**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England, Hennessy Sports hosted a fight night which saw Manchester’s John Murray successfully defend his British Lightweight title for the first time in a gruelling contest against ‘Aberdeen Assassin’ Lee McAllister. A sea of yellow t-shirts awaited McAllister,…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing **With Slideshow** Yesterday at the Wrightington Hotal and Country Club in Wrightington, Wigan, England, Hennessy Promotions staged the official weigh-in for this evening’s fight night, headlined by the British Lightweight title clash between John Murray and Lee McAllister. A smiling Lee McAllister, 27-1 (5), was…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at the Wrightington Hotel and Country Club in Wigan, England, Hennessy Sports hosted a press conference ahead of Saturday’s fight night headlined by John Murray vs. Lee “The Aberdeen Assassin” McAllister for Murray’s British Lightweight title. Sitting at top table were heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury, Team…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Tyson Fury, British boxing’s biggest new star, has taken on a risky second professional fight at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan on Saturday, 17th January against an opponent who has won 20 of his 21 wins by stoppage with only three losses. Former ABA champion Fury (Manchester) made…
WBC World Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch has directed his venom at Jermain Taylor and his team after a boxing website suggested that Froch was sidelined until June with a rib injury. Froch believes it’s just another in a long line of tactics for Taylor and his promoter Lou DiBella to avoid facing…
John Murray is getting ready to make Lee McAllister pay for calling him a ‘cry baby’ when they fight for the Hennessy Sports boxer’s British Lightweight title on Saturday, January 17. Murray, of Manchester, will make the first defence of his title at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan and ITV4 will show the action…
Wayne Elcock and Matthew Macklin will square off in the ‘Battle of Brum’, the biggest Birmingham boxing derby in living memory at the Aston Arena on Saturday, March 14. The fight Birmingham has been waiting for will become reality when Elcock makes the second defence of his British Middleweight title against mandatory challenger Macklin, who…
Lenny Daws will now challenge Dean Harrison for the vacant English Light Welterweight title and is confident that a late change in opponent will not throw him off course in his ambition to become British champion again in 2009. The Morden boxer was supposed to box Scott Haywood but he has relinquished the title so…
British Lightweight Champion John Murray is aiming to make an early impression in 2009 and he believes he will become one of Britain’s new boxing stars this year. The Manchester lightweight defends his British crown against Lee McAllister at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan on Saturday, January 17, 2009, in a fight that will…
On Saturday, December 6, the main event in boxing proved to be the one sided fight between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya. However, in Nottingham, England, one of the very best bouts of the year took place. Jean Pascal of Montreal lost a unanimous 12 round decision to Carl Froch, in a contest…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Brentwood Centre in Essex, England, “Dazzling” Darren Barker of Barnet, London, defended his Commonwealth Middleweight title against Jason McKay of Northern Ireland. In a Hennessy Sports promotion, Barker makes his second defence of the title he won by defeating Steve Bendall in February…
Hennessy Sports puts on a “do” tonight at the International Centre in Brentwood, England tonight and a Commonwealth Middleweight title scrap between reigning champion Darren Barker and challenger Jason McKay leads the way. Barker, 18-0 (11), has certainly earned the nickname “Dazzling” with good performances against his last three opponents, Larry Sharpe, Steve Bendall and…