Geovana Peres is facing Savannah Marshall on a Matchroom card in April.

The announcement was made overnight when Matchroom Boxing released the lineup for the April 4 event at the Utilita Arena Newcastle.

New Zealand’s WBO Light-Heavyweight ruler Geovana Peres (8-1, 1 KO) will take on Britain’s first ever female amateur World Champion, Hartlepool star Savannah Marshall (8-0, 6 KOs).

The bout will see Marshall attempt to win a professional World Title in just her ninth fight.

Lewis Ritson will clash with former long-reigning World Champion Miguel Vazquez in what is promising to be an huge night of action.

Dillian Whyte’s fast-rising Heavyweight protégé Fabio Wardley (8-0, 7 KOs) lands his first professional title shot as he steps up to take on Middlesbrough hard-man Simon Vallily (17-2-1, 7 KOs) for the vacant English belt, reports Matchroomboxing.com

Undefeated Super-Bantamweight slickster Thomas Patrick Ward (29-0, 4 KOs) takes another step in his seemingly unstoppable rise to a World Title after notching four wins in 2019 and cementing his place in the top 10 of the WBO and IBF rankings at 122lbs.

Glasgow Bantamweight contender Kash Farooq (13-1, 6 KOs) fights for the first time under the Matchroom Boxing banner as he targets a highly-anticipated rematch with British and Commonwealth Champion Lee McGregor following his controversial loss in November.