**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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Lee McAllister believes boxing away from his home in Aberdeen will bring out the best in him when he challenges John Murray for the British Lightweight title at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan on Saturday, January 17, 2009. In a fight that will be shown live on ITV4, Murray, …
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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, …
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John Murray has long been a favorite among the English boxing fraternity and the Manchester man delivered the goods against Lee Meager during a hard-nosed scrap in July, winning the British title. But keeping the belt could prove harder than winning it. Just 24, Murray has racked up a 25-0 …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Undercard Of John Murray vs. Lee Meager
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England also saw an exciting and entertaining undercard. Former IBO Champion Brian Magee of Belfast faced Simeon Cover of Worksop in a six round super middleweight contest. Cover, of the Ingle’s stable, has …
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**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Newly crowned British Lightweight Champion John Murray could be making his first defence against Martin Gethin after Gethin waged a very exciting fight against Ingle Camp boxer Nadeem Siddique on the undercard of Murray vs. Lee Meager on Friday night at the …
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**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing What a fantastic night of boxing last night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England! Hennessy Sports promoted the fight night, billed as Strictly Business, in which Mancunians and mates – John Murray and Lee Meager – slugged it out for …
Read More »Boxing Weigh-In: Lee Meager vs. John Murray
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was all smiles yesterday as Hennessy Sports hosted the official weigh-in ahead of tonight’s clash between fellow Mancunians (and mates!) John Murray and Lee Meager. In an aptly named ‘Strictly Business’ fightnight, Meager and Murray will slug it out for the vacant British …
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© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England Hennessy Sports hosts an exciting night of boxing billed as ‘Strictly Business’, which headlines John Murray and Lee Meager’s clash over the vacant British Lightweight title. But also looking forward to his fight on …
Read More »Hennessy Sports Boxing: “Strictly Business” Could Be Fight Of The Year
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Promoter Mick Hennessy believes his boxers Lee Meager and John Murray can produce the best domestic fight of the year when they meet tomorrow, Friday, July 11, 2008.
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