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On Friday night at the Velodrome in Manchester, England, Hatton Promotions hosted their first televised fight-night. Billed as ‘Euro Glory’, the fight-card was headlined by the European title clash between Matthew Macklin and Amin Asikainen.

Matthew Macklin (Birmingham) v Amin Asikainen (Finland)
12 x 3 Vacant European Middleweight Contest

It was a very ‘stiff’ Asikainen that came out to face Macklin. Macklin looks focussed - switching between head and body shots - before landing a huge left hook which lands bang-on the face of the Finnish man and he falls back heavily on the canvas in the first round.

Struggling to get up for the count - Asikainen looks unsteady but continues with the fight. Looking dazed - he tries to get away from Macklin but the Brummie goes after him! Seconds later, Asikainen is almost bundled over and it’s a no-knockdown. More...

Hatton Promotions presents another exciting Friday night of fighting at the Velodrome in Manchester, England on September 25, 2009.

Matthew Macklin will face Amin Asikainen over 12 Rounds for the vacant European Middleweight Title. More...

Hatton Promotions presents "Euro Glory", another exciting night of boxing at the Manchester
Velodrome on September 25, 2009.

The headliner sees Matthew Macklin squaring off with Amin Asikainen over 12 scheduled rounds for the vacant European middleweight title. More...

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Last night, at the Sutton Sports Centre in St. Helens, Merseyside, England, Oliver Harrison promoted a fight-night which would see nine all-action contests.

The headliner would see popular Martin Murray of St. Helens face Ghanaian boxer Thomas Awinbono in an eight round middleweight contest, his first since splitting with Steve Wood of VIP Promotions.

Looking in great physical shape - as ever - confident Murray entered the ring to huge support from the St. Helens fans. Murray dominated from the start, keeping centre of ring, he forced Awinbono to ‘edge’ around the ropes.

Landing some clubbing left punches to the head in the early rounds, Murray looks for the shots. Awinbono manages to land some decent shots of his own as he sneaks the right jab through the middle of Murray's guard.

Round three sees Murray sinking in some punishing body-shots that had his opponent cringing, sucking in air after each blow. It seems as if he can’t possibly take any more of the body-shots but he soaks them up and carries on - albeit tentatively at times. More...

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Last night at the Seaburn Centre in Sunderland, England, Frank Maloney hosted a fight night headlined by Bristol-man Lee Haskins’ first defence of the British super flyweight title against active duty British Army soldier Ross Burkinshaw of Sheffield.

Ross ‘The Boss’ enters the ring to a fanfare of bugles from fellow soldiers. Former IBF light heavyweight titlist Clinton Woods follows Burkinshaw into the ring with British belt held aloft.

The champion Haskins enters the ring looking as confident as ever, his belt held aloft by Jamie Sanigar, brother of Chris Sanigar, Haskins' trainer, co-promoter and manager. More...

The Seaburn Centre in Sunderland, England plays host to another sterling fight card from Frank Maloney Promotions this Friday, July 10, headlined by a British super flyweight title clash.

Lee Haskins, 18-2 (9), puts his British super flyweight title on the line against newly minted English champion Ross Burkinshaw, 6-1-2 (4), in what is sure to be another thrilling battle of the little men. 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...

An exciting middleweight match-up has been added to the Jason Booth vs. Mark Moran British super bantam title card this Friday, April 17 at the Indoor Sports Centre in Leigh, England.

Hot prospects Martin Murray, 13-0 (4), and Kevin Concepcion, 14-1 (3), will clash in a scheduled six round bout between two of the most promising 160 pound fighters in Britain. 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...

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...

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On Friday night at the Robin Park Arena, Wigan, England Andy Bell faced Lee Haskins in a British Super Flyweight title contest on a Frank Maloney promoted fight night billed as "The Explosive Thin Men!" Bell was making his first defence of the title he won in March against Stoke's Chris Edwards.

Bellie, aka "The Iceman", enters the ring wearing Doncaster colours of red and white alongside trainer Matt Scriven, who is himself a pro boxer. Haskins - fighting out of Chris Sanigar's gym in Bristol - has won 17 of his 19 contests.

Just inside the first minute of round one, both men land on the floor in a wrestling type move. Little did we know that this would be the first of many wrestling falls thought out this contest.

Haskins has the more open-style of boxing, leaving the upper part of his body exposed and flicking the straight right up his taller opponent's head. Both men land on the canvas again in a tangled bundling over - but Bell reaches down with both gloves to help his opponent up off the canvas. A messy first round. More...

Promoter Frank Maloney returns to Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England tonight, Friday, November 7, with an evening of competitive fights, featuring the best young talent fighting out of the UK today.

British super flyweight champion Andy Bell, 11-3 (3), faces his toughest test to date in the form of ex-Commonwealth flyweight titlist Lee Haskins, 17-2 (9), who has never lost while fighting below the bantamweight division. Bell has won seven straight, including the intense firefight against Chris Edwards eight months ago to win the British belt, but has yet to meet an opponent as crafty and experienced as Haskins, who must win at Robin Park if he is to realize ambitions to compete at European level. More...

In just two days time, British super flyweight champion Andy Bell has vowed to turn up the heat on challenger Lee Haskins and turn the canvas at Robin Park Centre into a hot coal carpet when the two meet this Friday in Wigan, England.

Bell put in a scorching performance to rip the Lonsdale belt away from Chris Edwards at the end of March and the towering 23 year old from Doncaster is preparing a hellish reception for Haskins. More...

Frank Maloney Promotions returns to the north of England on Friday, November 7 when Andy Bell puts his British super flyweight championship at risk against veteran southpaw Lee Haskins at the Robin Park Centre in the Manchester suburb of Wigan.

23 year old Nottingham man Bell clawed his way to the forefront of the UK super flyweight division by overcoming Chris Edwards in a thrilling slugfest that shattered the gritty Stoke grafter's hold on the British title this past March. More...

Andy Bell aims to make up for missing out on Young Boxer of the Year by coming through a successful first defence of his British super-flyweight title. The Doncaster youngster risks his title when he faces Bristol southpaw Lee Haskins at Robin Park Arena on Friday, November 7. 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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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...