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On Sunday afternoon, boxing fans were treated to a full fight card of nine contests which included the British Masters Light Middleweight Championship. Promoted by Steve Wood's V.I.P Promotions, the event at De Vere Whites Hotel in Bolton, England, was a rousing success.

The main event saw local man Alex Matvienko face Jon Musgrave of Barnsley for the vacant British Masters Light Middleweight title.

Matvienko, the 'One Man Riot’, looked better this time out - using both left and right punches with success, while Musgrave concentrated on the long left straights.

Matvienko wins on points 98-93 to take the title, improving his record to 14 wins (4 by KO) 1 loss. More...

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Friday night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England Frank Maloney promoted a fight night which was headlined by the clash between Jamie Moore and Michele Piccirillo, as they fought for the vacant European Light Middleweight title. Salford man Moore won the title on a third round TKO over Italian Piccirillo.

But there was some great undercard action which also saw the second fight from Irish Bronze Olympic Medallist Darren Sutherland as he took on Belarusian Siarhei Navarka in a six round super middleweight contest.

In the opening half of the round, Sutherland lands a number of head punches which sees Navarkaʼs face already reddened from the blows. Keeping up the pace, ʽDazʼ whips out the left and straight rights and though Navarka keeps his gloves up and head down, Sutherlands punches get through.

Round two and Sutherland stays busy, continuing to use the jab which rocks back the head of the Belarusian with some regularity now. More...

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Sunday at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan , England, Steve Wood of VIP Promotions hosted another great afternoon of boxing. Billed as "Matt Attack" - the event headlined "Bolton's One Man Riot" - Alex Matvienko, as he faced Lee "Brown Sugar" Edwards of Sheffield for the vacant British Masters Light Middleweight Championship.

This was a close contest which saw both fighters land with body-shots that could be heard around ringside. Both men were wobbled early in the fight, but Matvienko looked to be suffering as the fight went on.

Putting on the pressure - Matvienko has Edwards on the ropes and follows with a left hook to the body which hurt Edwards in round two. Sustaining a cut in round four that was exaggerated by Glyn Rhodes's taunts from the opposing corner - only made things worse for the Bolton man.

In my opinion, Edwards looked the smoother of the two. The pace was relentless in this contest with both fighters scoring shots - Edwards throwing swinging left hooks to head and rights to the body, Matvienko digging in with some right body shots and straight-left punches. More...

This Sunday, September 14, Steve Wood of VIP Boxing hosts a full afternoon of exciting fights as he presents "Matt Attack" at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England.

The bill is headlined by Alex Matvienko as he faces Lee Edwards of Sheffield for the vacant British Masters Light Middleweight title.

Popular Matvienko - "Bolton's One Man Riot" - has eleven wins under his belt, four of which were by knockout and two draws. Lee "Brown Sugar" Edwards has won seven of his eight bouts with one loss.

The afternoon also features middleweight Martin Murray of St.Helens, who will be looking for his eighth successive win - this time against Carl Wild of Sheffield.

Promoter Wood is excited about the prospect of Murray's rise in class and expects popular middleweight to be ready for a title shot in 10 months time.

Undercard action includes super middle Carl Dilks, light middles Jack Arnfield and Chris Johnson, heavyweight Scott Mitchell, welterweight Rick Goddins and lightweight Lee Jennings.

Martin Murray is tipped to become the next sporting success story from St Helens.

The town’s rugby league team are unbeaten in 21 matches and lifted the Challenge Trophy on Saturday, beating Hull at Wembley Stadium. More...

Alex Matvienko is on the verge of becoming Bolton’s next professional boxing champion.

Matvienko get his big chance when he boxes Lee Edwards for the vacant British Masters light middleweight title at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on Sunday, September 14.

Commonwealth lightweight champion Amir Khan is the talk of the town, but one-time sparring partner Matvienko is out to grab some glory for himself in his ten round tussle. More...

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Tomorrow night, Saturday, April, 26, Steve Woods of VIP Boxing is staging what's sure to be another action-packed night of boxing at the Robin Park, Wigan, England.

The main event sees Lancashire boxer, Mark Thompson, face Polish man Maurycy Gojko in a ten round welterweight contest. But also on the bill, popular Blackpool light middleweight Brian Rose is looking for a good win this time, having earned a draw in his most recent outing against Manocha Salari.

Trainer Bobby Rimmer spoke to SaddoBoxing this morning and confirmed that after a last minute substitute, Rose is now fighting 'Gypsy Boy' - Ernie Smith of the Midlands, who was originally scheduled to fight Alex Matvienko on the same bill.

'Brian is absolutely fantastic!' Rimmer enthused, 'he's feeling very confident and, as usual, training has gone absolutely great!'