UK Weekend Roundup
In Sheffield on Friday night, Jez Wilson won the vacant British Masters Gold Middleweight Title by first round TKO. Wilson of Sheffield defeated Taz Jones of Abercynon, Wales in one and a half minutes. The ‘Fire on Ice’ fight-night promoted by Glyn Rhodes featured seven undercard bouts.
At Burton-on-Trent, Steven Pearce of Stourbridge won the vacant Midlands Area Welterweight Title. Pearce scored a fifth round TKO over Luke Gallear of Derby.
The PJ Rowson Fight-night featured three undercard fights from local boxers.
At the Wythenshawe Forum, Manchester, local man Jimmy Kilrain Kelly junior scored a first round KO over Simone Lucas of Nottingham.
The Steve Wood / VIP Promotions fight-night featured 5 undercard bouts.
In Southampton, local man Matty Tew lost to Santiago Bustos of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, by third round KO.
In Sheffield on Saturday night, Lewis Taylor of Dronfield, Derbyshire, won the vacant International Masters (Bronze) middleweight title by sixth round KO over Greg O’Neill of Horden, County Durham.
The Dennis Hobson promoted fight-night featured six undercard bouts.
In Swansea, Wales, Tobias Webb of Swansea won the vacant Welsh Area Super Middleweight Title when opponent Lewis Patterson of Cardiff was forced to retire at the end of the fourth with a hand injury.
In Lincolnshire, Ryan Clark of Navenby lost out to Martin Concepcion by TKO in the seventh. Concepcion of Leicester wins the vacant Midlands Area Super Middleweight Title.
Also on the Carl Greaves promoted fight-night, Amir Unsworth of Sleaford won the vacant British Masters light-welterweight title by out-pointing Chris Truman of Birmingham.
In Johannesburg, South Africa, Matthew ‘Magic’ Hatton of Manchester was outpointed by South African Chris Van Heerden. Van Heerden retains his IBO Welterweight Title. On the same Bill, Matty Clarkson of Preston won his contest by seventh round TKO over the local man – Tshepang Mohale.
We hear that Eddie Hearn of Matchroom signed George Groves today. Groves (who was with Promoter Frank Warren) will now box on the 9th March Wembley show against Argentine Dario German Balmaceda – instead of his scheduled March 16th fight.
And finally, Olympic Boxer Luke Campbell has skated his way in to next week’s final of ‘Dancing on ice’. Last night, skaters ‘took to the air’ in their ‘flying routines’ and I must admit it was fantastic to watch. Despite a bit of motion-sickness, Luke performed well. Not so for this week’s evictee – Rugby Legend Gareth Thomas – who suffered so badly with motion-sickness that he could not continue the competition. Luke competes in the final against celebrity skaters Matt Lapinskas of Eastenders and Olympic Gymnast – Beth Tweddle in a battle for this year’s accolade.