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© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing

Friday night at the Bolton Arena in Bolton, England, Frank Maloney promoted a fight night headlined by three title bouts, billed as ‘War of the Roses’.

Salford boxer Jamie Moore faced Ryan Rhodes of Sheffield for the European light middleweight title, St.Helens boxer Gary Davies made the first defence of his British bantamweight title against Londoner Ian Napa and Stoke‘s Chris Edwards made his second defence of the British flyweight title against Mongolian-born Shinny Bayaar.

Jamie Moore (Salford) v Ryan Rhodes (Sheffield)
12 x 3 European Light Middleweight Title

Reigning European champion Moore starts off busy from the first bell, keeping former two-time British light middleweight champion Rhodes on the back foot. Rhodes - having the shorter reach - just misses his target a few times with sweeping shots.

Moore dominates from centre of ring, while Rhodes struggles to settle in to this first round. The Sheffield man goes for the body of ‘Mooresy’ but Moore looks determined, ploughing through with more punches - landing a hard shot which rocks Rhodes’ head from side to side. More...

It was the rare domestic bout with far reaching and possibly world level implications last night at Bolton Arena in Bolton, England and the European light middle title clash between champion Jamie Moore and Ryan Rhodes lived up to all expectations.

Southpaw Moore took the initiative in the early going, advancing on his older opponent and scoring with single shots that caught the normally fleet-footed switch-hitter.

Rhodes handled the pressure and punches well as he began to get the timing of Moore's efforts and answer back with return fire.

As the first few rounds began to develop into the middle frames, the action began to heat up with both men enjoying success but Moore continued to control the action, adding energy sapping body shots to his mix of offense. More...

A mouthwatering and fascinating clash takes this place this tonight at the Bolton Arena in Bolton, England when Salford's Jamie Moore defends his European 154 pound title against Sheffield's Ryan Rhodes.

As well as being a clash for European honours, it is also probable that the winner will fight an official eliminator for the WBC title currently held by Sergio Martinez.

Rhodes is a 14 year veteran of the squared circle. Beginning his career as a light middleweight, he won the British title at only 20 years of age, defeating the equally prodigious Paul Silky Jones in eight back in 1996.

Just one year later, Rhodes moved up to middleweight and came so close to winning the WBO title in December 1997, losing a narrow 12 round decision against Otis Grant. This is the same Grant who would go on to challenge a peak Roy Jones Jnr a year later for the light heavyweight crown.

After such a promising start to his pro career, things went downhill for the Spice Boy when he was KO'd in two rounds by Jason Matthews in another bid for WBO honours in July, 1999.

After that, Rhodes seemed to have disappeared altogether from the world scene. In reality, the next six years were largely spent fighting four and six rounders either on undercards or small boxing shows. More...

Promoter Frank Maloney is preparing to travel east and west early next month to get Jamie Moore a shot at the WBC light-middleweight title.

The Salford star (32-3) first has to come through a European light-middleweight title defence against fellow southpaw Ryan Rhodes (42-4), which doubles up as a WBC title eliminator. More...

David Price will tackle German opponent Liridon Memishi when he makes his second professional appearance on Friday, 16th Oct.

It will be the 6ft 8in Liverpool heavyweight's first fight under Frank Maloney's promotional banner and takes place at Sunderland's Seaburn Centre.

The 26-year-old Olympic bronze medallist has had just one professional fight since switching codes - a three round stoppage of Dave Ingleby in March. More...

Chris Edwards will risk his British flyweight title against Mongolian warrior Shinny Bayaar on next month's bumper Bolton Arena bill.

The October 23 card is topped by Jamie Moore, who defends his European light-middleweight title against Ryan Rhodes in a 12 rounder that is also a WBC world title eliminator. More...

The winner of next month's domestic battle of the year between Jamie Moore and Ryan Rhodes will be on the verge of a world title.

Not only will Moore's European light middleweight title be on the line, but the WBC has granted the fight eliminator status for Sergio Martinez's world crown. More...

Tony Jeffries will whip himself into shape for his next fight in the sunnier climbs of Portugal.

The Olympic bronze medallist jets off to the Algarve today with fellow Sunderland fighter Dave Ferguson and Blackpool's unbeaten light middleweight Brian Rose.

Jeffries, 24, and his FTM stablemates will spend a week working on his fitness where the programme will include gruelling mountain runs. More...

Last night at Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, local man Martin Lindsay stepped up to the challenge during the biggest fight of his career by ripping the British Featherweight title from Scotland's Paul Appleby.

21 year old Appleby came into the bout unbeaten and with the reputation as one of the UK's top young fighters following his British title win over John Simpson and defense against Esham Pickering last year.

Lindsay had earned his shot at the featherweight crown by a shocking KO of former WBU kingpin Derry Matthews last year and the 26 year old had vowed not to disappoint his fans at Ulster Hall.

Once the bout began, Lindsay appeared to be the faster of the two combatants, beating the champion to the punch on most occasions. More...

Hayemaker Boxing regret to inform that the British light middleweight title clash between Ryan Rhodes and Anthony Small, scheduled for March 28 in Liverpool, has been cancelled.

Current champion Rhodes was struck with the onset of a heavy cold at the beginning of this week and it has since curtailed his preparation and developed into a full-on infection. More...

British light-middleweight champion Ryan Rhodes admits he gains little from beating Anthony Small on March 28, but remains eager to shut the mouth of his London-based challenger at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.

Since both agreed to the bout over Christmas, a war of words has ensued, with Small accusing Rhodes of previously ducking him. Eager to prove a point on March 28, Rhodes’ fire has been ignited. More...

As brash as he is slick, Deptford’s Anthony Small has warned British light middleweight champion Ryan Rhodes that he’s nothing but a stepping-stone en route to bigger honours for the switch-hitting Londoner.

Set to challenge Rhodes on March 28 at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, Small believes it is a fight Rhodes could have done without. More...

Aside from the boxing bills we've already run down this weekend, there were a few good Continental shows and we kick off this report at Salle des Fetes in Carouge, Switzerland where South Africa's Vincent Vuma ruled the spotlight.

The 33 year old light middleweight bounced back from losing his WBC International belt to Ryan Rhodes in November with a closely contested points win against Hamlet Petrosyan over twelve rounds.

Swiss based Armenian Petrosyan, 27-6 (10), hit the deck in the sixth and that proved to be the difference as Vuma took a 115-112 and 114-113, 114-113 decision to sweep the cards and take home Petrosyan's IBF Intercontinental Light Middleweight title.

On the undercard, Belgian light heavy Djamel Selini, 19-8-1 (14), shocked Sofiane Sebihi, 14-2 (10), by knocking out the local prospect in the first round and Swiss based Rwandan lightweight Patrick Kinigamazi, 11-0 (2), stayed perfect with a six round points verdict against Morrocco's Samir Boukrara, 11-10-1 (1). More...

Hayemaker 6: ‘The Mersey Beatdown’ is already shaping up to be one of the domestic fight cards of 2009.

Headlining the show is the intriguing British Super Middleweight title clash between current champion Brian Magee and former champion and Liverpool hero Tony ‘The Warrior’ Dodson. More...

Full details of 'Hayemaker 6: Mersey Beatdown' will be announced at a Hayemaker Boxing press conference to be held on Tuesday, January 27 at the Jury’s Inn Hotel in Liverpool, England.

The press conference will commence from 11.30 PM and is open to both members of the press and public. More...

David Haye and Hayemaker Boxing will arrive in Liverpool on Monday, December 15 for a press conference to announce details of the blockbuster "Hayemaker 6" show to be held on March 28, 2009 in Europe’s Capital of Culture.

Promoter Adam Booth and Head of Boxing Dave Coldwell will join former world cruiserweight champion Haye and allso present at the press conference will be Liverpool-based Hayemaker boxers Derry Mathews, Tony Dodson, John Watson and Joe McNally as well as two-time British light middleweight champion Ryan Rhodes. More...

Light middleweight Gary "Hot Stuff" Woolcombe realized a career ambition by winning the British title in December of last year but a first defense against former champion Ryan Rhodes in April saw the 26 year old lose his grip on the domestic crown when KO'd in the ninth round. More...

Scott Woolford showed he was for real against Matthew Hatton last time out.

Now the exciting Ramsgate boxer bids to show promoter Frank Maloney he doesn't need to look any further for his next superstar.

Maloney stages his next non-televised 'Search For A Star' bill at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday November 15. More...

Frank Maloney Promotions returns to London this Saturday night, November 15, when welterweight Scott Woolford leads a charge of young fighters looking to make their mark on the highly competitive British scene.

25 year old Woolford came of age in his recent clash with Matthew Hatton, giving the Manchester veteran all he could handle before losing the bitterly contested eight rounder on points. Facing Woolford, 8-2 (1), this Saturday is iron-chinned Essex mans Tom Glover, 5-5-3 (0), who has been thrown in the deep end with such hot prospects as Gareth Couch, Nadeem Siddique and Tristan Davies during his young career. More...

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© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing

Saturday night at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield, England new promoter Hayemaker Boxing hosted it’s first fight-night. The main event of the evening was Ryan Rhodes’s first defence of his second reign as British Light Middleweight titlist against Jamie Coyle of Scotland.

The crowds were noisy as rival Scottish and English fans taunted each other. Rhodes was clearly enjoying the support as he came in to the sports hall. Wearing black and white boxing attire, including skirt-like shorts, Rhodes entered the ring alongside trainer David Coldwell while his 'Lonsdale Belt' was held aloft.

Rhodes got off to a great start, keen to impress - the local man went after Coyle right from the bell. Finding it harder to settle in against his southpaw opponent - Coyle takes a solid body-shot and is ‘shoved’ on to the ropes and at this point, I was thinking this could be an early finish!

A good right punch lands on the face of Coyle and its impact could be clearly heard, but the Scot stood his ground and - although looking uncomfortable - ploughed in with some rangy shots. More...