Ringside Boxing

Pat Barrett of BlackFlash Promotions hosted an evening of boxing last night at the Middleton Arena, which showcased four contests. The headlining bout saw a thrilling, all-action contest between Matty Ryan of Middleton and William Warburton of Atherton in which Ryan secured the points’ win 58-57. Before the main event, …

Errol Johnson of Black Country Boxing Promotions hosted a dinner show at the Holiday Inn, Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, last night. The show, billed as ‘the Next Step’ featured three contests. There were wins for all three home boxers: brothers Tom and Josh Stokes of West Bromwich and Leon Gower of …

Friday night, at the H Suite / The Venue, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Errol Johnson of Black Country Boxing Promotions, hosted a five-bout show which headlined the Cruiserweight Classic Challenge Title in which Dilbag ‘Dilly’ Singh was victorious by TKO round 4. Singh of Coventry faced Josh Burke of Wolverhampton over a …

Manchester’s ‘Genius’ Joe Murray made short work of opponent Reynaldo Cajina on Friday night to win the Classic Challenge Belt by KO. Last minute opponent Cajina, of Lithuania via Nicaragua, was on the canvas twice in the 1 minute 40 seconds of the opening round of their scheduled ten round …

Saturday night, at the King’s Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Carl Greaves Promotions and Scott Lawton hosted a show which featured five bouts of professional boxing, food and entertainment. In the headliner, Josh Groombridge of Uttoxeter made short work of Telford’s Kieron Gray – scoring a first round KO. Gray was caught by …

It was an all-action Mersey battle Friday night at the packed Robin Park Centre, Wigan, as Liverpool boxers – Adam Ismail and Andy Colquhoun – fought for the Central Area Welterweight Title that Ismail won in a rematch with Sean Lewis in December. This was a bloody battle with both …

It was a real St. Patrick’s day party atmosphere at Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, last night, when James Lindemann promoted a seven card show in which Sam Hyde of Sale made short work of Croatian Tomislav Rudan – scoring a second round KO. Results as follows. Sam Hyde (Sale) v …

At Preston Guild Hall last night, local man Scot Fitzgerald won the Super-Welterweight International Challenge Title by stopping Lithuanian Andrej Cepur in round 4. Cepur did well to survive the stinging body-shots but was taking too much punishment from ‘Fitzy’ and Referee Darren Sarginson waved the contest off mid-way through …

Johnney Roye (for MGM Promotions) hosted a dinner show at Chorley Park Hall Hotel last night which featured 4 contests. The headliner should have been a 10-round contest for the Northern Area Light-Heavyweight title between Liam Conroy and Steve Cooper but a change of opponent meant the title would no …

Solihull boxer – Jordan Clayton – stepped up to an eight-round Super-Welterweight contest Saturday night and won on points 79-73 to take home the British Classic Challenge belt. Clayton, trained by Paul Webb (WEBB Boxing), dominated the fight with Lithuanian – Arvydas Trizno, only dropping the last round. The Errol …

It was the usual party-atmosphere at Middleton Arena last night, as Pat Barrett (BlackFlash Promotions) hosted a four-card dinner show. Mark Heffron of Oldham scored a second round TKO over Christian Hoskin-Gomez of Plymouth in their scheduled 6-round Super-Middleweight contest. Heffron’s big punches were too much for the Plymouth man …

Cheshire heavyweight, Nathan Gorman, made short work of Georgian opponent Gogita Gorgiladze last night at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent. The Nantwich man, trained by Ricky Hatton, delivered a peach of a body-shot in round one which sent Gorgiladze to the canvas. He got up at the end …