Yesterday in Wigan, England, promoters Frank Maloney and Steve Wood held a press conference for their "Home Guard" show this Saturday at the Wigan Arena, facing off the eight fighters that will clash in four title fights.
The British Light Middleweight title will be up for grabs when Gary Woolcombe meets southpaw Marcus Portman for Jamie Moore's old title. Woolcombe is continuing a comeback from the Andrew Facey loss while Portman comes into the bout as the reigning WBF titlist.
Commonwealth Welter Champ Ali Nuumbembe will look to retain his belt for the first time when he meets hot prospect Craig Watson from Manchester. The native Namibian stunned British Champion Kevin Anderson in February to win the Commonwealth but may have his hands full with the young southpaw Watson.
It'll be a battle extraordinaire when all action Chris Edwards clashes with the towering Jamie McDonnel for the vacant British Super Fly crown. McDonnel is the reigning English Bantamweight titlist and will be coming down in weight to meet the scrappy Edwards, the current English Flyweight beltholder.
"2 Smooth" Jason Booth gets a crack at the Commonwealth Bantam belt when he meets Wales' Matt Edmonds over a scheduled 12 rounds. Booth, a former IBO, British and Commonwealth Champ dropped a hard fought decision to Ian Napa for the British title earlier this year but is the favorite to school his younger opponent Edmonds.
Bradford’s very own Nadeem "The Goldenboy" Siddique has promised to make it up to his fans when he finally gets in the ring with Canadian Julius Odion.
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Lee McAllister believes boxing away from his home in Aberdeen will bring out the best in him when he challenges John Murray for the British Lightweight title at the Robin >
The next Steve Woods/VIP Boxing event takes place on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England. Please note the change of venue - which >
John Murray has long been a favorite among the English boxing fraternity and the Manchester man delivered the goods against Lee Meager during a hard-nosed scrap in July, winning the >
British lightweight title challenger John Murray is offering to be Amir Khan’s next opponent on September 6, 2008.
Former unbeaten English champion Murray faces fellow Manchester boxer Lee Meager for the >
Unbeaten heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury continues the build up to his seventh pro fight by joining Steve Bunce on his Boxing Hour today on Setanta Sports News.
The show kicks >
Irish Olympic hero Darren Sutherland returned to the gym today to continue his assault on the world super middleweight title.
Sutherland, 26, has his second professional at Robin Park Arena, Wigan >
Nadeem Siddique aims to prove he is one of Britain's top lightweight contenders with an emphatic win over Steve Saville on Friday, July 11, 2008.
Unbeaten star Siddique's eight round contest >