First up is Esham Pickering v Sean Hughes on Friday night, and here's how I see this one:

Esham Pickering (32-6, 12 KOs) will once again be a huge favourite going into this bout, despite his defeat against Hughes last time out which led to this match being made. Normally a slick boxer standing fairly tall at the weight, Pickering looked under-trained and overweight when he struggled to survive an onslaught which left him cut and battered at the hands of Hughes. However, I can't see Pickering making the same mistake twice, and will almost certainly go on to beat the brave Hughes in this bout. Going into his twelfth year in boxing, Pickering will be hoping that he can make his second British super bantamweight reign continue, and set up a potential clash with Rendall Munroe, which was scrapped to let this bout take place.

As for Sean Hughes (14-6-1, 1KO), he will be revelling in the limelight granted him by the shock victory back in November, and will be looking to create a bigger shock by claiming the British title on Friday night. The referee's score of 77-75 was generous to Pickering, who struggled to impose himself on the first bout and Hughes nearly claimed the second KO of his career rattling Pickering badly in the last couple of rounds. A solid boxer with power not credited in his record, Hughes has fought most of Britain's best at the weight for various titles, but back to back defeats to Riaz Durghahed and Billy Corcoran in 2006 seemed to consign him to journeyman status. But the guy deserves another shot at Pickering, and an awful lot of neutrals will be backing Hughes to repeat his shock.

Fight coverage starts at 10pm on Friday night, or 11pm continental Europe and 5pm EST.