By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten welterweight contender Frankie Gavin (16-0, 12 KO’s) stopped previously undefeated Denton Vassell (20-1, 10 KO’s) in the 7th round on Saturday night at the Olympia in Liverpool, UK. The fight was halted after the 7th round after the ringside doctor’s advice because of a jaw problem with the 28-year-old Vassell.
Frankie Gavin
Frankie Gavin vs. Denton Vassell preview
By Peter Wells (twitter @boxingbrains): It seems like only yesterday that the state of British boxing was being questioned, yet tomorrow night anticipation is high as English Welterweights Frankie Gavin and Denton Vassell go head-to-head in a clash of unbeaten fighters.
Opinions are spilt, but after the main event we will know who is the best Welterweight in Britain (not including Kell Brook who is now beyond domestic level). All English dust-ups don’t get much bigger than this, yet the respect between the two boxers before the contest has been pleasant to see in a sport where trash talking and degrading one’s opponent has become almost a formality in some fighters books.
Gavin stops Welborn in 9th; Foreman vs. Baue
By Jim Dower: British welterweight champion Frankie Gavin successfully defended his British title with a 9th round stoppage win over an over-matched Jason Welborn on Friday night at the Walsall Town Hall. Gavin knocked Welborn down in the 9th with a left to the body, and then pummeled him after he got up until referee Ian John-Lewis stepped in to halt the fight.
Frankie Gavin vs. Jason Welborn on Friday
By Scott Gilfoid: British welterweight champion Frankie Gavin (14-0, 10 KO’s) will be defending his domestic level strap against challenger Jason Welborn (11-1,5 KO’s) on Friday night at the Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands, UK. Gavin recently captured the British strap against Junior Witter last November in beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision.
This wasn’t a prime Witter, however, as he’s lost a lot of his stamina and fighting ability in the last five years. A prime Witter would have likely schooled Gavin badly.
As it was, Witter gave Gavin all kinds of problems for the first three rounds, but then after that Witter stopped punching and mostly just stood and postured. He was obviously too gassed out to keep throwing punches, as he just couldn’t let his shots go. Gavin then took over the fight and coasted to a 12 round decision.
Frankie Gavin vs. Jason Welborn on January 18th
By Scott Gilfoid: British welterweight champion Frankie Gavin (14-0, 10 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his British strap on January 18th against 26-year-old challenger Jason Welborn (11-1, 5 KO’s) at the Town Hall, in Walsall, England.
Gavin, 27, is coming off of a mostly one-sided in over 38-year-old former WBC light welterweight champion Junior Witter last November at York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London. Gavin didn’t look impressive early in the fight, as he struggled with Witter’s hand speed and power.
Boxing: Week review – Huck-Arslan, Gavin-Witter, Prizefighter
By Ashley King: Oops, forgot to copy and paste it. Here it is;
Boxing’s weekly round-up (WC. 29.09.12)
Whilst there weren’t any huge fights to get us going this week, we did have some good contests over the course of the week that were worth taking note of and that is what I will be discussing, focusing predominantly on the Lucian Bute, Marco Huck fights with some of the British boxing action being mixed in.
Gavin defeats Witter, captures British 147 lb title
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten Frankie Gavin (14-0, 10 KO’s) defeated British welterweight champion Junior Witter (41-6-2, 22 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision to capture the British strap on Thursday night at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, in London, United Kingdom. The final judges’ scores were 117-112, 119-109 and 117-110, all for Gavin.
Maccarinelli-McKenzie & Gavin-Witter added to Cleverly vs. Uzelkov on October 27th
By Sean McDaniel: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (35-5, 27 KO’s) vs. Commonwealth light heavyweight Ovill McKenzie (20-11, 9 KO’s) and welterweight contender Frankie Gavin (13-0, 10 KO’s) vs. former WBC light welterweight champion Junior Witter (41-5-2, 22 KO’s) have both been added to the October 27th fight card headlined by WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly vs. Vyacheslav Uzelkov at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
Gavin looking forward to title shot against Witter for his British 147 lb title
By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten welterweight contender Frankie Gavin (13-0, 10 KO’s) can’t wait until he gets a shot against 38-year-old British welterweight Junior Witter (41-5-2, 22 KO’s) after becoming his mandatory challenger.
Cleverly decisions Karpency; Maccarinelli stops Healy; Gavin destroys McIntyre
By Sean McDaniel: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (24-0, 11 KO’s) did a good job of pounding out an impressive 12 round unanimous decision over American Tommy Karpency (21-3-1, 14 KO’s) on Saturday night in Cleverly’s third defense of his World Boxing Organization title at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The judges’s scores showed you how one-sided the fight was, as they scored it 120-108, 120-108 and 120-108, giving every round of the fight to Cleverly.