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Yesterday at Hatton Health & Fitness Centre in Hyde, England, Hatton Promotions hosted the official weigh-in ahead of this evening's fight night staged at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent, England.

It was a relaxed and friendly atmosphere in the smart new surroundings of the Hatton 'centre', where Hatton would weigh-in alongside N'Dou for the IBO welterweight title.

Hatton stepped up to the scales first - weighing in at 147 lb followed by N'Dou, who tipped the scales at 145 lb.

Both men were quiet as they posed for the usual 'face-off' photographs. More...

The top spot in the British lightweight rankings was up for grabs at the Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales last night and it was Gary Buckland who emerged the victor.

The Cardiff based "Dynamo" squared off with surging Salisbury hard man Henry Castle, who rode a six bout winning streak in the contest, and a thrilling ten rounds soon followed.

When the dust had settled, 23 year old Buckland pulled off a one point victory, 96-95, to add to his Celtic title winning effort in February against Scotland's Craig Docherty.

Buckland improves to 16-1 (5) and is now the official challenger for the British lightweight title while Castle's record now stands at 20-5 (11).

Also on the bill, 36 year old former British light middle title challenger Paul Samuels, 19-7-2 (11), came up short against 21 year old prospect Danny Butler, 18-1 (3), by a score of 98-94 for the vacant British Masters middleweight crown.

Butler will now face Darren McDermott for the English belt in September.

It was a small hall Saturday in Britain with another installment of Barry Hearn's "Prizefighter" series at London's York Hall.

This time it was the middleweights who were in action, producing a night of memorable fights in a tournament.of three round bouts.

The show opened with one of the most promising prospects of the earlier part of the decade in the light middleweight division, 35 year old Welshman Paul Samuels, 18-4-2 (11), losing a unanimous decision to previously unbeaten Bristol based youngster Danny Butler, who set a pace the older man couldn't keep up with.

The quarterfinals continued as Birmingham's Max Maxwell had his hands full but managed to pull out a razor thin split decision over Gosport's Steve Ede, 9-2 (4). More...