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Sky TV are showing in April a new form of boxing.
Barry Hearns promotions with 8 heavyweights.
Format simple 4 quarter finals, fighting 3 rds.
Then 2 semis, then a final.
All in the same night starting on Friday 9.30pm.
Hearn thinks it will boxings equivalent of 20/20 in cricket.
Sky Sports | Boxing | News | Prizefighter is coming!
That is the full article. 7 of 8 fighters are confirmed, they are as follows...
Billy Bessey
Portsmouth
Age: 34
7(0)-4(1)-0
Paul Butlin
Leicestershire
Age: 31
11(2)-4(2)-0
David Dolan
Sunderland
Age: 28
7(3)-0(0)-0
Dave Ferguson
North Shields
Age: 31
4(1)-0(0)-0
Alex Ibbs
Stoke
Age: 21
3(0)-0(0)-0
Colin Kenna
Southampton
Age: 31
16(7)-6(3)-2
Ian Millarvie
Hamilton
Age: 27
7(5)-0(0)-0
Seems like a good idea...but we really have to hope that one of the up-and comers, either Ibbs, Dolan or Millarvie win, because if they don't, then we can probably condemn our heavyweight division to another generation of Audley Harrisons.