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Last night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England VIP Promotions and vipboxing.tv presented an evening of professional boxing headlined by the vacant British Masters Light-Heavyweight Championship between Liverpool's Carl ‘Dynamite’ Dilks and Sheffield's ‘The Peoples Poet’ - Billy Boyle.

There was big support for both boxers as they came out for this title-clash and it turned out to be a cracker of a contest! Packed full of action - both men kept busy right from the first bell.

Dilks landed heavy, powerful body-shots with regularity and we wondered how Boyle was managing to soak them up! Bouncing off the ropes - Dilks would launch his long reaching left and rights at Boyle's head. It was an ‘even’ round four which sees both men score with shots to head and body. More...

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Last night at the Floral Hall in Southport, England, Steve Wood of VIP Promotions presented a fight night which would feature six thrilling contests.

The venue is sited in a lovely location - right alongside Marine Lake in the coastal town of Southport - in the Northwest of England and was hosting its first boxing event since 1934. Even more surprising is that it was a warm, sunny day - with no rain!

Boxing commenced with a four round light middleweight contest between Chris ‘Johno’ Johnson of Manchester and Geraint Harvey of Pontypridd, Wales. But it was a nightmare for the home-corner as Johnson is on the canvas in the first round. Looking stunned by the knockdown - Johnson digs in to see it out to the end of the round.

The second frame sees the southpaw regain some composure as he throws lefts and rights at the head of the Welshman, but Harvey was motivated and had Johno down in the third frame again. Getting up for the count, the Mancunian looked dazed and referee Mark Lyson called a halt to the contest. More...

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Last night at the Indoor Sports Centre in Leigh, England, Frank Maloney hosted a fight night headlined by the British Super Bantamweight title clash between Jason Booth and Mark Moran.

Booth was scheduled to fight Lee Haskins for the British super flyweight belt and while Moran was to fight Mathew Marsh for the super bantam crown, but with less than two weeks notice Haskins and Marsh dropped out, leaving Booth to face Moran.

Booth already holds the Commonwealth bantam strap and now - having moved up in weight - had his eye on a third belt.

Moran gets off to a confident start against the experienced ‘2Smooth’ Booth, concentrating on body-shots mid-way through the round. More...

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Tony Oakey is the Prizefighter Light Heavyweight Champion.

Oakey, 33, claimed the title with a unanimous points decision victory over Oldham's Darren Stubbs after a superb final.

"I got better as the night went on," said Oakey, who wins £25,000 for the achievement. More...

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Tony Oakey has vowed to prove the critics wrong by becoming Prizefighter Champion tonight.

Portsmouth light-heavyweight Oakey, 33, has been defeated in his last two fights and lost his grip on the British and Commonwealth belts. More...

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Courtney Fry has been installed as the bookmakers’ favourite to win Barry Hearn’s latest Prizefighter event tonight.

Fry, who claimed a Gold Medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, is the favourite to take the £25,000 top prize in the light-heavyweights competition. More...

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Steve Spartacus aims to prove he is a true gladiator by becoming Prizefighter Champion on Friday.

Spartacus, 32, is one of eight British light heavyweights in Barry Hearn’s next quick-fire Prizefighter tournament at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London. More...

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The draw for the quarter-finals in next week's Prizefighter has been made - and there promises to be some cracking encounters.

Hotly-tipped pair Tony Oakey and Billy Boyle meet in what could be the tie of the opening round in the light-heavyweight tournament on Friday, February 20 at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London. More...

Darren Sutherland has promised his growing army of fans a treat when he makes his second professional appearance.

Ireland's Olympic Bronze Medallist was in explosive form on his professional debut in home city Dublin in December, dispatching Georgi Iliev in the first round. And the 26 year old insists he will deliver an even better performance when he boxes a six round super middleweight contest against a selected opponent at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on Friday, March 6.

Top of the bill is the vacant European light middleweight title fight between Salford southpaw Jamie Moore, 30-3, and Italy's former world champion Michele Piccirillo, 50-4. More...

The "Prizefighter" boxing series returns next month - and this time the light heavyweights get their chance to shine. This will be the fifth Prizefighter event and the thrilling format of three round contests has captured the public’s imagination.

Once again, the historic York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, is expected to be sold out on Friday, February 20 with all the action screened live on Sky Sports 1.

The eight-man line-up includes Tony Oakey, who has previously held the British, WBU and Commonwealth titles, and three undefeated fighters. More...

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 on Friday, March 6 when he faces a selected opponent over six rounds. The Dubliner, who stopped Georgi Iliev on his debut last month, returned to London last night after a three week break with his family. More...

Irish Olympic hero Darren Sutherland held a media workout in London and produced a startling display of skills in sparring with rugged undefeated light heavyweight Carl Dilks in round after round of furious action.

Sutherland showed fine form against his quality sparring partner and is on target to produce a superb professional debut, which takes place on a big Frank Maloney Promotions bill in Dublin, Ireland on Thursday, December 18. More...

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On Sunday afternoon, Steve Wood of VIP Promotions hosted a seven fight bill at the newly built Leigh Sports Centre in Lancashire, England.

Top of the bill saw Thomas "Tommy" McDonagh of Manchester face Jason "The Rocket" Rushton of Doncaster in a six round light middleweight contest. It was a good first round for taller McDonagh, who had Rushton under pressure in the opener, but McDonagh seemed to get frustrated as the contest wore on and didn't look happy between rounds.

Both men waited for their opponent to throw a punch - McDonagh the straight right and Rushton the left. But, it was a good 60-54 points win for "Storm Boy" McDonagh, who improves to 32-1-3 (6).

There was the usual big following for super middleweight Martin Murray of St. Helens as he came up against Joseph Sovijus of Slovakia. But it was a short night's work for the man from Merseyside as he scored a first round knockout over the Slovakian, notching up his ninth win, three by KO. 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.

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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Sunday, at the Sutton Sports Centre in St. Helens, Merseyside, England - Steve Woods / VIP Boxing hosted another great afternoon of boxing action!

Blackpool boxer Brian Rose was victorious - scoring a clear points win over Belgium's Kobe Vandekerkhove in a six round light middleweight contest.

Roses's trainer, Bobby Rimmer, told SaddoBoxing this morning "Brian boxed brilliantly - I'm very pleased with how he performed! Vandekerkhove is a tough boxer but he couldn't get past Brian's jab and I think he just drew on one round.

"Bri got cut over his left eye in round three which needed about four stitches, but Brian wasn't bothered - he just gets on with it !"

Rose improves to 9 wins, no losses with two KOs and one draw while Vandekerkhove falls to 11-7-1 (5). More...

This Sunday at the Suttons Leisure Centre in St.Helens, Merseyside, England, Steve Woods of VIP Boxing will be hosting another action-packed fight event.

Billed as "HomeGrown" - the main event features local-boy Martin Murray, as he faces Belgian boxer Michael Recloux in a super middleweight contest. Murray hopes to add to his perfect record of 6 and 0 with another win.

Chief support will be Brian Rose, who trains out of Bobby Rimmer's Boxing Academy in Manchester.

Rose faces another Belgian fighter, Kobe Vandekerkhore, in a middleweight contest. Popular Blackpool boxer Rose will be looking to improve on his record of 8 wins, no losses and 1 draw.

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