Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Saturday night, at Oldham Leisure Centre, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a fight-night which featured two Title bouts. The much anticipated rematch between Lee Purdy of Colchester and Craig Watson of Manchester saw ‘Lights out’ Purdy retain his belt with a focussed performance over popular Oldham-born…
Craig Watson believes he will wipe out another loss when he attempts to regain the British welterweight title this weekend. Southpaw Watson, 28, faces Lee Purdy for his old crown at Oldham Sports Centre tomorrow night (July 16), having lost in five rounds to the Essex man in April.
Craig Watson insists that arch rival Lee Purdy will not ruin his summer in the sun. Revenge minded Watson attempts to regain the British welterweight title in his rematch against the Colchester man at Oldham Sports Centre on Saturday night (July 16). Purdy stunned Watson back in April, stopping Oldham’s favourite fighting son in five…
Lee Purdy hopes successfully defending his British welterweight crown against Craig Watson this weekend will book a return clash against Denton Vassell. Colchester’s Purdy narrowly lost on points to Vassell in a Commonwealth title challenge last year, but in April shocked Watson to become British champion.
Craig Watson’s revenge mission is little more than a week away, and the Hatton Promotions welterweight has no doubt about the outcome. “This is payback time,†promised Watson as he prepared for his hometown challenge against British welterweight champion Lee Purdy at Oldham Sports Centre on Saturday 16th July.
Lee Purdy believes he cannot go wrong in his British welterweight title defence against Craig Watson. The Colchester man believes training alongside European middleweight champion Darren Barker has fired him up to beat Watson again. Purdy, 24, caused a huge upset in April snatching the crown from Watson with a magnificent fifth round stoppage.
WBA Bantamweight Champion Anselmo Moreno retained his belt last night at Figali Convention Center in Panama City with a points decision over challenger Rolly Matsushita after twelve rounds of spirited combat. Since taking the title in Germany from Wladimir Sidorenko, Moreno, 24-1-1 (8), has been a busy champ, defending the crown in September against Mexico’s…