James “Jazza” Dickens’ love of boxing is as strong as ever, despite him falling short at British title level in September. The stylist southpaw from Liverpool returns to action on December 14, when he defends his English Super-bantamweight crown against Barnsley’s tough Josh Wale and he’s counting down the days.
Read More »Hatton Promotions’ Aussies Look To End 2013 With A Bang
Hatton Promotions’ Australian trio will each look to close out 2013 by extending their unbeaten records. Hard-hitting heavyweight Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne will keep busy against old foe Clarence Tillman at the Melbourne Pavilion on Friday, December 13. Two days before that, 2012 Olympians Damien “Super” Hooper and Cameron “The …
Read More »Hitman Tips Crolla vs. Foster Jr To Be A Genuine Cracker
Ricky Hatton thinks this weekend’s derby match-up between Stephen Foster Jnr and Anthony Crolla will be a cracker. Salford’s Foster Jnr has been handed the chance to appear on the undercard of the big Froch v Groves bill after Crolla’s original opponent, British lightweight champion Martin Gethin, was forced to …
Read More »Josh Wale Confident He Can Exploit Weakness Of Dickens
Barnsley’s Josh Wale believes he can exploit a chink in the armour of James ‘Jazza’ Dickens, which Wale believes was exposed in September by Dickens’ previous opponent Kid Galahad. Wale challenges the Scouse southpaw for the English Super-bantamweight crown on December 14 and feels he has the tools to hand …
Read More »The Hitman Says Pryce Heading For Rabchenko Sticker Shock
Ricky Hatton, MBE, says Bradley Pryce will get a “shock” when he faces Sergey Rabchenko in Bulgaria on Saturday night. Pryce agreed to take the European and WBC Silver Light-middleweight title clash after French southpaw Cedric Vitu sustained an injury and Hatton says the Welshman doesn’t know what he’s let …
Read More »James Jazza Dickens Looks Past Josh Wale To Galahad Rematch
James ‘Jazza’ Dickens says he cannot wait to return to the ring and put right the mistakes he made in his British Super-bantamweight title clash with Kid Galahad two months ago. The plucky Scouser defends his English title against Barnsley’s tough Josh Wale at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, …
Read More »Sergey Rabchenko Faces New Foe After Vitu Withdraws
Sergey Rabchenko will now defend his European and WBC silver light-middleweight titles against tough Welshman Bradley Pryce, in Bulgaria next Saturday, November 16. Rabchenko was due to take on mandatory challenger Cedric Vitu, but the French southpaw has withdrawn after reportedly injuring his wrist in training.
Read More »Wood Fight Off, Martin Murray Rebounds On Manchester Bill
Martin Murray‘s WBA interim middleweight title defence against Garth Wood has unfortunately fallen through, but the St Helens man has been given the opportunity to box on another massive bill. The 31-year-old was due to face Wood in Sydney on December 11. However, he will now take on an, as …
Read More »Bulgarian Bound Rabchenko Vows To Break Vitu
Sergey Rabchenko has no intention of leaving his rematch with Cedric Vitu in the hands of the judges. Their first encounter, which came on the undercard of Ricky Hatton’s comeback clash with Vyacheslav Senchenko last year, ended with Rabchenko winning by a split decision.
Read More »Browne Promises Leather Raindance To End Australian Drought
Manager Matt Clark says Lucas Browne will attempt to end an Aussie jinx if he beats Richard Towers this Saturday. The unbeaten heavyweight punchers clash in an eliminator for David Price’s Commonwealth strap in Hull and Clark believes his charge has the tools to end 121 years of hurt for …
Read More »Ricky Hatton Tips Towers vs. Browne To Steal The Show
Ricky Hatton says Richard Towers and Lucas Browne’s Heavyweight battle will be a showstopper at the Hull Ice Arena on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports. Towers and Browne clash in an eliminator for the Commonwealth title and, as promoter of both men, ‘The Hitman’ knows exactly what to expect …
Read More »Etches, Mendez Play Spin The Bottle With Weight Classes
Adam Etches will now face Alexandre Mendez for the vacant IBF super-middleweight youth title at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena tonight. Originally the Yorkshireman was to defend his middleweight crown against the Brazilian banger, but questions over Mendez’s weight has prompted the IBF to sanction the contest 8lbs north.
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