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First Team's PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson put on another entertaining afternoon of boxing on Sunday when they hosted a full card of eight contests, billed as "Crunch-time at Lunch-time", which included two title bouts at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England.

Dean "Deano" Harrison of Wolverhampton faced Chris Long of Calne, Wiltshire, for the vacant British Masters Welterweight title. A win could ensure a re-match with Scott Haywood, the Derby Boxer who narrowly out pointed Harrison for the English Light Welterweight title in September. Long fought Harrison's stablemate Steve Saville last time out, losing on points to the Bomber.

Harrison used straight lefts to head and left hooks to the body of Long and although Long put up a good effort against the Wolverhampton man, he was forced to retire at the end of the eighth round with a shoulder injury.

Harrison wins the title and his record now stands at 13-1 (4). More...

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Last night at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England, First Team Promotions main men PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson staged a fight night which was headlined by Rob Hunt of Stafford, who faced experienced Jason Nesbitt of Birmingham in an eight round welterweight contest.

Not the tidiest of fights - with Hunt getting a point deducted for holding and which he continues to do throughout the contest. There's a scrap at the end of round six as both men slug it out in the corner just as the bell sounds to end the frame. But, Hunt's long-reaching right punch and right hooks to body gave him the points win he wanted and ensure him a title shot early next year.

Hunt's record now stands at 11-0 (1). More...

Itʼs sure to be another great night of boxing action this Thursday night at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in West Midlands, England. PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson of First Team Promotions are staging their last event of the season with a full ʽbillʼ which sees former British Champion ʽYoung Muttleyʼ as the headliner.

Muttley (aka Lee Woodley) faces Latvian fighter Sergejs Savrinovics in a welterweight contest. Muttley, of West Bromwich, will be looking to notch up his 25th wins as his record currently stands at 24 wins and 3 losses.

Other undercard fights feature:

Jamie Ball vs. Peter Dunn
Martin Gordon vs. Chris Thompson
Kevin McCauley vs. Steve Cooper
Scott Evans vs. Peter Buckley
Joe Skeldon vs. Jason Smith
Neil Perkins vs. Howard Daley
Matt Seawright vs. TBA
Matty Hough vs. TBA

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Arriving at the doorway of the Wednesbury Boxing Academy, I was still wondering why I hadn’t visited the gym before. I used to live locally, so Wednesbury is a place I’ve been to many times.

The front of the single-storied building looked fairly small - but afterward, I mused it was a bit like a ‘tardis’ because the gym - though not huge - stretched back to reveal a ‘comfortable’ workspace with several punch bags and a decent ‘ring’.

Bob Plant greeted me at the door. Having met Bob and Errol Johnson on a number of occasions - it was the first time I’d ventured in to their ’space’ but - as I guessed - they immediately made me feel very welcome. Just back from a holiday - a tanned Bob was enjoying some ‘banter’ with the lads as they power-skipped.

A trickle of boxers came through the door, each one getting straight to work on their training routine - some on the punch bags, others power-skipping. Bob and Errol revealed that they had around 47 professional boxers on their ‘books’ though they didn’t all train every session. More...