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Darren Sutherland refused to become obsessed with James DeGale despite the Londoner’s Olympic success against the Dubliner. Beijing bronze medallist, Sutherland (2-0) bids to better DeGale at Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent on Friday when he faces Vepkhia Tchilaia in a super-middleweight six rounder.

Disappointed Scott Haywood will unleash his frustrations on Michael Frontin next week. The Derby dazzler has been fired up to meet Lenny Daws in an English light-welterweight title fight, but that scrap has been shelved until July. Haywood, 27, instead meets the London based Mauritian Michael Frontin (1-5-1) who is …

Red hot prospect Paul Edwards sees action for the third time this year as the flyweight will appear on Frank Maloney’s fight card this Friday at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent. The bill is action packed with scrappy British flyweight champion Chris Edwards defending his title against challenger Usman …

Chris Edwards will spend the rest of this year showing Britain’s young flyweights who is the daddy of the division. British and Commonwealth flyweight champion Edwards, 33, has young guns Usman Ahmed, Ashley Sexton and Paul Edwards bidding to shoot him down. Derby’s Ahmed, (5-1-1), gets the first crack when …

Gary Sykes believes he’ll be putting Dewsbury on the map for all the right reasons next week. Sykes (11-0) faces Manchester rival Anthony Crolla (13-1) in an eliminator for the British super-featherweight title at Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent on May 29. The West Yorkshire town hit the headlines for …

Former English light welterweight titlist Scott Haywood makes his return to the ring on the undercard of the Chris Edwards vs. Ahmed Usman British flyweight title clash on Friday, May 29 in Stoke, England. Haywood, 19-3 (4), was last seen in the squared circle at Barnsley Metrodome in February during …

Darren Sutherland bids to get one over bitter Olympic rival James DeGale at Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent on May 29. The Dubliner will face Georgian Vepkhia Tchilaia (9-8) who took Olympic gold medallist DeGale the distance on his professional debut in February.

A tremendous battle between super feather prospects has been added to Frank Maloney’s May 29 fight card at Fenton Manor Sports Complex In Stoke. Undefeated Dewsbury stylist Gary Sykes meets popular Manchester grafter Anthony Crolla in a British title eliminator that supports the main event featuring reigning champion Chris Edwards …

Scott Lawton predicts Impact Boxing stablemate Chris Edwards will topple Usman Ahmed in eight rounds later this month. Edwards, 12-13-3, risks his British and Commonwealth flyweight titles against Britain’s tiniest fighter in his hometown at Stoke-on-Trent’s Fenton Manor Sports Complex on May 29. Lawton said: “It’s a hard fight, but …

Darren Sutherland is at loggerheads with promoter Frank Maloney over the quality of his opponents. Ireland’s Olympic bronze medallist believes he is ready to step up in class after impressive KO wins against Georgi Iliev and Siarhei Navarka in his first two professional fights.

Britain’s tiniest fighter Usman Ahmed will be thinking big when he challenges reigning champion Chris Edwards for his British and Commonwealth flyweight titles later this month. ‘Ussie’, 27, who weighs just 7st 7lb [105 pounds] travels into the hometown of battle-hardened Edwards, 12-13-3, at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent, …

Tickets are now available for Kell Brook’s bid to win a Lonsdale belt outright against Young Mutley on May 22. The British welterweight title fight – Brook’s third defence of his title – takes place at historic York Hall, in London’s Bethnal Green. Also on the card is a British …