Peter McDonagh has his first fight this year on October 5th aiming to put himself in the frame for the British Lightweight Title.

Norwich’s Jon Thaxton defends his British Title against Dave Stewart (Ayr/London) at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, on a Hennessy Sports show in partnership with Title Sponsors GoldenPalace.net. Sky Sports will televise.

McDonagh, from Bermondsey, will fight in a four-round bout on the undercard and believes he is good enough to fight the winner of Thaxton-Stewart.

The 29-year-old hopes to be given an eliminator for the title after impressively stopping Michael Gomez, the former British super-featherweight champion, for the Irish Lightweight Title, last year.

“I've won my last four now and this is a chance for me to look good and show people what I can do,” said McDonagh, who is trained by Paul Cook.

“I had a bit of hand damage and have not been able to get a fight which is why I haven’t fought this year. I have been avoided.

“This is going to be a big year for me. I want the British Title so will fight Thaxton or Stewart. I deserve a chance after beating Gomez and want an eliminator at least.

“I was selected as the opponent against Gomez. But I was given 12 weeks to prepare for it and I showed what I can do. When I step up now, I’m not going to take any chances and will stop people rather than letting it go to points.

“Things are going really well under Paul Cook where I have got great sparring with the likes of Kevin Mitchell, Nicky Cook and Colin Lynes.”

Hennessy Sports In association with GoldenPalace.com Proudly Present
THAXTON VS STEWART @ YORK HALL
Friday 5th October 2007.
Doors 6pm, Boxing Starts 6.30pm.

Ticket Prices:
• Ringside £60 – Reserved
• Unreserved £30

For Tickets call the Box Office on: 0870 060 1795 or book via the web: www.ticketmaster.co.uk

John Thaxton (Norwich) vs Dave Stewart (Wanstead)
12 x 3 – British Lightweight Title

George Hillyard (Canning Town) vs Lee Nobel (Barnsley)
8 x 3 - Light Middleweight

Darren Barker (Barnet) vs
6 x 3 Middleweight

Daniel Herdman (Stevenage) vs
6 x 3 Light Middle Weight

Victor Smith (Waltham Abby) vs
4 x 3 Cruiser Weight

Peter McDonagh (Epping) vs Jonny Greaves (London)
4 x 3 Lightweight

Paul David (Sheffield) vs Andrew Lowe (Hackney)
8 x 3 light heavyweight

Leonard Lothian (Northampton) vs Tommy Glover (Colchester)
4 x 3 Light Welterweight

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