Ryan Garner Defends WBC Interim Title Against Jazza Dickens Jan. 9 in Bournemouth

Ryan Garner's first defense of his WBC interim super featherweight title is set, and it comes against a fighter he's circled before. Queensberry Promotions announced Friday that the undefeated Southampton fighter will face former world champion Jazza Dickens on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2027, at the Bournemouth International Centre, live on DAZN.

The card is billed as "Coastal Chaos" on Queensberry's official poster, which lists it as a DAZN Saturday Fight Night show. BBC Radio Solent Sport also confirmed the fight and noted it will be Garner's first defense of the interim belt. Ticket presale sign-ups are open through Queensberry.

A fight that almost happened in 2025

This matchup has been in the air for more than a year. In the summer of 2025, Boxing News reported that the EBU listed Garner and Dickens as being in private negotiations for a European title fight. Garner went a different way and stopped Reece Bellotti in the 12th round in Bournemouth that July to keep his European and WBC International belts, per the WBC. Ahead of that fight, Garner told Boxing News that Dickens "was one of the fights that got offered to me" and said, "He's a British fighter, and it would sell."

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Where both men stand

Garner won the vacant WBC interim title on June 20 at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton, beating Italy's Michael Magnesi by unanimous decision with scores of 116-112, 118-110 and 119-109, according to the WBC. That win moved him to 20-0. His Queensberry fighter profile also lists a third-round stoppage of Cristian Bielma in Dublin in March.

Dickens, from Liverpool, is the veteran of the pairing. He outpointed Zelfa Barrett in an upset in February 2025 and then won the WBA interim 130-pound title with a fourth-round stoppage of Olympic champion Albert Batyrgaziev, as Boxing News reported. Queensberry bills him as a former world champion heading into January.

It's another sign of how busy Frank Warren's company plans to be this winter, after the Croatia talk around Dubois vs. Hrgovic 2. Think the unbeaten local man keeps rolling, or does Dickens' experience spoil the homecoming? Make your call on Fight Picker once the bout goes live.