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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...

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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...

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Steve Wood / VIP Promotions hosted a great night of boxing last night at DeVere Whites Hotel, Reebok Stadium, Bolton.

Billed as ‘Road to Glory’ - the headlining bout in particular was a fight ‘not to be missed’. Jack Arnfield of Blackpool faced Gary Boulden of Shepperton for the vacant British Masters Light-Middleweight Title.

Jack Arnfield (Blackpool) v Gary Boulden (Shepperton)
10 x 3 British Masters Light-Middleweight Title

Popular Arnfield had loads of support for this – his fifteenth pro contest, but this will surely be remembered as his most notable.

A steady first round as both men settled in, then Arnfield with his long-reaching jabs seemed to have the edge for a couple of rounds until Boulden looked to gain momentum towards the mid rounds and started to look more confident. The fight developed in to an all-action war between these two tough men and we (at ringside) found ourselves clapping at the ends of each round in recognition of the non-stop action. More...

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It was a great night of boxing Friday night, at Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, when (Dave) Coldwell Promotions hosted a fight-night which headlined an all-action battle for the BBBofC English Light-Welterweight Title.

Curtis Woodhouse of Driffield was defending his belt for the first time since winning it in September last year but despite a great performance in which he inflicted a bloody face to his opponent – Shayne Singleton of Colne was the victor by a split decision.

Both men landed with head and body-shots but Woodhouse spent the twelve rounds practically chasing his opponent around the ring (!)Popular Singleton – spurred on by his loyal army of fans – sustained cuts and swellings to both eyes and an injured nose and his face was awash with blood at the final bell. Woodhouse was deducted a point for hitting on a break in the tenth round.

The judges scored it 96-94; 96-95; 94-96.

Singleton improves to 14 wins (3 by KO) no losses Woodhouse drops to 17 wins (11 by KO) 5 losses (1 by KO) More...

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Boxing returned to the Wythenshawe Forum, Manchester last night, when Steve Wood of VIP Promotions hosted a fight-night of local Boxers.

Jimmy Kilrain Kelly jnr (Wythenshawe) v Simone Lucas (Nottingham)
6 x 3 Light-Middleweight Contest

The head-lining bout was short and sweet! Kelly junior looked serious as he waited in the ring to face a seemingly relaxed Lucas. But at the end of the frame a head-shot saw Lucas fall back heavily. Visibly dazed – the Nottingham man tried but could not get up for the count and the contest was waved off by Referee John Latham. Lucas was helped to his stool and did well to recover quickly. He stood at Kelly’s side for the decision.

Kelly wins by knockout in 2 minutes 28 secs of round one and improves to 6 wins (4 by KO) no losses

While Lucas drops to 4 wins (1 by KO)16 losses (5 by KO) and 3 draws. More...

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Sunderland’s Glenn Foot is the newest boxer to win Prizefighter after successfully defeating Welshman Dale Evans by split decision in the final of the eight-man tournament Saturday night.

Foot had stopped local man, Steven Pearce of Stourbridge, in his quarter-final and won on points against Chad Gaynor of Rotherham in the semi’s.

Aswell as lifting a new Betfair Trophy - Foot wins £32,000 plus £2,000 for stopping Pearce.

Eddie Hearn’s ‘Betfair Prizefighter the Welterweights III’ received a great turn-out (despite the weather) at Wolverhampton’s Civic Hall.

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Rob Hunt (Stafford) v Mark Thompson (Heywood)

A head-clash in round three sees Thompson sustain a cut high on the forehead but Hunt came off worse with a terrible gaping cut across the right eye-lid area which spurted blood. Referee Phil Edwards immediately took Hunt to the ringside Doctor who advised the fight is stopped. Thompson wins by stoppage round three. More...

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At the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, yesterday, Luke Blackledge of Accrington won the International Masters Super-Middleweight Title by Unanimous Points decision over Nathan King of Mountain Ash, Wales.

The Steve Wood Promoted Boxing afternoon began with a live screening of the Manchester ‘Derby’ before boxing commenced. Thankfully it didn't go in to extra time (although it looked like it might). Manchester United scored during Goal time in the closing minutes.

Luke Blackledge (Accrington) v Nathan King (Mountain Ash, Wales)
International Masters Super-Middleweight Title (10 x 3)

King hadn’t fought for more than two years and now faced Blackledge in a Title fight.

His feet seem ‘planted’ in round one with little movement but by the end of the frame he’d relaxed a bit. Blackledge felt a decent head-shot from King but the Welshman was slow in coming forward. Both men were warned to watch their heads in rounds three and four. King took a punch in the mid-torso and looked to sag slightly. He seemed to soak up a lot of shots while ‘waiting’. At the end of the seventh round he had a nick on the right eye. More...

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In Manchester on Friday night, a great night of boxing ended on a sad note when Heywod boxer – ‘Vicious’ Kieran Farrell was stretchered out of the ring after 12 hard rounds of action against Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla.

The much anticipated fight was – as expected – an all-action war. Farrell gave it everything he’d got and as soon as the fight ended – he collapsed in the ring. Worrying scenes followed as Doctors and medics tended to him. He was given oxygen and eventually taken from the ring on a stretcher to the waiting ambulance.

Farrell was kept in hospital for two nights to recover from dehydration and exhaustion but is expected to go home today (Sunday).

Kieran Farrell (Heywod) v Anthony Crolla (Manchester)
Vacant BBBofC English Lightweight Title

We expected this fight to be toe-to-toe all out action from start to finish and it was! Farrell – known for being wound-up like a bottle of pop (!) charged out of his corner to face Crolla. Both men were relentless throughout, throwing punch after punch. The rowdy Manchester crowd were on their feet applauding the end of each round in appreciation for the action they were witnessing. Although the pair matched each other in numbers of shots - Crolla’s did look the cleaner punches. In the last couple of rounds Farrell looked to have tired. When the bell signalled the end of the contest, both men were lifted aloft in celebration, but as Farrell stood by the ropes we saw his legs start to buckle and he was manoeuvred back to his stool where he then collapsed. More...

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At the Wolverhampton Civic Hall last night, 'ONE Promotions' (Paul PJ Rowson) hosted a fightnight which headlined a ten round Light-Middleweight Contest between Jason Welborn of Tividale and Jan Balog of the Czech Republic.

Jason Welborn (Tividale) v Jan Balog (Czech Republic)
10 x 3 Light-Middleweight Contest

Welborn must have hoped for an easier win last night when he faced Balog in the opening round. Looking like he could do with some toning up (!) the Czech man was warned by the end of the first frame for ‘slapping’ rather than punching! But this boxer turned out to be a tough cookie for the Tividale man! At times Balog looked like he might be stopped when Welborn upped the pressure but it had the opposite effect and just made Balog return with a flurry of shots. Welborn digs in a body-shot in the fifth and Balog goes down. Welborn goes after him with more body-shots but is warned for pushing away with his elbow.

Balog gets a breather after receiving a low blow in the eighth and is warned for ‘slapping’ again in the ninth. He finds himself on the canvas again in the tenth from another body-shot but he comes back fighting – pressuring Welborn on the ropes briefly.

At the end of the tenth and final round, Balog gets well-deserved applause from the Wolverhampton crowd – appreciating this mans tenacity. Meanwhile, Welborn forgets to wait for the decision as he gets out the ring only to be called back by Referee Messer!

Welborn wins on points 100-89 (his opponent down twice – rounds 5 and 10). More...

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In Manchester, England last night – the fairytale ending we all wanted to see for Ricky Hatton disappeared with a crushing ninth round knockout by Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko. Hatton, whose face was easy target for ex-WBA champion Senchenko, was defeated by a punishing bodyshot in the scheduled ten round welterweight contest.

Sporting a swollen bruised right eye, Hatton told media at the post fight press conference “It isn’t there any more...(but) I’m happy…I got the answer I needed – I can’t do it anymore”. He spoke of his pride to have such supportive fans. And there is no denying the fantastic support he received again last night from a packed MEN Arena.

Even afterward – as an emotional Hatton stood in the ring – the arena erupted in to yet another rendition of ‘There’s Only One Ricky Hatton’ as if to tell him ‘you did us proud’.

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Another controversial stoppage blighted Friday night’s boxing at Liverpool’s Olympia when Derby’s Ovill McKenzie successfully defended his Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Belt against Swansea Boxer – Enzo Maccarinelli.

Big punching McKenzie ‘took charge’ in the opener then began to offload some headshots in round two while Maccarinelli was backed against the ropes. Maccarinelli kept a high guard which deflected a lot of shots and he did get in with a couple of decent shots of his own but he took a right and a left hook to the head which rocked his head back. Referee Ian John Lewis jumped in and appeared to be checking whether Maccarinelli was alright. The Welshman didn’t look dazed and was nodding at the Referee implying he was fine, but confusing scenes followed as John-Lewis studied Maccarinelli’s face and after several moments - waved off the contest. Maccarinelli protested and trainer Gary Locket looked clearly disgusted.

Mckenzie retains the Title and improves to 21 wins (10 by KO) 11 losses (2 by KO)

Maccarinelli’s record now stands at 35 wins (27 by KO) 6 losses (6 by KO)

The headliner on the Queensbury Promotions Bill saw Paul Butler of Liverpool score a first round knockdown to win the vacant British Super-Flyweight Title. A body shot mid-way through round one sent Ellesmere Port’s John Donnelly to his knees and unable to make the count.

‘Baby Faced Assassin’ Butler improves to 9 wins (4 by KO)

Donnelly drops to 13 wins (3 by KO) 3 losses (3 by KO)

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Last night at the Holiday Inn, Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, Steve Spence won the vacant British Masters Light-Middleweight Title by stopping Andrew Patterson in the tenth and final round.

The four bout dinner show was the first promotion by trainer and former Cruiserweight Boxer - Tom Owens.

Andrew ‘Paddy’ Patterson (Birmingham) v Steve Spence (Scunthorpe)
10 x 3 Vacant British Masters Light-Middleweight Title

Patterson looked ‘mean’ and determined as he stood in the ring waiting for his chance at a Title. It looked a ‘cumbersome’ start from both men but as they settled in – Spence became the busier of the two and likeable ‘Paddy’ was starting to take a few too many headshots.

Spurred on by his wife’s shouts of encouragement and the chants of ‘Andy’ from the crowd – Patterson stepped it up in the sixth round. But Spence seemed to settle in more as the rounds notched up and after a number of headshots in the tenth round – Patterson, who was pressured back on the ropes, was struggling to get away from the Scunthorpe man. Referee Shaun Messer jumped in to stop the fight in 2 minutes 17 seconds of the tenth and final round. More...

Going into 2012, one bout near the top of every boxing fan's wishlist was for young pound for pound stalwart Nonito Donaire to take on Japanese veteran Toshiaki Nishioka.

It had been a combined 19 years since either fighter had last lost and hopes were high for the competitive matching of a couple elite 122 pound fighters.

From the get-go, Nishioka was cautious of the vaunted left hook of the bigger Donaire. Keeping his lead right hand pressed up against the side of his face, Nishioka gave himself no shot at having the competent jab needed to have even marginal success.

After the brutality of the co-main event, the chess match of the main event drew constant boos from the crowd.

Donaire tried repeatedly to invite Nishioka to open up, but the 34 year old champion seemed wary of the superior speed, power and reflexes of his challenger. Bouncing in and out firing jabs and right hands, the bout was a one way street in favor of Donaire.

As the hostilities of the crowd grew, Nishioka did nothing to change the fan's negative perception of the bout. At least not until the sixth round, when a lead left uppercut dropped the Japanese man.

Nishioka actually showed signs of life after the knockdown, pressing Donaire into the ropes but taking counters for his efforts. Nishioka reverted to his previous form in the next two rounds and the fight finally came to a close in the ninth, when he pressed the attack and took a stiff counter right hand for his troubles.

As Nishioka attempted to regain his upright position, his corner decided that they had seen enough and forced referee Raul Caiz to call a halt to the bout at the 1:54 mark.

It was an extremely impressive victory for the man dubbed the "Filipino Flash" but will unfortunately be salted by his opponent's unwillingness to engage.

Still, it was another notch on an increasingly impressive resume for one of the most talented young fighters in boxing. More...

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Friday night, Manchester’s Matthew ‘Magic’ Hatton made quick work of Londoner - Michael Lomax, by scoring a first round TKO.

Hatton took just a minute and a half of round one to floor Lomax with a body-shot.

The David Coldwell promoted fightnight at Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, saw eleven contests which included popular Heywood boxer - ‘Vicious’ Kieran Farrell, who outpointed Bulgarian Kristian Dochev over six rounds.

Matthew Hatton (Manchester) v Michael Lomax (Chingford, London)
8 x 3 Welterweight Contest

‘Magic’ hardly drew a breath before the fight was over! A punch to the body sees Lomax halted. Referee Steve Gray administered the count but Lomax could not continue. It probably took Hatton longer to walk to the ring than the one and a half minutes he boxed !

Hatton improves to 43 wins (17 by KO) 6 losses (1 by KO) and 2 draws, while Lomax drops to 18 wins (3 by KO) 5 losses (3 by KO) and 1 drawn More...