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British and Commonwealth Middleweight champion Darren Barker showed he has the potential to become a major sporting star on Saturday night when 625,000viewers tuned into ITV4’s Big Fight Live to watch him fulfil his life time ambition of being crowned the new British Middleweight Champion.

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Brentwood Leisure Centre in Essex, England, Hennessy Sports hosted a fightnight billed as ‘Winner Takes It All’. Headlining was to have been the vacant British Middleweight title clash between Darren Barker and ‘Mad Dog’ Wayne Elcock – but …

Darren Barker has been hit with late change of opponent ahead of tonight’s vacant British Middleweight title showdown at the Brentwood Centre. Former British Champ and original foe Wayne Elcock was forced to pull out earlier this week due to a stomach virus but promoter Mick Hennessy moved quickly to …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at Hatton Health & Fitness Centre in Hyde, England, Hatton Promotions hosted the official weigh-in ahead of this evening’s fight night staged at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was a relaxed and friendly atmosphere in the smart …

The top spot in the British lightweight rankings was up for grabs at the Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales last night and it was Gary Buckland who emerged the victor. The Cardiff based “Dynamo” squared off with surging Salisbury hard man Henry Castle, who rode a six bout winning streak …

It was a small hall Saturday in Britain with another installment of Barry Hearn’s “Prizefighter” series at London’s York Hall. This time it was the middleweights who were in action, producing a night of memorable fights in a tournament.of three round bouts. The show opened with one of the most …