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Venue: <\/strong>Bournemouth International Centre <\/span>Date: <\/strong>Saturday, 17 December<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Coverage: <\/strong>Listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra & online from 22:00 GMT; reaction on BBC Sport website & app<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | Rocky Fielding has missed the weight for his British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight championship bout against Dan Azeez.<\/span><\/p>\n Fielding, 35, weighed in a pound over the 175lbs limit but the fight will still go ahead in Bournemouth.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Azeez can add the Commonwealth belt to the British title he already holds, but Fielding cannot win either title.<\/span><\/p>\n “I don’t read too much into the weight. It is what it is,” Azeez said of his opponent’s failure to make weight.<\/span><\/p>\n “Whether he comes over the weight, under the weight, we’ve still got Saturday night to deal with and that’s what I’m focused on.”<\/span><\/p>\n The fight in Bournemouth is part of the card headlined by hometown fighter Chris Billam-Smith’s cruiserweight bout against Kosovo’s Armend Xhoxhaj.<\/span><\/p>\n Were Fielding to win on Saturday, Azeez would remain the British champion and the Commonwealth title would stay vacant.<\/span><\/p>\n Azeez, 33, faces his toughest test to date in the form of former WBA (Regular) super-middleweight champion Fielding.<\/span><\/p>\n Fielding is 30-2 in his career, with his only defeats against then-world champions Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Callum Smith at super-middleweight.<\/span><\/p>\n |