Matt Skelton Boxing News

Saturday 3rd March Jamie McDonnell defends his European Bantamweight title against Malik Bouziane and chief support on the night sees the comeback of former world title challenger Matt Skelton vs Tom Dallas of Kent over 8 rounds.

By William Mackay: 40-year-old Martin Rogan (14-2, 7 KO’s), the heavyweight that Tyson Fury so badly wanted to fight, is taking on 44-year-old Matt Skelton (25-6, 20 KO’s) on November 12th at the Kings Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: The big bangers were back in town, at the York Hall, London, on Saturday night for the highly anticipated Prizefighter – Heavyweights 4 and there wasn’t much surprise when bookies favourites Matt Skelton and Michael Sprott met in the final.

Boxing results – York Hall, Bethnal Green, London: Michael Sprott SD 3 Matt Skelton Kevin McBride SD 3 Franklin Egobi Shane McPhilbin TKO 2 Declan Timlin Michael Sprott UD 3 Danny Hughes Matt Skelton UD 3 Ali Adams Matt Skelton UD 3 Kevin McBride Michael Sprott UD 3 Shane McPhilbin

PRIZEFIGHTER returns on Saturday with Matt Skelton and Michael Sprott neck and neck in the betting to win the fourth heavyweight edition of the competition. The 200lb plus fighters can both be backed at 5-2 on Betfair to lift the trophy. Skelton, 43, and 35-year-old Sprott have traded blows on two previous occasions, with Skelton [...]

Event preview – By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro – The London and Southern area seismic call centres will have to be on full alert this coming weekend, when Barry Hearn’s exciting Prizefighter series returns to the York Hall in Bethnal Green with Prizefighter -Heavyweights IV on Saturday. Prizefighter’s unique format, 8 competitors battling it out, [...]

Steve Bunce presents the top ten moments from the first two series Before the return of Prizefighter on Saturday October 9, Sky Sports celebrates the top ten moments from the first two series in Prizefighter – No Guts, No Glory on Wednesday October 6. Acclaimed boxing pundit Steve Bunce presents the 90-minute long show on [...]

London based Iraqi Heavyweight, Ali Adams is in confident mood ahead of his upcoming fight with former World Boxing Union (WBU) Heavyweight World Champion Matt Skelton in the opening bout at the Matchroom Sports promoted Prizefighter – Heavyweights IV at York Hall, Bethnal Green, London this coming Saturday. Following his final sparring session, with Damian [...]

The World’s only Arab Heavyweight boxer, Hammersmith, London based Iraqi, Ali Adams came face to face with former WBU World Heavyweight Champion Matt Skelton ahead of their upcoming meeting at the massively successful Matchroom Sports promoted Prizefighter series, which makes it’s welcome return to York Hall on Saturday the 9th October with Heavyweights IV.

Matt Skelton and Michael Sprott could meet in the final of Prizefighter Heavyweights IV after line-up alterations ahead of the October 9 fight night at York Hall, Bethnal Green. The pair have fought twice previously with Skelton coming out on top on both occasions, and now the withdrawal of three fighters has led to a [...]

Matt Skelton has vowed to make his experience count when he enters the Prizefighter Heavyweights IV at York Hall on Saturday 9 October – with Kickboxing his secret weapon. At 43 years of age the Reading fighter is the oldest man on the bill in the 14th outing of Barry Hearn’s eight-man, one night tournament [...]

Boxing results from the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London: Lenny Daws RTD 10 Steve Williams BBBofC British light welterweight title Bradley Pryce TKO 2 Ted Bami Michael Lomax dec 6 Stephen Okine George Hillyard dec 6 Keiron Gray Prince Arron TKO 5 Tony Randell Barry Morrison RTD 2 Billy Smith Matt Skelton KO 5 Lee [...]

By Dan Ambrose: This Friday night, 43-year-old former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Matt Skelton (22-5, 19 KO’s) will be stepping in the ring to take on journeyman Lee Swaby (25-26-2, 11 KO’s) in a six round bout at York Hall, Bethnal Green, in London. This fight will be buried in the undercard of fights [...]

Sebastian Sylvester (33-3, 16 KOs) made a successful first defence of his IBF Middleweight Title as he stopped Billy Lyell in the tenth round in Neubrandenburg, Germany. When the brave challenger was on the receiving end of another hard series of punches, coach Jack Loew threw the towel. “It was great to defend my title [...]

Boxing results from the Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany: Kubrat Pulev TKO 4 Matt Skelton Karo Murat TKO 2 Sean Corbin World Boxing Organization Inter-Continental light heavyweight title Dustin Dirks TKO 5 Juan Manuel Garay Edmund Gerber TKO 2 Rene Dettweiler Juergen Doberstein dec 6 Abdelouahed Ben Lelly Nick Klappert TKO 3 Janos Petrovics Robert Helenius [...]

Former world title challenger Matt Skelton has branded Derek Chisora a “plonker” ahead of their big clash at Wembley Arena on February 13. The domestic heavyweight showdown features on Frank Warren’s huge Night of the Champions show live on Sky Sports.

By Peter Wells: With Danny Williams-Sam Sexton set for 13th February 2010 at Wembley Arena – which Danny has said will be his last fight – Derek Chisora who was already announced to be on the bill will now fight former European Heavyweight boxing champion Matt Skelton. It is to be an eliminator for the [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Making his third defense of his European Boxing Union heavyweight title, undefeated Italian heavyweight Francesco Pianeta (19-0-1, 12 KO’s) stopped former Commonwealth champion Matt Skelton (22-4, 19 KO’s) in the 8th round on Saturday night at the Jahnsportforum, Neubradenburg, Mecklenburg, Vorpommeram, Germany.

By William Mackay: Unbeaten heavyweight Tyson Fury (5-0, 5 KOs) kept his perfect knockout record intact with a quick 1st round knockout over British journeyman Mathew Ellis (20-7, 9 KOs), knocking him out in 48 seconds of the 1st round. Ellis, 35, had fancied his chances against the 20-year-old Fury before the bout, saying that [...]

Martin Rogan’s sensational win over Matt Skelton to capture the Commonwealth Heavyweight Title will be replayed on Wednesday, March 4, on BBC 1 Northern Ireland. Jim Neilly will describe the best of the action from a contest considered one of the best heavyweight bouts in more than a decade as part of a specially extended [...]

By Tom Avington: Less than a year ago British fight fans would have been saying Martin who? Many around the world will still be thinking exactly that, for those who are let me enlighten you. Heavyweight Martin Rogan is now making waves not just in Britain, but in Europe, after beating the European Heavyweight Champion [...]

By Nate Anderson: In one of the most exciting heavyweight fights I’ve ever seen before, former ‘Prizefighter’ heavyweight winner Martin Rogan (12-0, 6 KOs) stopped Matt Skelton (22-3, 19 KOs) in the 11th round on Saturday night to win Matt’s Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title at the National Indoor Arena, in Birmingham, West Midlands.

NEW YORK – Light-heavyweight contender Shaun George entered his bout with Jaffa Ballogou intent on sending the division a message it could not ignore. It took him only 86 seconds to accomplish his mission, finishing off “The African Assassin” in spectacular fashion in New York City’s BB King Blues Club & Grill.

Martin Rogan is aiming to become Ireland’s second heavyweight world champion – more than 100 years after the last man to hold the greatest prize in boxing. And he says victory over Matt Skelton later this month will put him on course to achieve his dream. The 37-year-old from Belfast will face Skelton at the [...]

2008 Olympians James DeGale, Frankie Gavin and Billy Joe Saunders are mint – and it’s official! The terrific trio will all be presented with a special limited edition medal at the prestigious Birmingham Mint next Wednesday ahead of their professional debuts in the city on Saturday night.

Commonwealth heavyweight champion Matt Skelton has called out David Haye. Skelton, who defends his title against Martin Rogan on 28th February, said he “absolutely would” like a shot at Haye. Speaking to Setanta Sports News Skelton insisted his comments weren’t personal. He said:

By Eric Thomas: British heavyweight Matt Skelton (22-2, 19 KOs) is making noises that he’d be interested in a fight with fellow UK heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 20 KOs) as soon as David gets through with fighting one of the Klitschko brothers. In an interview on the Sunday Mirror, Skelton remarked that Haye is “Lucky” [...]

Negotiations between British heavyweight David Haye and IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko are moving along swiftly according to Haye’s manager Adam Booth. Haye was set to fight Vitali Klitschko for the WBC title, but Vitali will now face his mandatory opponent Juan Carlos Gomez. Booth told Steve Bunce on Setanta Sports News that [...]

By Nate Anderson: In a fight that reminded me a lot of the second fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran, in which Duran suddenly called it quits in the 8th round on November 1980, Italian heavyweight Paolo Vidoz (25-6, 14 KOs) quit at on his stool following the 9th round, thus giving Matt [...]

Undefeated IBF middleweight champion King Arthur Abraham celebrated another prestigious success this week when he was voted “Boxer of the Year” for the third straight time. The readers of Germany´s BoxSport magazine as well as a panel of established boxing experts elected the 28-year-old ahead of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. “That is a great honour [...]