Unbeaten boxer Ben ‘The Entertainer’ Day is set to challenge Floyd ‘Pacman’ Moore for his Southern Area lightweight crown on March 5 at the York Hall in a bid to become a two-weight Southern Area titlist.

The packed Goodwin Promotions show, titled Crunch Time, also sees Tilbury’s Matt McCarthy and Ricky Hatton’s protégé Sonny Upton providing chief support to the main event in a final eliminator for the English super-welterweight title.

Topping the bill, Moore’s forthcoming championship bout will be his 20th professional contest and first defence of the Southern Area crown that he claimed with a fourth-round stoppage win over Gloucester’s Danny Carter in October last year.

Carter now faces unbeaten Kay Prospere on March 19 for the Southern Area super-lightweight strap that Day – originally from Teignmouth – vacated in order to challenge for the lightweight version.

Now living in London, 37-year-old Day stopped Ryan ‘Crash Bang’ Taylor in just 129 seconds to collect the vacant Southern Area super-lightweight title in December last year, also at the York Hall.

Day has now twice won titles with first round finishes – the initial prize being the International Masters Bronze lightweight strap, destroying Latvian opponent Ilja Sovdra in March last year with just 71 seconds on the clock, again at the York Hall.

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