Former United player-turned-boxer Curtis Woodhouse will fight an as yet unnamed opponent at Bramall Lane's Platinum Suite on Saturday May 17.

The six-round welterweight division contest will reunite Woodhouse with Sheffield United for the second time in his boxing career, after he beat Matt Seawright at United's Forsyth Academy at Shirecliffe in March.

Curtis is then set to appear on the undercard of Commonwealth lightweight champion Amir Khan's next fight in Birmingham on June 21. The bill will also be live on ITV.

Woodhouse, 28, from Driffield, made 104 appearances for the Blades before moving to Birmingham for £1 million in 2001, but in 2006 turned his attentions to boxing, and is now a serious prospect after five straight wins from his first five fights.

Curtis said: "It will be fantastic to go back to Bramall Lane to see a lot of my old friends and introduce myself to some of the new faces around the club. It should be an electrifying atmosphere and I'm hoping for plenty of noise from the home fans.

"Training has gone very well, I feel really fit and am bang on my target weight – whoever I fight I'm expecting a knockout."

The night of boxing is the second event to come from the unique joint venture between Sheffield United Football Club and David Coldwell Productions, in association with Koncrete Promotions.

The collaboration marks the first official partnership between a football club and a boxing promotion company.

Top of the bill at the Platinum Suite will be Central Area Super Bantamweight champion Josh Wale as he continues his meteoric rise up the rankings.

Wale will take part in an eight-round international contest against former West African Super Bantamweight champion Ayittey Mettle.

Popular Maltby lightweight Andrew Ward will also make his comeback, with Andy Butlin and Paul Royston, who both won impressively at the Academy, squaring up against each other the Lane.

David Coldwell, Curtis Woodhouse's trainer and promoter, said: "The partnership between ourselves and Sheffield United has huge potential.

More than 400 people are expected at the event which is sponsored by Arnold Laver Timberworld, Tek Personnel and Terra Firma Tiles.

Hospitality will be available from 7pm with the first bout at 9.30pm. Tickets can be bought through the Sheffield United box office on 0871 2221889 at £55 for floor seating and three-course meal, and ringside hospitality with three-course meal £60.