European champion Jean Jacques Olivier of France will not be able to fight Rozicki

European champion Jean Jacques Olivier (15-2-1, 10KOs) withdrew from the June 10 fight in Halifax against Ryan Rozicki (17-1-0, 16KOs) for the WBC Cruiserweight Silver title.

To save the card, Rozicki will move up to heavyweight to face Zamig Atakishiyev (8-1-1, 6KOs) of Azerbaijan in a 10-round bout.

“The fight will be at heavyweight and while this is not our optimal path, no one in his weight class was ready to face Rozicki. He is a small cruiserweight and while we don’t want to give Zamig any advantage, we are confident in Ryan’s great potential,” said Three Lions Promotions CEO Daniel Otter.

“We want to say a huge thank you to Zamig and his team for taking this fight on such short notice, may the best man win,” Otter added.

The co-main event will see current WBC Youth world title holder Pedro “Simba” Bernal (11-1.3KOs) clash with former world title challenger Tyson “The Prince of Hali” Cave (35-3.13KOs) in combat to 8 rounds.