Liam Smith v Chris Eubank Jr: Rematch postponed as Savannah Marshall headlines on 1 July

Liam Smith's rematch with Chris Eubank Jr has been postponed, meaning Savannah Marshall's undisputed satellite rubric situation volition beryllium the main lawsuit astatine Manchester's AO Arena connected 1 July.

He stopped Eubank successful January and the rematch had already been pushed backmost from 17 June owed to the injury.

Briton Marshall, 32, volition look undisputed super-middleweight champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn.

Promoters said Smith's bout with the 33-year-old Eubank "will beryllium announced imminently".

"I tried grooming done it due to the fact that I didn't privation to fto anyone down, but my squad person decided to retreat maine pursuing the latest aesculapian assessment," said Smith.

"I'll heal up present and past the fully-fit Liam Smith volition beryllium backmost aboriginal this twelvemonth to springiness Chris his 2nd beating."

"Nobody is much disappointed than Liam Smith," added the Liverpudlian's promoter Ben Shalom. "He's the eventual professional, but helium had nary prime but to postpone the bout.

"We're moving connected a caller day for the combat and anticipation to denote that successful a week oregon so."

Marshall moves up successful value to look 35-year-old American Crews-Dezurn.

Both person suffered their lone losses to undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields, with Hartlepool-born Marshall beaten by the unbeaten American past October.

Marshall headlined the O2 Arena successful London successful her combat with Shields and this bout means she volition person led cards astatine the UK's 2 biggest arenas, which Shalom said "shows the spot of the women's athletics today".

The paper volition besides spot Liverpool's Natasha Jonas support her unified satellite light-middleweight championship, and Manchester's Mark Heffron defending his British super-middleweight rubric title against Zak Chelli.

Light-heavyweight Ben Whittaker and Callum Simpson volition besides feature.