Junior featherweight world titleholder TJ Doheny has signed a promotional contract with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn and was added on Monday to his card on Jan. 18 (DAZN) at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Doheny (20-0, 14 KOs), 32, who is from Ireland and fights out of Australia, will face an opponent to be named. The opponent is supposed to be Ryohei Takahashi (16-3-1, 6 KOs), 28, of Japan, as long as his visa paperwork is finalized. Doheny claimed a 122-pound world title in upset fashion when he traveled to Tokyo and won a unanimous decision against Ryosuke Iwasa on Aug. 16. Hearn said if Doheny wins on Jan. 18 it would likely propel him into a spring unification fight with Daniel Roman (26-2-1, 10 KOs), who is co-promoted by Hearn and fights on DAZN. Doheny took the deal with Hearn but had been offered a deal to move up on weight class and challenge featherweight titlist Leo Santa Cruz on Feb. 16.