Ringside Boxing Report: Undercard Of Ryan Rhodes vs. Jamie Coyle

By Jane Warburton September 22nd, 2008 All Ringside Boxing

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Hayemaker Boxing Promotions, Adam Booth and David Coldwell, hosted their first event on Saturday night. Held at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield, England, it was ‘The Ryan Rhodes Show’, headlined Ryan Rhodes’s defence of the British Light Middleweight title against Scottish boxer Jamie Coyle.

Before the main event, there were a couple of other fights which ‘whetted the appetite’ of the Sheffield crowd.

Former professional footballer - Curtis Woodhouse of Driffield, Yorkshire, faced Walsall’s Jimmy Beech in a four round welterweight contest. Round one starts messy with both fighters warned for holding and to ‘watch the head’ in the opening half minute. More...

Boxing Preview: Ryan Rhodes vs. Jamie Coyle

By Jane Warburton September 20th, 2008 All Boxing Previews

Tonight at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield, new promoter Hayemaker Boxing is hosting it's first fight-night.

Topping the bill, Ryan Rhodes makes his first defence of the British Light-Middleweight title against Scottish man - Jamie Coyle. With a record of 16-3-1 (8), Coyle is looking to take the belt back to Scotland.

Homeboy Rhodes won the title in April after knocking out Gary Woolcombe in the ninth round. With a pro-career which started out 13 years ago, Rhodes is a two-time British Light Middleweight Champion and former World Middleweight title challenger and has won his last four fights inside the distance.

Also on the "Ryan Rhodes Show" :

Featherweights Derry Matthews of Liverpool vs. Martin Lindsay of Brampton, Ontario over 12 rounds for a British title eliminator.

Super bantamweights Josh Wale of Barnsley vs. Harry Ramogoadi of Rugby over eight rounds.

Super middleweight Tony Dodson of Liverpool vs. Nathan King of Aberdare over six rounds.

Welterweights Curtis Woodhouse of Driffield vs. Jimmy Beech of Walsall over four rounds.

Lightweights John Watson of Liverpool vs. Geoffrey Munika of Kenya over four rounds.

Bantamweights Michael Maguire of Sheffield vs. Delroy Spencer of Wolverhampton over four rounds.

Boxing In The British Isles: Lee, McCloskey Win In Limerick, Matthews Victorious In Liverpool

By Ricky Jones July 20th, 2008 All Boxing Results

There were two shows of note last night, at University Arena in Limerick, Ireland and one Merseyside at the Olympia in Liverpool, England.

At Limerick, local hero Andy Lee, 16-1 (13), returned home after a disastrous first loss, to Brian Vera in America last March, and regained his form by dramatically stopping Philadelphia boxer Willie "The Gladiator" Gibbs, 20-4 (16), at the end of the tenth and final round of their bout.

Lee put his height advantage and southpaw stance to good use, keeping the American at arm's length for most of the night and rattling off crisp combinations that generally found their mark.

The veteran Gibbs tried to make up what was clearly becoming a ever widening points gap by winging big shots but his faulty defense led to a near knockout loss in the middle rounds as he was battered pillar to post by the Irishman.

Gibbs survived the ordeal and simply couldn't get to Lee until the last round when he connected with over rights that had the Limerick lad in deep water. A referee telling off of Gibbs for use of the head gave Lee time to clear the cobwebs and he was soon hammering Gibbs to the canvas. More...