Sexton Wants Revenge against Chisora; Barker-McDermott This Saturday – News

By Nate Anderson: In an article Setanta Sports, new Commonwealth heavyweight champion Sam Sexton (12-1, 5 KOs) wants a fight with undefeated heavyweight Derek Chisora (9-0, 5 KOs), who prefers a 6th round TKO over Sexton last year. Sexton defeated the 38-year-old former Commonwealth champion Rogan last Friday night in a fight that failed to prove who the better man was after Sexton got badly hurt by Rogan in the 8th and got a break when the ringside doctor stopped the bout later in the round.

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Cox Stops Lloyd, McDermott Defeats Ambler

cox3443By Nate Anderson: I learned several things in watching welterweight Jamie Cox (11-0, 7 KOs) defeat former ‘Prizefighter’ Mark Lloyd (12-3, 3 KOs) by an 8th round stoppage on Friday night at the Civic Centre, in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. To start with, I don’t think Cox is nearly ready to fight Kell Brook. Cox, 22, struggled badly with the 33-year-old Lloyd, getting cut on the side of his right eye, receiving a bloody nose and lip for his efforts.

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