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Hatton Promotions are planning non-stop boxing this summer with three major shows, proving they are Britain’s busiest promoters. The first dazzling show takes place in front of the Sky TV cameras at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena on Saturday June 18 when Martin Murray meets Nick Blackwell in a battle for …

Carl Dilks says he will banish the memory of his cruel semi-final defeat in his last Prizefighter outing when he lines-up in the Super-Middleweights II in Liverpool’s Olympia on March 23. Dilks defeated Bob Ajisafe in the quarter-finals of the Light-Heavyweights event in February 2009 and faced Darren Stubbs in …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Saturday night at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in Manchester, England, lightweight John Murray won the division’s biggest domestic showdown as he stopped Jon Thaxton in the fourth round. Local hero Murray regained the British title he lost on the scales in …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Indoor Sports Centre in Leigh, England, Frank Maloney hosted a fight night headlined by the British Super Bantamweight title clash between Jason Booth and Mark Moran. Booth was scheduled to fight Lee Haskins for the British super flyweight …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Tony Oakey is the Prizefighter Light Heavyweight Champion. Oakey, 33, claimed the title with a unanimous points decision victory over Oldham’s Darren Stubbs after a superb final. “I got better as the night went on,” said Oakey, who wins £25,000 for the …

© Lawrence Lustig Tony Oakey has vowed to prove the critics wrong by becoming Prizefighter Champion tonight. Portsmouth light-heavyweight Oakey, 33, has been defeated in his last two fights and lost his grip on the British and Commonwealth belts.

© Lawrence Lustig Courtney Fry has been installed as the bookmakers’ favourite to win Barry Hearn’s latest Prizefighter event tonight. Fry, who claimed a Gold Medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, is the favourite to take the £25,000 top prize in the light-heavyweights competition.

© Matchroom Sport Steve Spartacus aims to prove he is a true gladiator by becoming Prizefighter Champion on Friday. Spartacus, 32, is one of eight British light heavyweights in Barry Hearn’s next quick-fire Prizefighter tournament at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London.

© Lawrence Lustig The draw for the quarter-finals in next week’s Prizefighter has been made – and there promises to be some cracking encounters. Hotly-tipped pair Tony Oakey and Billy Boyle meet in what could be the tie of the opening round in the light-heavyweight tournament on Friday, February 20 …

The “Prizefighter” boxing series returns next month – and this time the light heavyweights get their chance to shine. This will be the fifth Prizefighter event and the thrilling format of three round contests has captured the public’s imagination. Once again, the historic York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, is …

Friday night, in a Matchroom Sports promoted fightnight at Eston Sports Academy, Middlesbrough, England, homeboy – Paul Truscott defeated Ghanaian – Osumanu Akaba to take the vacant Commonwealth Featherweight title. This was Truscottʼs 11th professional win in less than two years as a professional and heʼd never previously fought past …