Shayne Singleton scalp driving Sam Eggington for welterweight title

Sam Eggington is desperate to beat Shayne Singleton next month to set up a 'big one' on Frankie Gavin's undercard in Birmingham on May 9.

The Stourbridge boxer meets the unbeaten champion with the WBC international silver welterweight title at stake at the Ice Arena in Hull on March 7, in a fight beng shown live on Sky Sports.

Singleton secured the title 10 months ago with an easy win over Laszlo Fazekas in his hometown of Colne, but is most famous for a controversial win over Curtis Woodhouse to claim the English light-welterweight title from the former footballer in 2013.

Eggington landed an impressive victory over Denton Vassell in his last major outing in September and the 21-year-old is building a reputation as one of the most exciting fighters in the country.

I have to put in a great performance in next Saturday and that is all I am focused on right now, beating Shayne and doing it in style

After signing a deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing in October, another Eggington win would mean sharing a card in Birmingham on May 9 alongside Frankie Gavin, Matthew Macklin and Kal and Gamal Yafai.

"This is a massive fight for me,” said Eggington. "Shayne has a title that can open doors for me if I can take it off him.

"He's unbeaten but I am very confident that I'll take his belt. It's great to have the two fights mapped out for me, if I can beat Shayne then I am sure that the fight in Birmingham on May 9 will be a big one and that's a massive incentive.

"I want to put on a great show in Birmingham because that's my first big hometown show so I want to really impress the fans.

“I like boxing in different cities and in big arenas, I've had a couple of fights at the MEN Arena in Manchester and at the 3Arena in Dublin, but to box at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham in front of a packed crowd of local fight fans will be brilliant.

"To do that though, I have to put in a great performance next Saturday and that is all I am focused on right now, beating Shayne and doing it in style."

Eggington’s clash with Singleton is part of a big night of boxing in Hull as hometown favourite Tommy Coyle meets former British lightweight champion Martin Gethin and Luke Campbell returns to the bill ahead of a potential summer showdown with Coyle.

World-rated super-middleweight Rocky Fielding is back after a hand injury, Newcastle’s light-welterweight star Bradley Saunders warms up for his Commonwealth title challenge and Birmingham’s young featherweight Gamal Yafai fights alongside a quintet of local talents Tom Knight, Nathon Smith, Charlie Payton, Connor Seymour and Ryan Fuller.