Larry Olubamiwo

Sprott beats Gavern, captures Prizefighter

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sprott44By Scott Gilfoid: British high level journeyman heavyweight Michael Sprott (40-21, 17 KO’s) took advantage of an elbow injury to his opponent journeyman Jason Gavern (24-17-3, 11 KO’s) to capture the heavyweight Prizefighter tournament and the winning cash of £32,000 on Thursday night at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, in London, United Kingdom.

The judges scored it 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27 in favor of Sprott. The 30-27 scores were laughable because Gavern had really dominated Sprott in the 2nd round and had him hurt. In the 3rd round, Gavern injured his right elbow early in the round and was unable to throw any punches with his right hand for the remainder of the fight. The fact that two of the judges gave Sprott every round was just so, so sad. It means that Sprott would have still won the fight even if Gavern had dominated the 3rd round like he done in the 2nd.

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Chisora-Olubamiwo added to Burns-Katsidis and Groves-Smith card

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Image: Chisora-Olubamiwo added to Burns-Katsidis and Groves-Smith cardBy Sean McDaniel: Former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-1, 9 KO’s) will be fighting for the first time since losing his belts against Tyson Fury last July when the 27-year-old Chisora takes on the 6’4″ hulking Larry Olubamiwo (10-2, 9 KO’s) on the undercard of the Ricky Burns vs. Michael Katsidis and George Groves vs. Paul Smith card on November 5th at the Wembley Arena in London, England.

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McDermott stops Olubamiwo, Gavin defeats Lomax

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By Sean McDaniel: After losing his last four fights, Big John McDermott (26-7, 17 KO’s) looked incredibly happy to be facing the inexperienced knockout artist John McDermott TKO 1 Larry Olubamiwo (10-2, 9 KO’s) on Saturday night at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London. McDermott, 30, simply overpowered Olubamiwo with short power shots, knocking him down two times before referee Jeff Hinds finally halted the fight at 1:15 of the 1st round.

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UK heavyweight scene: Fury, Chisora, Dallas, Olubimiwo

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Image: UK heavyweight scene: Fury, Chisora, Dallas, OlubimiwoBy Ronnie Jordan: People are starting to recognize a few Heavyweights emerging in the UK as possible contenders.

David Haye has given us hope at world level but with his decision to retire at 32 the Brits will be looking elsewhere for someone to fly the flag. My question is do any of them have what it takes to succeed at the top?

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Olubamiwo and Dallas – two heavyweight prospects to keep an eye on

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Image: Olubamiwo and Dallas - two heavyweight prospects to keep an eye onBy Sean McDaniel: Big heavyweight prospects 6’4″ 262 pound Larry Olubamiwo (9-1, 8 KO’s) and 6’6″ unbeaten Tom Dallas (11-0, 8 KO’s) looked very impressive this past Friday night in getting past their opposition on the undercard of the Tyson Fury vs. John McDermott bout at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex. Both Dallass and Olubamiwo performed on the undercard, but actually out-shown both McDermott and Fury in getting past their opponents in impressive fashion.

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Williams Defeats McDermott, Looks Terrible

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By Nate Anderson: In one of the worse fights I’ve seen in awhile, BBBofC British heavyweight champion Danny Williams (41-7, 31 KOs) defeated John McDermott (25-5, 16 KOs) by a 12-round split decision on Saturday night at the Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. The final judges’ scores were 116-111, 116-111 for Williams and 113-115 for McDermott. I personally had Williams winning eight rounds to three with one round even.

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Olubamiwo Destroys Skierniewski, Bhatia Stops Rafael

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larry323535By Nate Anderson: Big heavyweight prospect Larry “The War Machine” Olubamiwo (4-0, 4 KOs) destroyed his Polish opponent Michal Skierniewski (3-4, 1 KOs) in the 1st round on Friday night at the Leisure Center, in Newham, London. Olubamiwo, 30, walked right through Skierniewsk’s shots early in the round and quickly dropped him with two big right hand to the head. Referee Dave Parris immediately stopped the bout at 1:01 of the 1st round as Skierniewsk was too hurt to get up.

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