JOE Hughes is set to return to the ring in six weeks’ time to defend his IBO International super-lightweight title.

The 24-year-old Malmesbury fighter stopped Jaba Shalutashvili to win the first international title of his career earlier this month and has been pencilled in to defend his strap on June 13 at the Bath Pavilion.

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