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Joe Murray insists he’ll be ready for his first professional title after sorting out David Chianella. The Beijing Olympian will be bidding for his ninth straight professional win when he faces former Italian featherweight champion David Chianella at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Friday November 26. Murray, 23, hasn’t lost a …

© Lawrence Lustig The ten boxers lined-up for Prizefighter Super-Middleweights at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Wednesday June 30 live on Sky Sports began the countdown to the show with today’s promotional shoot at Sky Sports studios in London. The eight starters on the night were joined by the two …

Barry McGuigan has called for the Prizefighter Super Middleweights to match the heart and strength of Willie “Big Bang” Casey when the aim to lift the trophy on Wednesday June 30, live on Sky Sports. Irish legend McGuigan was ringside when Casey stormed to victory in the super-welterweights the last …

Tony Jeffries got one up on potential rivals James Degale and Carl Froch when he won the Lonsdale Challenge in Nottingham. The challenge involved the three boxers taking part in a variety of exercises against the clock to see who could register the most repetitions. It was held to mark …

Hayemaker Boxing have offered Frank Warren Promotions a sum of £50,000 for their super-middleweight prospect James Degale to box George Groves on April 3rd at Manchester’s M.E.N Arena. Should the fight go ahead, Degale’s duel with Groves would act as one of the chief support contests to David Haye’s WBA …

At the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England last night, WBA light welter titlist Amir Khan made short work of mandatory challenger Dmitriy Salita. Making the first defense of his world title belt, Khan was facing an undefeated yet untested challenger in the form of Salita and that gulf in …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Frank Maloney promoted a fight-night headlined by local-man Chris Edwards’ first defence of his British and Commonwealth flyweight titles. Billed as ‘Lord of the Flys’, Edwards faced Derby boxer Usman ‘Uzzy’ …

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 …