be announced shortly.
- Zak Chelli knocked out David Morrell in the 10th round on two weeks' notice, overturning an early deficit in what the source calls one of the biggest upsets in modern boxing history.
- David Morrell arrived as a top-class light-heavyweight who held WBA regular titles at 168lbs and 175lbs and had gone the distance with David Benavidez in a WBC Interim championship clash.
- Zak Chelli won the Lonsdale belt and Commonwealth title by beating Jack Cullen, captured the English super-middleweight title from Germaine Brown in 2022 and upset Anthony Sims Jr.
- Callum Simpson beat Chelli in the headline event at Oakwell Stadium in Barnsley; Chelli responded by knocking out Adam Hepple to win the English light-heavyweight title.
- Zuffa Boxing's light-heavyweight stable also includes Radivoje 'Hot Rod' Kalajdzic and Joe Ward, with Chelli joining that group after a spell as a former British, Commonwealth and English champion.
- Sky Sports will show Chelli's fights again, with the fighter praising a broadcaster that 'always treated me well' while he continues to work as a supply teacher at a secondary school in Surrey.
Why it matters: Zuffa Boxing hands a multi-fight contract and Sky Sports platform to a fighter whose two-weeks'-notice, 10th-round knockout of David Morrell is billed as one of boxing's biggest upsets. For Chelli, the immediate change is a confirmed route to fights at light-heavyweight alongside Kalajdzic and Joe Ward, with his debut due to be announced shortly.
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