WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (33-0, 13 KOs) will fight mandatory challenger Felix Verdejo (23-0, 15 KOs) on September 16 at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.
Flanagan, 28, will be making his sixth world title defence since winning the vacant WBO belt in a second round injury stoppage win over Jose Zepeda in July 2015. The fight was stopped after Zepeda suffered a dislocated left shoulder. The Englishman went on to defeat Diego Magdaleno, Derry Mathews, Mzonke Fana, Orlando…