The rematch is on! Glasgow-based UK 55.4kg #2 Stephen Irvine will face current Featherweight #3 Reece Thomson at Muay Thai Mayhem on 29th February.
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The pair met two-years ago, where the Irvine stepped in as a late replacement, taking the fight at a higher weight to face the former UK 57kg #1 Reece Thomson, who went on to win the bout.
Since then, the Crawley-based fighter suffered a string of losses to high-level opponents, including losing his UK featherweight crown to Jacob Smith at YOKKAO, before getting back to winning ways against highly-rated Danish fighter Johannes Bakke in October 2019.
The GTBA youngster, Irvine, had a sensation 2019 and has gone from strength-to-strength, notching up no less than 5 wins against top international opponents last year.
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Irvine’s head coach, JP Gallacher, commented on the upcoming rematch with Reece:
“Stevie is without a doubt going to be one of the best in the World at his weight, if he isn’t already. I would put him in there with anyone at this stage.
“I’m really looking forward to this fight and working with Paulo and John [Promoters].”
Both fighters have came on leaps and bounds since their previous clash and makes for an intriguing rematch in one of the first and biggest domestic bouts of 2020.
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