By Gav Duthie: In an incredibly entertaining and close run fight Frankie Gavin 19-1 (12) failed in his attempt to dethrone European welterweight champion Leonard Bundu 31-0-2 (11) by split decision. Two judges scored the fight 114-113 to Bundu with the other 115-112 to Gavin. The energy put into the contest by a 39 year old Leonard Bundu was incredible.
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Bundu defeats Gavin; Browne decisions Rudenko
By Scott Gilfoid: In a fight a lot more one-sided than the scores that were handed down by the three judges, EBU welterweight champion Leonard Bundu (31-0-2, 11 KOs) stayed unbeaten in defeating previously unbeaten British challenger Frankie Gavin (19-1, 12 KOs) by a 12 round split decision on Friday night at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom. The final judges’ scores were 114-113, 114-113 for Bundu and 115-112 for Gavin.
Gavin spent much of the fight running, shoving, and holding. When he would throw punches it was weak jabs and left hands without any power on them. Gavin rarely sat down on his punches because he was always on his book foot and looking to escape the pressure that Bundu was putting on him.
Gavin to take on Bundu for the European title
By Gav Duthie: Frankie Gavin 19-0 (12) will challenge Leonard Bundu 30-0-2 (11) for his European title on August 1st 2014. This is a real crossroads fight with much more than just the European gong at stake. Both fighters are ranked highly with some of the boxing organizations and whoever wins would have a legitimate claim for a world title shot.
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Frankie Gavin and Bradley Saunders impress on undercard of Hall title fight
By Simon Allen: Frankie Gavin extended his record to 19/0/0 (12) after a good win over dogged challenger Sacky Shikukutu at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, UK. The bout scheduled for twelve was for Gavin’s Commonwealth Welterweight Championship. The fight started fairly even with Shikukutu applying pressure and Gavin gauging his opponent and his style. Shikukutu started fast throwing big winding punches forcing Gavin backwards out of danger.
Hall-Ward ends in technical draw; Gavin struggles to beat Shikukutu
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF bantamweight strap holder Stuey Hall (16-2-2, 7 KO’s) retained his title tonight after he collided heads with his much smaller challenger Martin Ward (18-2-1, 4 KO’s), causing a cut over Ward’s eye that resulted in the fight being halted just 35 seconds into the 2nd round at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom. The crowd of course hated it and booed loudly. However, it was obvious that a cut was going occur eventually given the way that Ward was coming in heard first like a billy goat.
Frankie Gavin vs. Sacky Shikukutu on March 29th
By Stephen Moffitt: On Saturday the 29th of March, British and commonwealth champion Frankie Gavin (18-0, 12 KO’s) takes on Namibian Sacky Shikukutu (18-2-1, 12K.O’s) at the Metro radio arena in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. When I heard the name to face the the former world amateur champion Frankie Gavin, I have to admit I was pretty disappointed. Yes, Frankie and his promoters are saying the African is tough and rugged and will be a handful for Frankie but when you look at the guys record its clear to see that this will be a total mismatch.
Copper Box undercard
By Rachel Aylett: I suggested in my preview to this show that the undercard flattered to deceive, and so it proved. Aside from the main event, the only truly competitive match was that fought for the Commonwealth super-featherweight title. This saw Liam Walsh defending that title against fellow unbeaten Joe Murray.
Chisora stops Gerber; Ryder robbed against Saunders
By Scott Gilfoid: Previously unbeaten middleweight John Ryder (15-1, 9 KO’s) found himself on the receiving end of a HIGHLY questionable decision in losing a 12 round unanimous decision to the arguably more popular but limited light hitting Billy Joe Saunders (19-0, 10 KO’s) at the Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Hackney Wick, London, United Kingdom.
Gavin: Mayweather is too good for Khan
British and Commonwealth Welterweight Champion Frankie Gavin, who aims to secure his Lonsdale belt outright this Saturday (21 September) at The Copper Box Arena when he faces David Barnes, spoke today about rival Amir Khan’s chances in a potential showdown with the pound-for-pound number one fighter Floyd Mayweather Jnr., saying simply “he hasn’t really got any!”
Five great Brit fights on the horizon
By Rachel Aylett: Despite recent setbacks for U.K. boxing involving Nathan Cleverly and Ricky Burns, there are wonderful fights in prospect over the next couple of years. Let’s look at five which may or may not happen.
Super-Bantamweight
Scott Quigg vs Carl Frampton: This is Britain’s own version of Mayweather-Pacquiao, in that it has been talked about and desired by fight fans for a couple of years now. They have been dancing around each other and have both taken their own paths up the world rankings. As it was with Money/Pacman, the consensus opinion as to who would win has changed back and forth over the months. There is still no obvious favorite. Let’s hope this doesn’t reach the point where the fans start saying “who cares?”