Thursday 27 August 2015 14:39, UK
Tony Bellew has replaced Callum Johnson on the bill at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on September 5.
The Liverpool cruiserweight has his sights on a third world-title shot and steps in to replace unbeaten Scottish light-heavyweight Johnson, who has been forced to pull out of a clash with Southampton's Tony Hill with a virus.
Bellew returned to the ring in June with a stoppage victory over Ivica Bacurin following a stint in America filming Creed, the latest film in the Rocky series.
Bellew has been in camp with trainer Dave Coldwell, whose duties will be carried out by Tony Sims on fight night with Coldwell in Texas for Jamie McDonnell's WBA world bantamweight title rematch with Tomoki Kameda on September 6.
"Eddie Hearn and I have things planned going forward but this outing in Leeds is a bonus for me to stay active and try things out," said Bellew.
"I'd been ill ahead of my last fight, I'm not making excuses, but I just chose to get the rounds in and in the end I did get him out of there.
"It was good to get through that return from eight months out and in Leeds it's another vital building block to another world title shot."
Bellew's fight is part of a huge night of action in Yorkshire as Josh Warrington defends his Commonwealth and WBC International featherweight titles against Joel Brunker.
Watch Josh Warrington v Joel Brunker and an exciting undercard, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 7.30pm on Saturday September 5
