At the Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, on Saturday night, Marc Leach of Salford won an English Bantamweight Title Eliminator by stopping Louis Norman in round 2. Norman was on the canvas three times before Referee John Latham waved the fight off – with the Shepshed man looking dazed as he stood for the count. Livewire Leach…
Despite the David Price fight being cancelled – it was still a great night at Bolton Friday night. The Johnney Roye – MTK Promotions show at the Bolton Whites Hotel (Macron Stadium) was slimmed down to nine fights in total but featured a couple of crackers. Home boxer Ben Sheedy of Sale faced uber-motivated Matthew…
At the Greenbank Sports Academy, Liverpool, last night, MTK Promotions hosted a show which featured five contests. A thrilling headlining bout saw a Liverpool Derby between locals Brian Philips and Nick Ball. Punches were flying in from both men – with each finding success but Phillips took a head shot in the second which shook…
At the Kings Hall, Stoke, on Friday night, Rob Hunt of Stafford won the British Welterweight Challenge Belt with a points’ victory (78-76) over home fighter Ryan ‘Stewart’ Davies of Tividale. The eight round contest was action-packed and saw Davies sustain a cut to the left brow in the last round. Errol Johnson of BCB…
Steve Wood – VIP Promotions hosted a ten fight card at the Bolton Whites Hotel on Saturday night which saw home-boxers James Moorcroft and Jack Cullen win ‘Challenge Belts’. Jack Cullen (Little Lever) v Emmanuel Moussinga (Stourbridge via Switzerland and Cameroon) 8 x 3 Middleweight Contest – Challenge Belt Confident Cullen dominates the opening minute…
Last night, at the Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Carl Greaves Promotions in association with Impact Boxing – hosted a show featuring six contests. The main bout saw Jamal Le Doux of Hanley lose out to Adam Jones of Denaby Main 57-58 in a six round light-heavyweight contest. The first couple of rounds looked fairly even and…
Carl Greaves Promotions and Impact Boxing hosted a night of boxing on Saturday at the Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent. Proceedings commenced with the ten-bell salute for Chris Edwards, the former Flyweight and Super-Flyweight champion who suddenly passed away just over a week ago aged 41. The five-bout card on Saturday night headlined Josh Groombridge v Emmanuel…
On Saturday night, Liam Conroy of Barrow-in-Furness retained the English Light-Heavyweight Title with a second round TKO over Miles Shinkwin of Bushey, Hertfordshire. A right to the head in the second round followed by a number of clubbing rights to the head left Shinkwin looking dazed. Conroy backed him into the neutral corner and subjected…
Saturday night, at the Genting Arena, Birmingham, Errol Johnson’s BCB (Black Country Boxing) Promotions presented a great night of boxing. The show billed as ‘Now or Never’ – a reference to Frankie Gavin who was to have fought for an IBO title which fell through earlier this month – featured ten contests including four title…
At the Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, last night, Luke Caci of Newcastle-under-Lyme secured a points victory (78-74) over Chris Dutton of Sheffield to win the British Challenge Belt on his fifth professional outing. Errol Johnson’s BCB Promotions show billed as ‘On the March’ featured seven contests in all. Local boxer Kieron McLaren had been scheduled to…
At the Robin Park Centre, Wigan, on Saturday night, Dale Coyne of Ancoats scored an 80-73 points victory over Ben Davies of Barnsley in a thrilling Super-Middleweight contest. It was toe-to-toe action throughout, with both men – heads up close – digging in the body-shots. The work-rate from Coyne was relentless and Davies did well…
At The Venue, Edgbaston, on Saturday night, Liam Conroy of Barrow-in-Furness successfully defended his English Light-Heavyweight Title by stopping Southampton’s Chris Hobbs in round nine. Hobbs, who had sustained a cut to the left brow, bravely battled the champion in what became a rough and messy scrap at times – with both men getting warned…