Tony Oakey has warned opponent Steve Spartacus that he is in the shape of his career for their vacant British Light-Heavyweight Title showdown at ExCeL London in Docklands this Friday. The pair headline the Hennessy Sports “SENI:BOX’ promotion, the launch event for the three day seni07 Combat Sports Showcase that has been brought to the…
Nick Parkinson, Sunday Star – May 12th 2007 Steve Spartacus has vowed to live up to his name and produce a gladiatorial display to win the British light-heavyweight title on Friday. The Ipswich boxer – real name Steve Smith – faces Portsmouth puncher Tony Oakey, 31, in east London where he will walk to the…
Wanstead based Scot Dave Stewart – who is line to face the winner of the upcoming Commonwealth Lightweight Title clash between Willie Limond and Amir Khan – looks to build on his win over Kpako Allotey this Friday. The London-based Scot appears on the undercard of the Hennessy Sports “SENI:BOX’ event at ExCeL London in…
European Middle champ Amin Asikainen fights Latvian Martins Kukuls on Friday in Helsinki, Finland in a non-title fight. Asikainen is set to take on mandatory challenger Sebastian Sylvester June 23 in Zwickau, Germany. Veteran Thomas Hansvoll, at one time a prospect at super middle and a world title challenger at light heavy, takes on Sauerland…
Light middleweight George Hillyard believes that he has had the best preparation of his career ahead of his appearance on the Hennessy Sports “SENI:BOX’ promotion at ExCeL London in Docklands on Friday night. The 22-year-old appears on the undercard of the clash between Ipswich’s Steve Spartacus and Portsmouth’s Tony Oakey for the vacant British Light…
Jose Antonio Rivera, a former three-time world boxing champion in two different weight classes, announces the formation ofRivera Promotions, a Worcester-based promotional company dedicated to rebuilding the sport of boxing in Central Massachusetts and throughout theNew England area. Mr. Rivera is partnering with John Zablocki, a local veteran of the sport who is taking a…
Montell “Ice”Griffin (48-6, 30KO’s) grew up idolizing the Greatest of All-Time, Muhammad Ali. As a child, he watched Ali train at his father gym and learned to mimic his style-many people even thought Griffin was his son! Griffin’s problem? His height peaked at 5’7”. Neigh Sayers told Griffin he would never succeed, he was too…
For many years, young southpaw Chad Dawson was known as “Bad†Chad . On Feb. 3, 2007, “Bad†Chad became “Awesome†Dawson . On that night, Dawson captured his first world title, the World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight crown, with a brilliant and decisive 12-round decision over fellow unbeaten defending champion Tomasz Adamek of…
“The Brawl In St. Paul: A Father’s Day Special,†featuring bitter rivals Matt “The Predator†Vanda and Kenny “KO†Kost in the 10-round main event, will be held June 15 at “The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul (MN), Seconds Out Promotions president Tony Grygelko announced today. Vanda (36-3, 21 KOs), former IBA Americas…
The “Little Prince” Aiming For the Big Prize If someone was to mention the possibility of a Norwegian world champion, they would more often than not be laughed out of the room. All this could be about to change though as 28 year old Geir Inge Jorgensen aims to take the boxing world by storm….
By Simon Jackson Tony Oakey gets the opportunity to win the title he craves when he fights Steven Spartacus for the vacant British light heavyweight title on May 18 and promoter Mick Hennessy believes contests like this are precisely what the division needs. “It could kick-start the division,” said Hennessy ahead of next Friday’s bout…
Mickey Steeds is confident that reinventing himself at cruiserweight will lead to bigger and better things. The Isle of Dogs boxer has competed at heavy throughout his career, but makes his debut in the lighter division on the Hennessy Sports “SENI:BOX’ promotion at ExCeL London in Docklands this Friday. Despite notching up 11 wins and…