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Hatton Boxing returns to Fenton Manor at Stoke on Trent, England on 9th February 2010 with a great fight card. Scott Lawton faces Leva Kirokosyan for the European Super Featherweight title in the main event.

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Tony Oakey is the Prizefighter Light Heavyweight Champion. Oakey, 33, claimed the title with a unanimous points decision victory over Oldham’s Darren Stubbs after a superb final. “I got better as the night went on,” said Oakey, who wins £25,000 for the …

© Lawrence Lustig Tony Oakey has vowed to prove the critics wrong by becoming Prizefighter Champion tonight. Portsmouth light-heavyweight Oakey, 33, has been defeated in his last two fights and lost his grip on the British and Commonwealth belts.

© Lawrence Lustig Courtney Fry has been installed as the bookmakers’ favourite to win Barry Hearn’s latest Prizefighter event tonight. Fry, who claimed a Gold Medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, is the favourite to take the £25,000 top prize in the light-heavyweights competition.

© Matchroom Sport Steve Spartacus aims to prove he is a true gladiator by becoming Prizefighter Champion on Friday. Spartacus, 32, is one of eight British light heavyweights in Barry Hearn’s next quick-fire Prizefighter tournament at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London.

© Lawrence Lustig The draw for the quarter-finals in next week’s Prizefighter has been made – and there promises to be some cracking encounters. Hotly-tipped pair Tony Oakey and Billy Boyle meet in what could be the tie of the opening round in the light-heavyweight tournament on Friday, February 20 …

The “Prizefighter” boxing series returns next month – and this time the light heavyweights get their chance to shine. This will be the fifth Prizefighter event and the thrilling format of three round contests has captured the public’s imagination. Once again, the historic York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, is …

Last Friday the 13th at the Mountbatten Center in Portsmouth, England produced a night of boxing that will be hard to beat anytime this year in terms of excitement. Topping the Frank Maloney promoted bill for ʽFriday Fright Nightʼ was Tony ʽOakey Kokeyʼ of Portsmouth and Dean ʽDeanoʼ Francis from …

A superb clash of light heavyweight champions took place last night at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England as British titlist Tony Oakey and Commonwealth king Dean Francis went at it tooth and nail on a Frank Maloney promotion. Francis dominated the first round as he picked off the always …

With their thrilling light heavyweight showdown looming tonight at Portsmouth, England’s Mountbatten Centre, British champion Tony Oakey and his Commonwealth counterpart Dean Francis have both leaped the final hurdle in their preparations as Oakey tipped the scales at 173 pounds (12 stone 5) while Francis came in at the divisional …

Tony Oakey steps into his hometown ring on Friday, June 13, 2008 on a card billed as “Fright Night”, to defend his British light heavyweight title against Commonwealth champion, the hard punching Dean Francis. Both of these fighters know that only one of them can go forward and loss will …

Now that Portsmouth has had time to reflect upon their historic FA Cup win, and the city has been dancing the Kan-Kan since May 17, it’s now time to change the music and dance the Oakey-Kokey as Portsmouth’s other favorite sporting star, Tony Oakey, steps into the ring on Friday, …