Fight cards from London and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will air live on ESPN+ on Friday. First, at Caesars Palace Bluewaters Dubai, unbeaten British junior welterweight contender Jack Catterall faces Timo Schwarzkopf in a 10-round battle (ESPN+ 10:30 a.m. ET). England's Catterall (24-0, 13 KOs) won all four of his fights in 2018, including impressive unanimous decisions over Tyrone McKenna and Ohara Davies. Back in April, he added a third-round KO victory over Oscar Amador at Wembley Arena in London. Schwarzkopf (20-3, 12 KOs), of Kosovo but fighting our of Germany, is 7-3 in his last 10 fights, including a seventh-round KO victory over Gift Bholo in June. In the co-main event, India's Vijender Singh, who won bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 world championships as a middleweight, faces Charles Adamu of Ghana in a 10-round super middleweight bout. Singh (11-0, 8 KOs) didn't fight in 2018 but returned in July under the Top Rank banner to score a seventh-round TKO victory over Mike Snider on the Shakur Stevenson-Alberto Guevara card in New Jersey. Adamu (33-14, 26 KOs) is a 42-year-old veteran who has lost four of his last five fights, including a TKO against middleweight titleholder Billy Joe Saunders in December. Later that day, at the York Hall in London, the Golden Contract tournament junior welterweight quarterfinals kick off (ESPN+ 2:30 p.m. ET). All fights will be 10-round bouts. Mohamed Mimoune (21-3, 2 KOs) faces Darren Surtees (12-0, 8 KOs) in the main event, and Kieran Gething (9-2-1, 2 KOs) meets Jeff Ofori (10-1, 3 KOs) in the co-main event. Logan Yoon (16-0, 12 KOs) vs. Ohara Davies (19-2, 14 KOs) and Mikey Sakyi (8-2, 4 KOs) vs. Tyrone McKenna (19-1-1, 6 KOs) complete the televised card. Don't have ESPN+? Learn how to get it today.
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