Josh Kelly will square off with Flavius Biea in Newcastle on June 6, airing in the United Kingdom on Channel 5.

Kelly, 16-1-1 (8 KOs), is a popular British fighter and an Olympian who has fought at middleweight, junior middleweight and welterweight. His lone loss was a sixth-round stoppage at the hands of David Avanesyan, best known for his own defeats inside the distance to Terence Crawford and Jaron “Boots” Ennis.

The 31-year-old Kelly claims that those in his weight division are avoiding him, and he praised Biea for taking the fight: "Biea has shown he’s got what plenty of others in my division haven’t – the minerals to step up and fight me,” Kelly said in a press release.

Biea, 24-1 (12 KOs), has won his last 12 fights but against no world-class opponents. The 35-year-old Romanian's best win is a 12-round split decision over Juan Jose Velasco, who has fought and lost by stoppage to Regis Prograis, Mario Barrios and Callum Walsh.

“I have absolutely no fear in facing Josh Kelly,” Biea said in a press release. "I respect him and his skills, but make no mistake about it, I am coming to win on June 6 and take away all those big fights he so desperately wants.”

Kelly, a 31-year-old from Sunderland, says the fight will be “beautiful and brutal.”

“We expect him to make a massive statement,” Kalle Sauerland, Wasserman’s Global Head of Boxing, said of Kelly.

The card is promoted by Wasserman Boxing and includes other British prospects and title hopefuls such as featherweight Tom Welland. Middleweight Felix Cash is also due to return from last year's loss to Tyler Denny.

Josh Kelly Defeats Flavius BieaTKO In Round 1

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Josh Kelly Defeats Flavius Biea
TKO In Round 1