Fight Week: Riley vs. Coupe for the European Title at Wembley

Viddal Riley makes the first defense of his EBU European cruiserweight title against mandatory challenger Seydi Coupe on Saturday, Nov. 14, at OVO Arena Wembley in London, live on DAZN. The British Boxing Board of Control's EBU notice lists the 12-round championship as promoted by MF Sports for that date at Wembley Arena; the show is being staged as an MF Pro card.

Riley is 14-0 (7 KOs) and ranked No. 2 by the IBF. Coupe, from Roubaix, France, is 14-0 (9 KOs). Both records are consistent across The Ring, British Boxing News and other previews.

DAZN's preview says coverage begins at 7 p.m. UK time, with main-event ringwalks scheduled for about 10:23 p.m., and that those times are subject to change. talkSPORT and British Boxing News report the same window. In Pacific time (America/Los_Angeles), that is 11 a.m. for the start of coverage and about 2:23 p.m. for the ringwalks. The UK is on GMT.

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Zelfa Barrett vs. Gavin Gwynne for the WBA Intercontinental lightweight title is the co-feature, as listed by British Boxing News, talkSPORT and the venue. The OVO Arena Wembley listing and talkSPORT's undercard also include Kieron Molloy vs. Steve Suppan; the venue describes it as Molloy defending his IBF European welterweight title.

Riley, from Hackney, won the European belt in April by outpointing Mateusz Masternak in an IBF eliminator on the Chisora-Wilder card at the O2. His world-title picture is on hold. talkSPORT reported that the Masternak fight was upgraded to an eliminator after Jai Opetaia was stripped of the IBF title, that a vacant-title fight between Riley and No. 1-rated David Nyika had been expected, and that Opetaia has since launched legal proceedings seeking reinstatement, stalling that shot. The Ring wrote in October that Riley had been mandated to face Nyika with no agreement reached, and British Boxing News likewise says the IBF opportunity has not been agreed. Opetaia, separately, is officially the co-main event of Fury-Joshua on Dec. 11, which we covered when that bout was announced.

"It's main event season," Riley said in comments carried by The Ring, British Boxing News and talkSPORT. "It's taken 14 wins and three professional titles to make it here, and I look forward to owning the moment." MF Pro founder Kalle Sauerland said Coupe is unbeaten and dangerous, but that Riley wanted to stay active rather than wait on the IBF situation.

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