Gavin Rees Boxing News

By Gari Jones: It’s been a while since I wrote an article, but I hope you find this one interesting. In a division that hosts such names as Marquez, Katsidis, Brandon Rios and Kevin Mitchell he may be not considered by many to be the best fighter at lightweight, but Gavin Rees (W31, L1, D1, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: EBU lightweight champion Gavin Rees (35-1-1, 16 KO’s) should consider himself very lucky today that he still has his European Boxing Union title, as the 31-year-old Rees was getting dominated by 28-year-old challenger Derry Matthews (29-5-1, 15 KO’s) last night in a fight that was halted early in the 4th after Matthews’ [...]

Gavin Rees says he is in perfect shape as he prepares to defend his European Lightweight title against Derry Mathews at the Newport Centre tomorrow night, live on Sky Sports. Rees claimed the title in April with a points win over previously unbeaten Irishman Andy Murray and the 31 year-old believes that if he can [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former WBA light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (35-1, 16 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his European Boxing Union (EBU) lightweight title on Saturday night against Derry Matthews (29-5, 15 KO’s) at the Newport Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales.

Gavin Rees says he is hungrier than ever as he faces Derry Mathews in his first defence of the European Lightweight title on Saturday night at the Newport Centre, live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1 from 8pm – knowing a win can bring him one step closer to his two-weight World champion dream.

Gavin Rees will defend his European Lightweight title against Derry Mathews at the Newport Centre in South Wales on Saturday 1 October.

By Sean McDaniel: Lightweight Derry Matthews (29-5, 15 KO’s) won his fourth consecutive fight in stopping Stephen Jennings (5-2-1, 2 KO’s) for the British Masters lightweight title on Saturday night at the Greenbank Sports Centre in Liverpool, England.

Gavin Rees has been forced to withdraw from his European Lightweight title defence against Derry Mathews on July 23 in Cardiff.

Gavin Rees will defend his European Lightweight title against Liverpool’s Derry Mathews on July 23 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff.

Gavin Rees UD 12 Andy Murray 15-112, 115-112 and 116-112 Carl Frampton UD 10 Robbie Turley Jason Cook pts 6 Mounir Guebbas Steve Williams pts 6 Araik Sachbazjan Tony Dodson pts 4 Jamie Ambler

Gavin Rees and Andy Murray comfortably made the weight ahead of their European Lightweight title clash at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff tomorrow night (June 7) live on Sky Sports. Rees, Murray and the majority of the undercard for the show weighed in at Cardiff City Hall ahead of a great Saturday Fight Night on [...]

He has been christened “The Quiet Man” of Irish boxing but unbeaten Cavan man Andy Murray is determined to make plenty of noise in Cardiff this Saturday night by lifting the European Lightweight title when he takes on former World Champ Gavin Rees live on Sky Sports.

Gavin Rees says his dream of becoming a two-weight World champion will begin with victory against Irishman Andy Murray in their June 4 fight for the vacant European Lightweight title in Cardiff.

June 4 promises to be a special night for British boxing fans as Gavin Rees takes on Andy Murray in Cardiff for the European lightweight title before Carl Froch’s Super Six semi-final against Glen Johnson in America – both on Sky Sports.

Unbeaten Cavan man Andy Murray and former World Champ, Gavin Rees look set to serve up a summer sizzler when they clash for the vacant European Lightweight title in Cardiff on Saturday, June 4th. The two men meet on a Matchroom Sports promotion at the Motorpoint Arena in an eagerly anticipated matchup which will be [...]

By Sean McDaniel: British lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (20-2, 8 KO’s) is now in search of a replacement opponent after his scheduled opponent for April 16th, former WBA World light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (34-1, 16 KO’s) injured his nose while training and won’t be able to make the 4/16 date to take on Crolla [...]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, March 18 – An action packed night of boxing, stacked with Britain’s finest prospects, has just got even better as British Lightweight Champion Anthony Crolla is now lined up to face former WBA Super Lightweight Champion Gavin Rees on the April 16 ‘King Khan Returns’ card taking place at the M.E.N Arena in [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Newly crowned British lightweight champion Anthony Crolla will be making his first title defense against 30-year-old former world champion Gavin Rees on the undercard of the Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey fight on April 16th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England.

By Sean McDaniel: New British lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (20-2, 8 KO’s) could find himself facing former WBA light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (35-1, 16 KO’s) on the undercard of the title fight between WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey on April 16th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. [...]

Prizefighter winners Gavin Rees and Willie Casey showed the value of winning Barry Hearn’s eight-man one night tournaments by claiming major titles on Saturday night. Prizefighter Light-Welterweights champion Rees won the vacant British Lightweight title in Newport against John Watson, while in Limerick, Prizefighter Super-Bantamweights winner Casey disposed of fellow Irishman Paul Hyland in style [...]

Boxing results – Newport Leisure Centre, Newport, Wales: Gavin Rees TKO 11 John Watson vacant BBBofC British lightweight title Jason Cook TKO 6 Barrie Jones Grzegorz Proksa TKO 5 Theophilus Tetteh Davey Savage Jr. dec 4 Jason Thomas Karl Place dec 4 Billy Smith Jeff Evans D 4 Gary Boulden Patrick Mendy dec 4 Jamie [...]

Prizefighter winners Gavin Rees and Willie Casey both face major title fights on Saturday 6 November.

Boxing results: Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland: Paul McCloskey KO 11 Giuseppe Lauri EBU (European) light welterweight title Kevin McIntyre UD 10 Stephen Haughian Carl Frampton dec 6 Ian Bailey McArthur TKO 2 Graham Fearn Gavin Rees TKO 3 Sam Amoako Andy Murray TKO 2 Jon Baguley

By Peter Wells: It’s the final Prizefighter of the year, and we end with a cracker down at Light Welterweight, after all the excitement on December 4th it’ll all be over with for this year. We start with the oldest fighter in the competition, Jason Cook, the former European and IBO Lightweight champion; he has [...]

By Nate Anderson: In the latest boxing news, former WBA light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (27-1, 13 KOs) is reportedly high on the list for future opponents for the undefeated Amir Khan’s (17-0, 13 KOs) next bout on June 21st. Previous to Rees recent 12th round TKO title loss to Andreas Kotelnik on March 22nd, [...]

By Chris Stein: I’m in agreement with writer Dan Ambrose about his opinion of former WBA super lightweight champion Gavin Rees (27-1, 13 KOs), who he sees as an incredibly talented fighter whose fight with Andrea Kotelnik (29-2-1, 13 KOs) shouldn’t have been stopped by the referee prematurely. Rees was only briefly stunned and was [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In one of the most heroic fights I’ve seen in some time, WBA light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (27-1, 13 KOs) fought bravely last night against the much harder punching Andreas Kotelnik (29-2-1, 13 KOs), fighting him literally tooth and nail before succumbing in the 12th round on what looked to be [...]

By Aaron Klein: WBA light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (27-0, 13 KOs) puts his unbeaten record on the line this Saturday night when he takes on Ukrainian challenger Andreas Kotelnik (28-2-1, 12 KOs) at the International Arena, Cardiff, in Wales. Other than the location of the fight, Kotelnik, ranked #1 in the WBA light welterweight [...]

Gavin Rees says he’ll give Amir Khan a pasting – after he’s dealt with Andreas Kotelnik in Cardiff on Saturday night. The Rock defends his WBA light-welterweight crown at the CIA against his dangerous mandatory challenger, live on Setanta Sports. But he believes he will win – and then go on to wreck the career [...]

According to the latest reports, Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) isn’t interested in choosing World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Gavin Rees as his next opponent. The bout, if it were to have taken place, would have been on that was mainly of interest to British fans, as very few Americans have heard or seen [...]