Ringside Boxing Report: Wolverhampton
By Jane Warburton September 14th, 2008 All Boxing Results, Ringside Boxing© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing
Friday night at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, in West Midlands, England, First Team Promotions (PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson) staged another entertaining night of boxing.
First to fight were likeable Keiron Gray from the Wednesbury Boxing Academy against late opponent - Davey Jones of Shinfield's Gym in a four round middleweight contest. ‘Slammer’ Gray of Telford had a tough test against the Lincolnshire man who landed some good right shots through the defence of Gray. Mid-way through round three and Jones lands a right hook but Gray returns with a solid body punch.
A good win for Gray, 40-37, who notches up his third win since turning pro in May of this year.
Next up was Wolverhampton southpaw Russ Colley, as he faced Preston-born Chris Brophy in a six round light middleweight contest. Colley, aka ’Rooster’, dominated the fight and despite being an inch shorter than his opponent, seemed to ‘tower’ over Brophy - throwing numerous long-reaching ‘rights’. There was big support for Colley from the West Midlands crowd as chants of ‘Rooster, Rooster’ rang out around the ‘Civic’. More...
















































