Boxing: Hardy to defend European crown

Billy Hardy, quickly knocked out by Naseem Hamed on Saturday, must defend his European featherweight title against Medhi Labdouni, of France, the man he beat to win it, by early August.

Herbie Hide will challenge for his former World Boxing Organisation heavyweight title he held for a year from March 1994 against America's Tony Tucker in Norwich on 28 June.

Joe Bugner, 47, will defend his Pan Asian Boxing Association title against the Fijian champion, Waisiki Ligaloa, in Australia on 28 May.