An exciting middleweight match-up has been added to the Jason Booth vs. Mark Moran British super bantam title card this Friday, April 17 at the Indoor Sports Centre in Leigh, England.

Hot prospects Martin Murray, 13-0 (4), and Kevin Concepcion, 14-1 (3), will clash in a scheduled six round bout between two of the most promising 160 pound fighters in Britain.

St. Helens based Murray shot to prominence in November of last year when reeled off three gritty performances to claim first place in the middleweight Prizefighter competition.

The 26 year old Liverpool area stylist overcame unbeaten opponents Danny Butler and Joe Rea before outpointing Welsh veteran Cello Renda to capture the winner take all tournament.

Murray kept busy with a third round stoppage of Georgian journeyman Mikheil Khucishvili just over a month ago and is ready to step up in what should be his toughest test to date on April 17.

Facing Murray in Leigh will be 29 year old Concepcion, who won the British masters title and rarely lost a round over the course of his first 13 professional bouts before falling to difficult southpaw spoiler Yassine El Maachi last November.

But Concepcion got right back on the horse a month later to soundly outpoint seasoned south coast man Paul Dyer and will be bringing a rabid contingent of dedicated fans from Leicester to the Indoor Sports Centre, hoping to offset Murray's local advantage.

As the winner of this contest will be on the short list for domestic title contention, a dramatic test of wills is certain to break out on this hotly anticipated middleweight thriller that could rival the main event of the bill in terms of intensity.

Frank Maloney Promotions presents the Super Bantamweight Championship of Britain between Mark Moran and Jason Booth along with full undercard support at the Indoor Sports Centre in Leigh, England on Friday, April 17, 2009.

Tickets, priced at £70 for Ringside and £35 General Admission, are available by logging onto www.frankmaloney.com or by calling the Box Office at 0871 226 1508.

Sky Sports will televise the action live on SS1 at 10PM.

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