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RICHARD RIAKPORHE tops the Sky Sports bill at Wembley Arena on Saturday (November 20) against Olanrewaju Durodola.

Riakporhe is only 12 bouts into his professional career but that limited number of contests includes a run of wins over Sam Hyde, Tommy McCarthy, Chris Billam-Smith and Jack Massey between 2018 and 2019. It’s a good record. Riakporhe came back this year with an eight-round points win over Krzysztof Twardowski in a tune up in October and in Durodola has the kind of opponent he needs in order to push himself on to world level.

Durodola has eight losses on his

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