Braveheart Promotions have cancelled the show scheduled for Saturday 14th June at Glasgow's SECC. Glasgow’s Willie Limond was set to make the first defence of his IBO Intercontinental lightweight title against Graham Earl, but the Lutonian has damaged the fifth metacarpal on his left hand, leaving him with no option but to withdraw.
Paul Appleby will be a happy young man today, at his tender years he sits on top of the British featherweight pile with the Lonsdale belt after only 12 fights and is undefeated. In doing so he dethroned a quality boxer in John Simpson from Greenock who was looking to make the belt his outright possession.
The show opened with Andrew Ferrans of New Cumnock weighing 11st 12ozs matched with Simon Fleck of Leicester at 11st 10ozs over 6 x 3mins scheduled with Kenny Pringle as the man in the middle.
Kevin McIntyre has been stripped of his British welterweight title after pulling out of the proposed title fight with Kell Brook on the 14th June due to a back injury.
Many young fighters start off with a huge amount of fanfare, these guys are our top prospects, destined to reshape the Boxing map and leave an indelible imprint on out minds.
Unbeaten Nadeem Siddique thinks his upcoming television appearance in Coventry will catapult him towards a shot at the British and Commonwealth titles.
Welsh middleweight boxer Gary Lockett has warned the American public not to underestimate him ahead of his bout against WBC and WBO champion Kelly Pavlik at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City this Saturday.
Irish title double bill added to Hunky Dorys Fight Night
Jun 5th 2008 by British Boxing
Two mouth watering Irish title fights have been added to the next Hunky Dorys Fight Night, which will be headlined by Bernard Dunne at the National Stadium, Dublin on July 12th
During one of his lengthy gossiping sessions (known in some quarters as conferences) the father of psychology Sigmund Freud (although Franz Brentano is also worth a shout) was asked by a member of the audience if he could define the essence of ‘madness’. Freud paused for a moment before answering, "Heavyweight boxing in general and heavyweight boxers in particular." In recent times British boxing has had its own roving one-man madhouse in the form of Danny Williams.
Danny Williams had to overcome previously undefeated German Konstantin Airich - and Spanish referee Alfredo Garcia - to earn a seventh round stoppage last Friday night.
On Tuesday last week, whilst updating the boxing world with the latest moves being made by his ‘Hayemaker Boxing’ outfit, David Haye himself announced his plan of attack as he looks to storm through the heavyweight division.
In the build up to Gary Lockett’s WBC/WBO world middleweight title clash against Kelly Pavlik this Saturday, it appears the Welshman has been firmly installed as the underdog. Some more blunt observers have gone further by questioning his right to share the ring with the fearsome punching American, adding that he stands absolutely no chance of victory.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) I will be on my way to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York State, for the Inauguration of the 2008 inductees. I don’t know what it says about British boxing but we actually have more 'modern' promoters in the Hall of Fame than we have boxers.