Macklin targets WBC title shot

Irish favourite Matthew Macklin will hope to secure a fourth shot at a world title when he takes on Jorge Sebastien Heiland in an official eliminator for the WBC middleweight crown at the National Stadium in Dublin on August 30.

The Birmingham-born fighter (30-5, 20KOs) has fallen short in his previous three world title bouts, losing bravely to Felix Sturm and Sergio Martinez before being brutally pulverized in a three-round knockout defeat to heavy-handed Gennady Golovkin.