A former world heavyweight champion will put on an exhibition bout in Leicester this summer.
Promoter Scott Lansdowne is behind the bid to bring Riddick Bowe to the city.
Lansdowne has previously staged exhibition bouts featuring Nigel Benn and Tim Witherspoon – and 'Big Daddy' Bowe is the latest big name to box on his shows.
The former two-time world heavyweight champion will box an exhibition bout with Mark Potter at Club Republic, in the city centre, on Saturday, August 3.
Potter has been a top heavyweight himself.
He won Southern Area honours, lost a fight with Danny Williams for the British and Commonwealth belts and is remembered for thrilling up-and-down fights.
Lansdowne said: "I'm absolutely thrilled to have signed up someone of the calibre of Riddick Bowe.
"He is a real legend of the sport and a name that anyone who follows the sport will know."
Bowe was beaten just once in his 45-fight career and reversed that loss to Evander Holyfield in a rematch.
The fighter from Brooklyn, New York, first won the WBA, WBC and IBF titles in 1992, becoming undisputed heavyweight champion.
Bowe's second reign as heavyweight champion was in 1995 when he won the WBO title.
Bowe retired in 1996, but made a return to the ring in 2004.
At the age of 45, Bowe is now boxing on the exhibition circuit and Lansdowne said: "It should be a cracking night."
Lansdowne has also put together an action-packed undercard.
Lester Walsh battles Micky Maggs for the vacant EBF European welterweight title and Loughborough heavyweight Lenny Buttling goes on a giant-slaying mission.
Buttling is in title action against Eric 'The Viking' Thompson, from Sunderland.
Thompson is 6ft 5ins tall, tips the scales at around 20 stones and fought for British honours earlier this year.
Tickets for the show are available with a 10 per cent discount when boxing from website below.
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