Birmingham's Steed Woodall has agreed to step in at short notice to face Ezra Taylor on Saturday night following the withdrawal of the injured Lewis Edmondson.

As revealed by The Ring, British light-heavyweight champion Edmondson (11-1, 3 KOs) has been forced out of the clash at London's o2 Arena after suffering a hip injury during training.

Edmondson’s title defence against Taylor was supposed to serve as the chief support to the heavyweight clash between Joseph Parker and Fabio Wardley, which will be broadcast worldwide by DAZN on Saturday.

On receiving the news about Edmondson’s injury, Queensberry immediately sought a replacement opponent for Taylor (12-0, 8 KOs) instead of pulling the fight altogether.

And now The Ring has learned Woodall (20-3-1, 12 KOs) has answered the call to fight. The 31-year-old was scheduled to take part in the eight-man super middleweight tournament, titled The Heist, promoted by GBM on November 8 so has been in training camp for that.

Woodall was stopped inside two rounds by Callum Simpson in his challenge for the British super middleweight title in January but returned with a six-round points win over Marcelon Fabian Bzowski on September 25.

His most notable victory came against the previously undefeated Lerrone Richards, who he stopped in the sixth round of their Bolton super middleweight fight in June 2024.