By Curtis McCormick November 5th, 2005 All Boxing Results
It took every ounce of heart, determination and sheer guts for Martin Power to retain his British title tonight in London's hallowed East End venue of York Hall. The Camden Towne bantamweight had his hands absolutely full with the razor sharp reflexive boxing skills of challenger Ian Napa, a man nearly impossible to catch flush with a punch. Napa fought the early rounds out character, coming forward and pressuring the taller Power, who had been expecting the native Zimbabwean's customary stick and move strategy.
The middle rounds ushered in a back and forth campaign between the two contestants but it was in the ninth that Napa had his rival skating on thin ice but Power refused to go down and survived the quick handed Hackney man's best efforts to finish him.
Power recovered and began to find range on his adversary, culminating in a tremendous battle for the twelvfth and final round. When the smoke had cleared, the arm of Martin Power was raised on the strength of a slit decision victory.
Also on the Maloney Promotions bill, English Lightweight titlist Danny Hunt outpointed journeyman Jon Honney over eight in a non-title affair, Manchester sensation Craig Watson was able to see off Sergii Terteii over six at light welter and light middle Gary Woolcombe kept his record pristine with a four round drubbing of Mark Phillips.
Bulgaria's former European super-featherweight champion Tontcho Tontchev has been added to the impressive Maloney Promotions bill at the historical York Hall on May 26th.
Tontchev will appear in a six >
Maloney Promotions are disappointed to announce that Friday’s show at the York Hall featuring the British bantamweight fight between Martin Power and Isaac Ward has had to be cancelled due >
Frank Maloney Promotions will stage Ian Napa's (13-5) challenge of European bantamweight champion Simone Maludrutto (24-1, 10 KOs) on March 9 in London.
"Ian has lost some big fights >
The hotly anticipated bantamweight rematch between Commonwealth titlist Tshifhiwa Munyai and British Champion Martin Power, "Payback or Playback", takes place on January 26 at the Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, England. >
There will be much at stake tonight for Bristol's southpaw sensation Lee Haskins when he climbs through the ropes at London's legendary York Hall to challenge Commonwealth Bantamweight Champion Tshifhiwa >
This past June, undefeated British Bantamweight Champion Martin Power was shocked by the unrelenting ferocity applied to him by South African visitor Tshifhiwa "Atomic Spider" Munyai, who battered the London >
Attention - Soldier Boy Chris is called to arms by Maloney Promotions.
Despite having a sell-out show at the York Hall on Friday night when David Haye retained his European >
Tonight at York Hall in London, unbeaten bantamweight Martin Power looks to add to his title collection when he takes on South African visitor Tshifiwa Munyai for the vacant Commonwealth >
Undefeated British Bantamweight Champion Martin Power clashes tonight with an unbeaten challenger, Isaac Ward, tonight at London's historic York Hall on a Maloney Promotion card televised by Sky Sports. Power, >
Martin Power makes the second defence of his British bantamweight title when he takes on Darlington’s Isaac “Argy’ Ward at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on the 10^th March >
