British Boxing

Commonwealth light-welterweight champion Ajose Olusegan will defend his title against former European titleholder Colin Lynes in Manchester on Saturday, April 3rd. The scheduled 12-round contest will act as one of the chief-support attractions to David Haye’s WBA world heavyweight title showdown against John Ruiz, televised live and exclusively on Sky Box Office.

By Peter Wells: After hearing sources on the internet I have just watched an interview on SkySports.com about Ricky Hatton’s future. Sources coming from Tenerife where Ricky Hatton is staying with friends he has been thinking whether or not he should retire. Ricky was said to be extremely upset about the realisation that he may [...]

FRANK MALONEY will continue to rely entirely on British based fighters when he stages his next promotion at Leigh Sports Village promotion on Friday 19th March. Maloney exclusively used British boxers when he staged a show in Nottingham last month, and is hoping to repeat that feat again on next week’s Sky Sports televised show.

By Scott Gilfoid: I’m hearing that Ricky Hatton is planning on retiring from boxing. Well, I’m glad he if this is turns out to be true. I don’t want to see Hatton knocked out again, and I have a good feeling Hatton would be knocked out pretty much by anyone he faces at this point [...]

Kenny Anderson’s big fight jinx has struck again after opponent Paul David broke his nose in training.
The former Commonwealth Games gold medallist was due to face David in a British super-middleweight title eliminator at the St Andrew’s Sporting Club in Glasgow’s SAS Radisson hotel next Monday (March 15).

By Adam Fillingham: The United kingdom. Three world champions. The United States. Ten world champions. Two super powers in the boxing world. This got me thinking this morning. Whilst looking through some of the “box rec” rankings the title of this article got me thinking.

LONDON (March 4th, 2010) 6′5 German heavyweight Hans-Joerg Blasko has been named as the opponent for the return of Tyson Fury this coming Friday night. Fury, who is chief support to the main card of Sykes vs. Morris for the British Super Featherweight title this Friday in Huddersfield.
“Just like my team Manchester United, I need [...]

LONDON (March 3rd, 2010) Manchester born Tyson Fury looks set to resume his assault on the domestic heavyweight scene this Friday on the undercard of Gary Sykes vs. Andy Morris, who battle for the vacant British Super Featherweight title. His opponent for the stay-busy fight has yet to be named.
Fury, who has been absent [...]

BARKING ABC has been left without a home after plans to re-house the club have been shelved meaning dozens of potential boxing stars have been left high and dry by the local council.
The club has been moved from pillar to post and has been out of Barking since 1992.

PRINCE Arron survived a scare at the weigh-in ahead of Friday’s Prizefighter Light-Middleweights tournament.
Arron, 22, originally scaled 1lb 7oz more than the championship weight of 11st 2lb before a quick exercise session saw him make the weight at the second attempt an hour later.

LONDON (Feb 25th, 2010) WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl “the Cobra” Froch will be swapping his boxing boots for dancing shoes this coming Saturday, ahead of defending his prestigious world title on April 24th against Mikkel Kessler in the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament, when he makes his dancing debut for Sport Relief in [...]

TONY JEFFRIES swaps the ring for the dance floor on Saturday night when he appears on Let’s Dance for Sports Relief (7.15pm BBC1). Sunderland’s Olympic bronze medallist joins WBC super-middleweight champion Carl Froch and former world title holders Duke McKenzie and Johnny Nelson in the boxing team. Jeffries, 24, has spent this week in [...]

George Hillyard is trying to win the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights (Friday, 26 February) so he can continuing paying for treatment for his partially blind son. The Canning Town boxer admits his ring career has suffered due to family matters but sees winning the Prizefighter at the York Hall in Bethnal Green as the perfect way to [...]

Danny Butler is being inspired to win the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights this Friday by the fighting spirit of his brothers, who are serving with the Army in Afghanistan. Butler, who backs the Help for Heroes charity, has two brothers – Adam and Martin – serving in the Army and says he will give the charity a [...]

PAUL EDWARDS is targeting a crack at his name sake, Commonwealth flyweight champion Chris Edwards this summer. The Liverpool scrapper (6-0) moves up in class again when he tackles Abmerk Shindjuu (7-3-2) at Leigh Indoor Sports Centre on Friday March 19. The Namibian narrowly lost on points to Chris in a vacant Commonwealth title fight [...]

FRANK MALONEY believes he is making Rendall Munroe’s WBC world super-bantamweight title final eliminator against Victor Terrazas a great deal for fans. Munroe hopes to celebrate St George’s Day on Friday April 23rd by defeating the Mexican warrior at Coventry Skydome and guaranteeing a shot at world champion Toshiaki Nishioka later this year.
Prokoter Maloney has [...]

Neil Sinclair admits his 15-year professional career could be over if he is not successful in the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday.
The Belfast boxer has gone through a renaissance in the last year after two clinical stoppage wins in 2009 but faces 5/2 betting favourite Bradley Pryce in his [...]

AUDLEY Harrison believes he has recovered from ‘being a broken man’ and is ready to claim the European Heavyweight Championship.
Harrison, 38, saved his career by winning Prizefighter Heavyweights 3 in October and faces Poland’s Albert Sosnowski for the European belt on April 9 at London’s Alexandra Palace.

BRADLEY PRYCE is confident of revenge over Neil Sinclair in the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights quarter-finals at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday.
Pryce was stopped by Sinclair in the eighth round seven years ago but insists it will be different when the competition’s most experienced pair meet in their opening bout.

Brett Flournoy is aiming to go one better than fellow Merseyside boxer Carl Dilks and win the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday, February 26.
The Birkenhead boxer is stepping up from welterweight for his chance to claim the £32,000 prize for winning three, three round fights in one night live [...]

Martin Concepcion is confident he has The X Factor needed to win the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday, February 26.
Concepcion earned his place in the ninth Prizefighter series by out-pointing Kevin Hammond for the Midlands Area Title earlier this month.

Steve O’Meara says he has got nothing to fear ahead of the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights tournament – thanks to a sparring session with Floyd Mayweather Jnr.
Unbeaten O’Meara is one of eight boxers who will be trying to win three, three round bouts in one night to pocket the £32,000 prize money at the York Hall in [...]

When Billy Schwer challenged Colin ‘Dynamo’ Dunne, for his WBU Lightweight World Title back in October 2000, the thousands of fans that packed Wembley Conference Centre were treated to one of the greatest British, if not world, fights of all time.

OLYMPIC bronze medallist David Price returns to action next month after recovering from a hand injury. Price (4-0) boxes a selected opponent at Leigh Indoor Sports Village on Friday March 19 on a Frank Maloney show being televised live by Sky Sports.´The 6ft 8in Liverpool boxer now hopes for an injury free year which will [...]

Prince Arron is confident his height and reach will see him cause an upset in the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights tournament at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday, February 26.
The Droylsden fighter, whose real name is Arron Jones, is aiming to win three, three round bouts in one thrilling night of boxing and bank the [...]

JAMIE MCDONNELL’S controversial points win over Ian Napa has put him on the verge of stardom.
The classy Yorkshireman (13-2) who took Napa’s British bantamweight title last month will now challenge Frenchman Jerome Arnould (22-3-1) for the vacant European crown in Le Cannet on Saturday March 20.

Rising Light Middleweight star Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng (3-0) has left his home in London to travel to Belgium to assist former IBC and European Welterweight Champion ‘Sugar Jackson’ Osei Bonsu prepare for his IBF welterweight eliminator against Randall Bailey on the 19th March.

By William Mackay: Before Ricky Hatton calls it a day on his great career, he has to step up to the plate and fight Amir Khan before he goes. It doesn’t matter if Khan is still likely be unproven by the time that Hatton is getting ready to hang up the gloves, he should still [...]

The St Andrew’s Sporting Club today launched their 300th show in Championship style with former World Champions JIM WATT and KEN BUCHANAN both in attendance.
Club owner Tommy Gilmour announced that the main event will feature Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist KENNY ANDERSON who will challenge English Champion PAUL DAVID in their postponed British Super-middleweight Title [...]

MARTIN Concepcion wants to avenge the ‘worst moment of his career’ by knocking out Bradley Pryce in the Prizefighter Light-Middleweight final.
Concepcion and Pryce are two of the eight contenders in Barry Hearn’s next Prizefighter, at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on February 26.