Explosive Thin Men: Bell vs. Haskins For British Title

ByBoxing Press

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.

To keep hold of his prized possession and seven fight win streak, Bell, 11-3 (3), must hold off cagey left hander Lee Haskins as the Bristol based blazer has vowed to return to the lighter weight ranks and recapture the glory of his reign as Commonwealth flyweight champion.

Haskins, 17-2 (9), has never lost a fight waged below the bantamweight division and the 24 year old’s hands down, punches from all angles style should produce a fiery display when pitted against the high volume attack of Bell.

Chief support at Robin Park Centre is provided by the first title defense of English super bantam titlist Mark Moran, 10-0-1 (3), of Liverpool who faces the challenge of former European, British and Commonwealth champion Esham Pickering, 33-7 (13), of Newark.

Manchester welterweight Mark Thompson, 17-1 (10), meets hardened Scotsman Andrew Ferrans, 24-8-2 (8), of New Cummock in an eight rounder while the Harrow flash, Akaash Bhatia, 12-0 (3), steps up against former English super bantam titlist Marc Callaghan, 19-14-1 (4), of Barking over the same distance at featherweight.

A trio of six rounders are also on the bill as light middle stylist Thomas McDonagh, 32-1-3 (6), of Manchester swaps punches with Lincoln based multi-weight scrapper Michael Monaghan, 17-23 (2), St. Helens middleweight Martin Murray, 9-0 (3), takes on Liverpool slugger Graham Delehedy, 9-4-1 (7), while another scouser, super middle Tony Quigley, 11-1 (4), of Liverpool trades leather with towering Welshman Nathan King, 12-11 (1), of Mountain Ash.

In four round action, cruiserweight John Lewis Dickinson of Newcastle meets seasoned centurion Paul Bonson of Featherstone while Manchester lightweight Karl Place and Liverpool bantamweight Paul Edwards are also scheduled to appear in separate bouts.

Frank Maloney Promotions presents “The Explosive Thin Men”, featuring Andy Bell vs. Lee Haskins for the Super Flyweight Championship of Britain, supported by full undercard, at Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England on Friday, November 7, 2008.

Tickets are priced at £70 and £30 and are available by logging onto www.frankmaloney.com or by calling the Box Office at 0871 226 1508.

Sky Sports will televise the action live on SS1 starting at 9:30pm.