Boxing: Emile Richardson to take on experienced amateur boxer Jack Dickson

Emile Richardson will fight on the BX-9 undercard this month.

Waikato boxer Emile Richardson (Ngāti Raukawa/Ngāti Parewahawaha) will fight on the BX-9 undercard against experienced amateur boxer Jack Dickson, of Christchurch, this month.

The fight at Auckland’s Eventfinda Stadium on March 26 will be Richardson’s third professional fight and the first under his new three-year contract with Oz Jabur of BX-9.

Richardson last fought in December, also at a BX-9 show, defeating Ioane Auvaa by unanimous decision.

With Richardson’s amateur boxing background, as well as being a New Zealand champion and a Commonwealth Games representative, he is likely to impress.

Dickson made his pro debut in November, defeating Cody Warnock by unanimous decision.

Dickson, who has 15 years of amateur experience, fights out of Champ Nation Boxing with trainer Nort Beauchamp.

Richardson is trained and managed by Cairo George, who defeated Beauchamp in 2015 for the New Zealand national (NZNBF version) and IBO Asia Pacific Welterweight titles.

At the upcoming BX-9 event, George will be busy, as he will also be in the corner of Sheilla Yama, who will take on Nailini Helu.

George’s former trainer, Lolo Heimuli, will be in the corner for Helu.

The main event of the night is former world title challenger Andrei Mikhailovich, of Auckland, who will mark his first fight since April.

Mikhailovich will be going up a weight division from middleweight to light heavyweight and take on Australian Jordan Towns.

Mikhailovich has made a couple of changes recently after going through a tough time after losing his world title fight.

In a saved story on Instagram, he detailed that since that loss, he struggled with addiction, had run-ins with the law and went through a divorce.

He ended up taking a break from boxing, but said he was now on a better path.

He is now training with Albie Roebeck from Boxing Alley.

Mikhailovich signed with Australian promoter Tasman Fighters and currently manages himself.

Mikhailovich has also been seen sparring with Richardson.

The BX-9 event on March 26 will be live-streamed on PPV with CSN.WATCH.

Tickets on sale now at Eventfinda.

BX-9 fight card

Main Events

• Light heavyweight 8x3min rounds

Andrei Mikhailovich (New Zealand) v Jordan Towns (Australia)

• Welterweight 6x2min rounds

Sheilla Yama (New Zealand/Papua New Guinea) v Nailini Helu (New Zealand/Tongan)

• Cruiserweight 5x3min rounds

Nikolas Charalampous (New Zealand) vs Lochlan Duncombe (Australia)

Pro Preliminaries

• Heavyweight 4x3min rounds

Jordan Collins (Wellington) v Mathew Matich (Whangarei)

• Super Middleweight 4x3min rounds

Emile Richardson (Waikato/Bulls) v Jack Dickson (Christchurch)

Hybrid/Semi-Pro Card

• Light heavyweight 3x3min rounds

Josh Tonga (New Zealand) v Oliver Parker (Australia)

• Super welterweight 3x3min rounds

Raam Didumo (Australia) v Feargus Gordon (New Zealand)

• Featherweight 3x3min rounds

Lolo Heimuli jnr aka David Rounds (New Zealand/Tonga) v Alfie Horton (New Zealand)

Benjamin Watt is a retired boxing judge and New Zealand boxing writer with a decade of experience. Watt has also been BoxRec’s New Zealand record-keeper since 2014.