Buatsi vs Dos Santos

Light Heavyweight Ratings: Buatsi is rated nos. 7, 3, 6 and 2 by the WBO, IBF, WBC and WBA, respectively, and is in-line to face champions Dmitry Bivol and/or Artur Beterbiev.

BoxRec Ranking: Buatsi is rated No.14 in the light heavyweight division and No.1 among British fighters in that division. Dos Santos is rated No. 127 in the division.

New Trainer: Buatsi vs Dos Santos will serve as the former's first fight under Virgil Hunter.

He'll be ready: Dos Santos has already fought twice in 2021.

Big win: In 2019, Buatisi TKO'd Marco Antonio Periban

Joshua Buatsi's journey towards world title contendership continues in chief support to the anticipated unification main event between Terri Harper and Hyun-Mi Choi on May 15 in Manchester, as he takes on Frenchman Daniel Blenda Dos Santos for the WBA International light-heavyweight title.

The explosive British contender stopped Marko Calic in October to continue his destructive rise up the rankings and has since travelled to America to team up with new trainer Virgil Hunter, who guided the career of pound-for-pound star Andre Ward inside the very same weight class.

France's Dos Santos is undefeated in 15 fights, with eight of his wins coming inside the distance, and the 30-year-old from Pont-Sainte-Maxence has been more active than Buatsi in recent months, fighting twice in 2021 and earning a first-round stoppage last time out.