Unbeaten Briton challenges for IBO world title in Liverpool on November 21

"Good News" for "The Don" - Brandon Daord faces fellow unbeaten pro for IBO gold

Undefeated Brandon "The Don" Daord (12-0, KOs) challenges for the vacant IBO world flyweight title on November 21 at BOXPARK Liverpool.

29-year-old Daord will face a fellow unbeaten fighter in Ndabezinhle "Good News" Phiri (11-0, 5 KOs), 25-years-old from Zimbabwe.

Brandon "The Don" Daord has won three championship contests in a row. He claimed the English super-flyweight title in 2023, followed by the British belt in 2025, then the WBC International flyweight strap in February this year.

The southpaw has suffered from inactivity during his 10-year pro career. The eight-times national amateur champion turned pro in 2016 and won his first four fights, but then disappeared from the scene for four years between 2017 to 2021.

He came back as a man on a mission to fight four times within a year, but then suffered from another whole year out of the ring between fights eight and nine.

He fought twice in 2023, but was AWOL for all of 2024. He fought in February 2025 to break a 14-month hiatus, then again a year later in February 2026.

Winning the IBO world title should make him a wanted man, hopefully breaking the curse of his inactivity issues.

Zimbabwean Phiri has defeated previous IBO world titleholder Jackson Chauke and won his last two bouts by knockout, all within the last 12 months.

Promoted by Brad Dayan Norman, Phiri has not only proved his level by defeating a former world champion, but he also carries the confidence and momentum of two knockouts with him into this crunch clash in the UK, however this will be his first fight outside of Africa.

The IBO world flyweight title on the line has been previously held by the likes of Nonito Donaire, Moruti Mthalane and Scotty Olson.

The victor on 325th day of the year should potentially be able to force big fights with the other world champions at 112lbs, which includes unified WBC and WBA titlist Sergio Mendoza, IBF beltholder Madsamichi Yabuki and WBO's Anthony Olascuaga.

The flyweights headline a Warrior Ascent Promotions event, which also features an IBO European middleweight championship contest between Liverpool's James Heneghan (15-0, 1 KO) and Czechia's Dominik Pesek (6-2, 4 KOs).

There's also seven unbeaten prospects and a debutant in action on the stacked show.

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DID YOU KNOW? Brandon Daord is the only boxer from Birkenhead in 114 years to hold titles in multiple weight divisions