Swansea's Maccarinelli, 28, had hoped to be fighting for his old WBO cruiserweight title but had a string of opponents pull out on him.

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The bout is for the vacant WBO intercontinental cruiserweight title, with the winner expected to go on to challenge for the WBO world title.

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Corbett previously held the Commonwealth cruiserweight title.

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It was Rees's first defeat in 28 professional bouts and compounded a bad month for trainer Enzo Calzaghe, whose WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli lost his title to David Haye a fortnight ago.

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The Swansea cruiserweight, 25, who holds the WBU title, will finally get a chance to enter the big league when he faces WBO king Nelson at the MEN Arena.

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And Maccarinelli's promoter Warren suggested that the Welsh cruiserweight was ill-prepared for his WBO interim title shot in Manchester on Saturday.

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Former undisputed cruiserweight champion Haye, 28, pointed to Klitschko's six title defences as evidence to back up his claims.

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The former cruiserweight king, who has lost only once in 25 professional bouts, then defended his title by stopping American John Ruiz at the MEN Arena in April.

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The 28-year-old, who lost his WBO title to David Haye in March 2008, continues his comeback against Ola Afolabi for the interim WBO cruiserweight belt.

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