Ringside Boxing Report: Wigan, England
By Jane Warburton May 24th, 2008 All Boxing Results, Ringside Boxing© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing
Last night at the Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England, Steve Woods / VIP Boxing promoted a fight night of seven contests - on the eve of Ricky Hatton’s ‘HomeComing.’
The ‘Bill’ was to have headlined the much anticipated re-match between Michael Gomez and Peter McDonagh but Gomez is now to fight Amir Khan on 21st June. Gomez was ringside to support stablemate - Jack Arnfield of Bobby Rimmers’ Boxing Academy.
Top of the ‘bill’ saw Brett Flourney of Merseyside outpoint Ukranian Vladimir Borovski in a six-round welterweight contest. Southpaw Flourney landed some solid body-shots and right punches but Borovski is a tough fighter who seemed undeterred by the shots.
The Ukranian is quite a character and did quite a bit of showboating! Calling Flourney ‘on’ - gesturing that it didn’t hurt - what else have you got!’ and laughing. He even took time to glance up at the crowds and ‘egg’ them on! But Flourney kept focused and won the contest by 60-54. He didn’t look happy with the performance as he went back to his corner - shaking his head, but it’s another win for the Mersey-man who improves to 9 wins and no losses. More...















































