As brash as he is slick, Deptford’s Anthony Small has warned British light middleweight champion Ryan Rhodes that he’s nothing but a stepping-stone en route to bigger honours for the switch-hitting Londoner.
Set to challenge Rhodes on March 28 at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, Small believes it is a fight Rhodes could have done without. (more…)
English super middleweight champion Paul David has delivered the verbal equivalent of a ground-and-pound on March 28 opponent Tony Quigley, assuring the Liverpool challenger that he’ll be free to fulfil his UFC dream after their 10 rounder at the Echo Arena.
“I heard Quigley’s looking to become a UFC fighter at some point; well, I’m going to make sure this is his last boxing match on March 28,†states David. “I’ll put his lights out and then he can run along to the UFC and live his dream. Boxing ain’t his thing.†(more…)
Liverpool super-middleweight Tony Quigley will box for his first professional title on March 28 at the Echo Arena, but admits he came close to ditching his punching career for a stint in mixed martial arts.
Set to face English champion Paul David at “Hayemaker 6:The Mersey Beatdown”, Quigley’s title shot brings an end to a period of frustration and disappointment, which threatened to lead the Scouser elsewhere in pursuit of kicks. (more…)
On Friday night at the Robin Park Arena, Wigan, England Andy Bell faced Lee Haskins in a British Super Flyweight title contest on a Frank Maloney promoted fight night billed as “The Explosive Thin Men!” Bell was making his first defence of the title he won in March against Stoke’s Chris Edwards.
Bellie, aka “The Iceman”, enters the ring wearing Doncaster colours of red and white alongside trainer Matt Scriven, who is himself a pro boxer. Haskins – fighting out of Chris Sanigar’s gym in Bristol – has won 17 of his 19 contests.
Just inside the first minute of round one, both men land on the floor in a wrestling type move. Little did we know that this would be the first of many wrestling falls thought out this contest.
Haskins has the more open-style of boxing, leaving the upper part of his body exposed and flicking the straight right up his taller opponent’s head. Both men land on the canvas again in a tangled bundling over – but Bell reaches down with both gloves to help his opponent up off the canvas. A messy first round. (more…)
Promoter Frank Maloney returns to Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England tonight, Friday, November 7, with an evening of competitive fights, featuring the best young talent fighting out of the UK today.
British super flyweight champion Andy Bell, 11-3 (3), faces his toughest test to date in the form of ex-Commonwealth flyweight titlist Lee Haskins, 17-2 (9), who has never lost while fighting below the bantamweight division. Bell has won seven straight, including the intense firefight against Chris Edwards eight months ago to win the British belt, but has yet to meet an opponent as crafty and experienced as Haskins, who must win at Robin Park if he is to realize ambitions to compete at European level. (more…)
In just two days time, British super flyweight champion Andy Bell has vowed to turn up the heat on challenger Lee Haskins and turn the canvas at Robin Park Centre into a hot coal carpet when the two meet this Friday in Wigan, England.
Bell put in a scorching performance to rip the Lonsdale belt away from Chris Edwards at the end of March and the towering 23 year old from Doncaster is preparing a hellish reception for Haskins. (more…)
Frank Maloney Promotions returns to the north of England on Friday, November 7 when Andy Bell puts his British super flyweight championship at risk against veteran southpaw Lee Haskins at the Robin Park Centre in the Manchester suburb of Wigan.
23 year old Nottingham man Bell clawed his way to the forefront of the UK super flyweight division by overcoming Chris Edwards in a thrilling slugfest that shattered the gritty Stoke grafter’s hold on the British title this past March. (more…)
Andy Bell aims to make up for missing out on Young Boxer of the Year by coming through a successful first defence of his British super-flyweight title. The Doncaster youngster risks his title when he faces Bristol southpaw Lee Haskins at Robin Park Arena on Friday, November 7. (more…)
Sunday, at the Sutton Sports Centre in St. Helens, Merseyside, England – Steve Woods / VIP Boxing hosted another great afternoon of boxing action!
Blackpool boxer Brian Rose was victorious – scoring a clear points win over Belgium’s Kobe Vandekerkhove in a six round light middleweight contest.
Roses’s trainer, Bobby Rimmer, told SaddoBoxing this morning “Brian boxed brilliantly – I’m very pleased with how he performed! Vandekerkhove is a tough boxer but he couldn’t get past Brian’s jab and I think he just drew on one round.
“Bri got cut over his left eye in round three which needed about four stitches, but Brian wasn’t bothered – he just gets on with it !”
Rose improves to 9 wins, no losses with two KOs and one draw while Vandekerkhove falls to 11-7-1 (5). (more…)
This Sunday at the Suttons Leisure Centre in St.Helens, Merseyside, England, Steve Woods of VIP Boxing will be hosting another action-packed fight event.
Billed as “HomeGrown” – the main event features local-boy Martin Murray, as he faces Belgian boxer Michael Recloux in a super middleweight contest. Murray hopes to add to his perfect record of 6 and 0 with another win.
Chief support will be Brian Rose, who trains out of Bobby Rimmer’s Boxing Academy in Manchester.
Rose faces another Belgian fighter, Kobe Vandekerkhore, in a middleweight contest. Popular Blackpool boxer Rose will be looking to improve on his record of 8 wins, no losses and 1 draw.
Other undercard bouts include: (more…)