Unbeaten Light Middleweight teen sensation Siar Ozgul is set for a tough test later this month, when he takes on Nottingham’s hugely experienced Matt ‘Scriv’ Scriven on the Dave Murphy Acourtier Events promoted “Capital Punishment” mega-event at York Hall on Saturday 25th October, 2014. (more…)
On Sunday October 10th, just one month after convincingly defeating the highly experienced Matt Scriven on the undercard of the magnificent title double header ‘It’s Personal’ event, ‘Dynamo’ Daryl Setterfield is set to be back in action in a rematch with Ryan Toms, at the Miranda Carter Left Jab Promotions ‘10: 10: 10:’ event at York Hall, Bethnal Green, London.
The close loss to Toms still irks Setterfield, who was looking to build on the sensational knock out win over unbeaten championship prospect Darren Hamilton back in March. (more…)
Saturday night, at Fit City in Broughton, Salford, England, Bridgewater Professional Boxing and Hatton Promotions staged an all-action fightcard which headlined popular Mancunian – Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla as he faced veteran Sid Razak.
Anthony Crolla (Manchester) v Sid Razak (Birmingham)
6 Round Super Featherweight Contest
Crolla dominated this contest from the ‘off’. Targeting the body of Razak – it started to get uncomfortable to watch – as Crolla landed shot after shot while the Birmingham man covered up.
Crolla gets the decisive points victory (60-54) and improves to 17 wins (6 by KO) and 2 losses while Razak drops to 4 wins (1 by KO) and 44 losses (3 by KO). (more…)
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There was high drama at the historic Old Market Square in Nottingham today when Andre “The Matrix†Dirrell failed to make the weight at the first time of asking ahead of his Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown with Carl “The Cobra†Froch at the Trent FM Arena tomorrow night. (more…)
Friday night, at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England, First Team Promotions (PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson) staged a five-card fight night billed as ‘Big Bother’.
The headliner was Steve Saville’s defence of the British Masters light welter title.
‘Bomber’ was expected to face Jon Baguley in a ten round contest – but a last minute change of opponent saw Youssef Al Hamidi step in.
Also on the card Lyndsey Scragg faced Big Brother star Angel McKenzie, in an eight round super featherweight contest. (more…)
Friday night, at the Velodrome in Manchester, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a fight night which would prove to be an all-action bill culminating in another war from returning Mancunian, Michael Brodie.
Billed as ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’, the fight card consisted of seven contests. Encircled by the indoor cycling track, the ring looked impressive with its lighting ‘rig’ and plasma screens.
The main and last fight of the night was well worth the wait! After a break of four years, former featherweight champion Michael Brodie made his come-back last night in spectacular style.
Who could forget the Brodie v. Injin Chi WBA title fights in 2003 and 2004? Last night’s fight was in true Brodie-style – another bloody war. (more…)
There were two fight cards in the UK last night with former world champions Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe as promoters.
Hatton’s bill took place at the Velodrome in his hometown of Manchester and featured a brace of six and four rounders.
The big name on the bill was that of ex-European, Commonwealth and British super bantam champion Michael Brodie, 35-3-2 (23), who had been out of the ring since losing a WBO
Returning as a super feather, the 35 year old local hero felt the ring rust acutely as he was dropped by opponent Mark Alexander, 8-4 (0), of London in the first and third frames before finding his rhythm to stop Alexander at 1:25 of the fourth after landing a perfect right hand. (more…)
Last night at Crowtree Leisure Centre in Sunderland, England, Frank Maloney hosted a fight night which would feature three title fights and one title eliminator.
The event – billed as ‘Fighting on Home Soil’ was headlined by Jamie Moore, Rendall Munroe and Danny Williams. There would also be a British Light Middleweight title eliminator between Sam Webb and Thomas McDonagh, and Tony Jeffries would fight in front of a home-crowd as he took on German boxer Roy Meissner.
With a total of eleven contests, last night would prove to be an exciting-all action evening – not least because it would provide the lead-up for Sky Sports viewers to the Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton fight in Las Vegas.
It might not have been the MGM Grand – but the 1600 fans crammed into the Sunderland venue were looking forward to a great night of boxing – and they weren’t disappointed! (more…)
There were two other ʽtitleʼ fights on Saturday night at the Brentwood Centre, Essex, as Brian Magee faced Stevie McGuire for the vacant British Super Middleweight belt and Lee Purdy met Peter McDonagh for the British Southern Area Light Welterweight crown.
Irish-born ʽConnemara Kidʼ McDonough – now residing in Bermondsey, London, has a 12-13 (2) record coming into the bout while his younger opponent, Lee ʽLights Outʼ Purdy, hails from Colchester and is undefeated – boasting an 8-0-1 (5) CV.
In round one, McDonagh circles his opponent, whipping out the left straight while Purdy looks on, seemingly waiting to counter with a big punch. McDonagh is accurate as he picks away at the face of Purdy – while the Colchester man is a little off-target, but starts to settle in towards the latter half of the first frame. (more…)