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The first Prizefighter tournament of 2011 sees the light-heavyweights take over Olympia in London on Saturday January 29 – with Sky Sports showing it in 3D for the first time. The 16th edition of Matchroom Sport’s eight-man one-night tournament breaks new ground again as just the second boxing show to …

Click the above Image for more Photos Last week, Saddoboxing.com went along to Shinfields Gym, Somercotes, Derbyshire, to see how Ovill McKenzie is shaping up ahead of his clash with Tony Bellew on the 11th December. McKenzie will face Bellew for the Commonwealth (British Empire) Light-Heavyweight Title. ‘Bomber’ Bellew of …

The World’s only Arab Heavyweight Ali Adams made a spectacular return to the ring, following his points defeat by Matt Skelton at the Matchroom Sports Prizefighter – Heavyweights 4 back in October, by knocking out Battersea’s fighting fireman Nick Okoth. On Monday evening the Heavyweight bout featuring Ali Adams and …

Gary Buckland struck a mighty blow to Derry Mathews’ ribs to win the Prizefighter Super-Featherweights tournament at York Hall, Bethnal Green on a memorable night for British boxing. The Welshman destroyed British champion Gary Sykes with a devastating knock out in the opening round of their semi-final before claiming the …

© Lawrence Lustig Gary McArthur says he is the danger-man in the line-up for Saturday’s Prizefighter Super-Featherweights live on Sky Sports.

Ben Murphy has drawn WBU/WBF Featherweight Champion Choi Tseveenpurev in the first round of the Matchroom Sports Prizefighter – Super Featherweights which takes place at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Saturday 20th November. Following a training session, at the Ultrachem TKO Gym in Canning Town, Ben simply stated, …

Click the above Image for more Photos The Manchester Evening News Arena for the second time this year hosts a World Heavyweight Championship fight when the battle of Britain takes place between David Haye and Audley Harrison tonight. For Haye, this is the second defence of the championship he won …

Click the above Image for more Photos Saturday, November 13th we will be treated to the biggest all British heavyweight world title fight since Lennox Lewis took on Frank Bruno back in 1993. David Haye, 24-1 (22), defends his WBA title against Audley Harrison, 27-4 (20), at the MEN Arena …

Prizefighter winners Gavin Rees and Willie Casey both face major title fights on Saturday 6 November. Welshman Rees takes on unbeaten Liverpool fighter John Watson for the vacant British lightweight title at the Newport Leisure Centre, while Irishman Casey meets fellow countryman Paul Hyland in the first ever all-Irish battle …

Former WBF Super Featherweight Champion Carl Greaves will be featuring local fighters at his upcoming ‘The Boyz Are Back In Town’ event at the Grove Leisure Centre in Newark, Notts on Saturday 20th November. Headlining the show will be former International Masters Light Middleweight Champion Kevin Hammond, who will be …

Unbeaten British Super-Featherweight champion Gary Sykes is the eighth and final fighter signed up for the first Prizefighter Super-Featherweight tournament on November 20 at York Hall, Bethnal Green. Sykes completes what organisers Matchroom Sport have called “the strongest line-up in Prizefighter history”, joining The Mongolian Warrior Choi Tseveenpurev, Coronation Street …

© stevebellactor.co.uk Coronation Street actor Steve Bell is swapping the cobbled streets of Weatherfield for the boxing ring as he aims to win the Prizefighter Super-Featherweight tournament on Saturday November 20.