British Boxer Lee Purdy fails to make weight yesterday as he weighed in against Devon Alexander of Missouri for tonights’ IBF Title Fight in Atlantic City. Purdy was still over the weight limit after two hours and has had to pay a financial penalty. Although the fight will still go ahead – Purdy cannot now win the Title.

Purdy took the fight at just four weeks’ notice when Kell Brook withdrew with an injury. More...

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Rendall Munroe smashed his way back on to the boxing scene last night with a first round demolition of Hungarian - Laszlo Fekete, in front of a packed home-crowd.

Boxing Binman Rendall Munroe had retired from the sport in December, after defeat to Scott Quigg for the interim WBA World Super-Bantamweight Title.

But the former English, Commonwealth, European and WBA international champion continued to frequent Shinfield's Gym in Alfreton and it wasn’t long before he was training again. More...

UK Weekend Roundup

At Wythenshawe on Friday, local man Jimmy Kilrain Kelly won the Vacant British Masters Bronze light-middleweight Title on points over William Warburton of Atherton. The Steve Wood – VIP Promotions fight-night at ‘The Forum’ featured six undercard bouts.

In Birmingham, home fighter – Dave Egan of Cannock, lost out to Mark McKray of Tottenham by fifth round knockout in their scheduled six round Welterweight Contest. The Tommy Owen Promoted fight-night at the Paragon Hotel featured four undercard bouts.

At the Spa in Scarborough on Saturday, Local man - Danny Price won his scheduled six round Cruiserweight Contest by third round knockdown against Czech boxer - Michael Bilak. Promoter Phil Jeffries. More...

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Last night, Steve Wood (VIP Promotions) hosted a fight-night at the Wythenshawe Forum which headlined the Vacant British Masters Bronze Light-Middleweight Title.

Jimmy Kilrain Kelly (Wythenshawe) v William Warburton (Atherton)
8 x 3 Vacant British Masters Bronze light-middleweight Title

A good contest between these two men with Kelly matched against experienced Warburton.

Kelly launches overarm rights to the head of Warburton but the Atherton man returns with his own head-shots that also find their mark. Both men go all-out in the eighth and final round, but Kelly gets the win on points (79-75)

Kelly improves to 7 wins (4 by KO)

Warburton drops to 9 wins (2 by KO) 44 losses (2 by KO) and 2 draws More...

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The main event saw Steven Pearce face Sam Eggington in a Midlands Area Welterweight Clash.

Pearce won the vacant Title in March when he scored a fifth round TKO over Luke Gallear.

Steven Pearce (Stourbridge) v Sam Eggington (Stourbridge)

BBBofC Midlands Area Welterweight Title (10 x 3 Minute Rounds)

Steven ‘The Fierce’ Pearce suffered a seventh round defeat at the hands of Sam ‘The Savage’ Eggington. Hitting the canvas in round two – Pearce struggled to get in to any rhythm during subsequent rounds. The fourth was particularly challenging for him and he looked like he might not survive the frame but then rallies round in the fifth and looks like he might be starting to pull something back. In the seventh though, Pearce hits the canvas quite heavily and the fight is stopped. He was given oxygen by attending paramedics but stood up for the official decision.

Popular Sam Eggington wins the Midlands Area Welterweight Belt. His record improves to 5 wins (2 by KO) and 1 loss (Prizefighter Tournament)

Pearce drops to 7 wins (2 by KO) and 2 losses (2 by KO) More...

Last night, in Mannheim, Germany, Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko retained his four Heavyweight titles by scoring a sixth round TKO over Italian Francesco Pianeta of Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Pianeta found himself on the canvas three times during the contest at the packed out SAP Arena.

Knockdown number one came in round four when the Champion landed a hefty right to the face of Pianeta, who stood up straight away and took the count.

A clubbing left sent him to the canvas again in the fifth. The third and final knockdown was a left, right, left to the head in round six.

Pianeta was on all fours and got up wearily as Referee Ernie Sharif administered the count then waved off the contest with the Italian looking dazed.

Klitschko – victorious once more! His impressive record now stands at 60 wins (51 by knockout) 3 losses (3 by KO).

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In December, former Super Bantamweight Champion – Rendall Munroe, retired from boxing aged 32 with a record of 24 wins (10 by KO) 3 losses (1 by KO) and 1 draw.

The Leicester man – known as the ‘Boxing Bin-man’, had suffered a sixth-round defeat to Bury Boxer Scott Quigg when they faced each other for a second time in November for the interim WBA World Super Bantamweight Title.

That night, Munroe knew he would be retiring from the sport.

So, it was a surprise to hear recently that he would be fighting again on May 12th in Leicester. Moving up in weight – ‘TwoTone’ will be facing Youssef Al Hamidi in a Super-Featherweight Contest. More...

It’s been another busy weekend of boxing for British Fight fans.

In Birmingham, newly crowned Midlands Area Cruiserweight Titlist - Chris Keane of Walsall, won his six round Cruiserweight contest against Tamas Toth of Budapest. The Marcus Anderson-Hitchen promoted show featured three undercard contests.

At the Sarsfield Stadium in Argentina, St.Helens Boxer – Martin Murray, was outpointed by Argentinian Sergio Gabriel Martinez. Despite a gutsy effort from Murray – which put his opponent on the canvas twice during their Middleweight Title contest – Martinez secured the Unanimous Points win.

On the same Bill, Welshman Gary Buckland was denied his Silver Super-Featherweight Title chance against Fernando David Saucedo when fans invaded the ring following victory by Martinez. The ring was deemed unfit for use and the Cardiff Boxers dream of a win in Argentina was shattered. More...

This Weekend, British Boxers – Martin Murray and Gary Buckland are fighting at the Vélez Sarsfield football stadium in Beunos Aires, Argentina.

St.Helen’s Boxer – Martin Murray, will face Argentinian Sergio Martinez for the WBC Middleweight Title.
Martinez is returning to Argentina to fight for the first time in eleven years and Murray is well aware that the Argentine crowd will not be Brit-friendly (!)

But it won’t be the first time that Murray has fought outside the UK. The unbeaten 30 year-old has just one draw on his record – that was to WBA Title-holder Felix Sturm in Germany in 2011.

The closely fought battle could have gone either way on the Judge’s score cards and Murray did think he’d done enough to secure the win. But despite the draw – he was proud of his performance as were British boxing fans.

Murray’s Promoter - former two-weight World Champion Ricky Hatton, MBE – although immensely respectful of Martinez and his career – says he is confident of victory for Murray.

At today’s weigh-in, Martin Murray looked in great shape as he stepped up to the scales flanked by Ricky Hatton and trainer Oliver Harrison. Smiling and looking relaxed – he tipped the scales at 159.6 lbs. More...

At Doncaster Dome on Friday, Andy Townend of Wakefield won the vacant British Masters Lightweight Title when Ben Wager of Barnsley was forced to retire in the eighth.

Scott Gladwin of Halifax won the vacant BBBofC Central Area Super Flyweight Title by outpointing Home-fighter Connor Nixon of Doncaster.

Gavin McDonnell of Doncaster won his British Super Bantamweight Title eliminator contest against Paul Economides of Connah’s Quay on Unanimous Points.

The Stefy Bull Promotions Show featured four undercard bouts. More...

In Sheffield on Saturday, Richard Poxon promoted a charity boxing event at the Ponds Forge Arena.

The fundraising show headlined the Vacant IBF Youth Middleweight Title clash between Adam Etches of Sheffield and Andrei Abramenka of Belarus. Etches secured the Title with a fourth round TKO – having put the Belarusian on the canvas in rounds one and three.

The event also featured seven undercard contests.

In Scotland, Jon Slowey of Glasgow secured a points win over Scottish-born Michael Stupart of Hayes, Middlesex, in their eight round featherweight contest. Five undercard contests also fetaured. More...

On Friday, at the Civic Hall, Grays, Essex, local man Lee Markham won the vacant British Masters Middleweight Title by outpointing Harry Matthews of York over ten rounds.

On Saturday, at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen, Scotland, Lee McAllister of Aberdeen won his six round Welterweight contest against Ivan Godor of Slovakia on points.

Younger Brother – Matthew McAllister also won his six round Welterweight contest – outpointing Kevin McCauley of Brighton.

And we hear this weekend of another boxing tragedy. Michael Norgrove sadly died this weekend – nine days after suffering a bleed on the brain in his contest at Blackfriars, London. Norgrove was stopped in his fight against Tom Bowen by Referee Jeff Hinds who was not happy with how Norgrove was looking. He was taken to hospital and operated on quickly, but did not recover. Zambian-born Norgrove of Woodford Green, London, was taking part in his sixth professional contest and was aged 31.

SaddoBoxing offers its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Michael Norgrove.

It’s been a quiet Easter Weekend here in the U.K.

On Thursday, St Paul's and Stevie Smith’s Boxing Academies promoted a dinner show billed as ‘United Boxing’ at the KC Sports Arena, Hull. The headliner saw local man Samir Mouneimne win his eight round Featherweight Contest when Ian Bailey of Slough was forced to retire on a cut in the seventh. The event also featured six fights on the undercard.

In Barnsley on Friday, local man Josh Warrington won the vacant British Masters Super-Bantamweight Title when Ashley Lane of Nottingham was forced to retire in the ninth.

The Carl Greaves promoted fight-night hosted six undercard fights. More...

It’s been a quieter weekend for UK Boxing this week.

In Leeds, Derek Roche (Rebel Promotions) promoted five contests with four wins and one draw for the home boxers.

The Beachcomber Club, Cleethorpes played host to a Carl Greaves promoted fight-night, in which the headliner saw Gary Sykes of Dewsbury win the vacant English Super Featherweight Title by Unanimous Decision over the home fighter - Kevin Hooper of Grimsby.

At the York Hall, Bethnal Green, ‘Big Bad’ John McDermott of Horndon won the vacant English Heavyweight Title by Unanimous Decision over Matt Skelton of Bedford.

And we hear this week that Heavyweight David Haye will make his ring return in July against an –as yet unnamed- opponent.

It was a busy weekend of boxing for British Fight-fans.

In Doncaster on Friday, two local boxers fought it out for the vacant British Masters Bronze Heavyweight Title. James ‘Slugger’ Tucker defeated Daniel Slaney by seventh round TKO to win the Belt.

The Carl Greaves promoted fight-night also featured three undercard bouts.

In Motherwell, Scotland, Gary McCallum of Castlemilk outpointed Paul Allison of Stranraer to win the vacant Scottish Area Middleweight Title. More...