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Aaron Mc Kenna to fight for World title

Jun 8, 2026 10:37
By Sean McCaffrey
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Aaron Mc Kenna to fight for World title
Aaron Mc Kenna - WBC World youth welterweight champion Pic Credit :- Mc Kenna social media channels

The Monaghan boxer will fight on Irish soil for the first time as a professional

Zuffa Boxing heads to Dublin’s 3Arena on Saturday, August 8, for a stacked summer showdown featuring undefeated Irish middleweight stars Aaron McKenna, who will be making his long-awaited first professional fight in Ireland, and “King” Callum Walsh, the popular southpaw from nearby Cork.

The 12-round main event of ZUFFA BOXING 10: MCKENNA VS. OLIHA features a middleweight world championship fight between a pair of unbeaten talents. McKenna (20-0, 10 KOs) takes on Italy's Etinosa Oliha (22-0, 10 KOs) in the first middleweight world title fight on Irish soil in more than three decades.

This will mark the first fight for McKenna in his home country where he was a standout amateur with more than 150 wins and eight national championships. McKenna, 26, returns to the ring following a dominating decision victory over former world champion Liam Smith in April 2025.

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The 27-year-old Oliha will look to spoil McKenna's homecoming as he takes on the fifth unbeaten fighter of his professional career.

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