Heavyweights set to clash at York Hall by Kevin Taylor Feb 19th 2008

Eight British heavyweights are set to clash at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on April 11th in a heavyweight tournament named the Prizefighter series organised by Matchroom Promotions. The tournament will consist of quarter-finals, semi-finals and Final, all of which will be over three rounds in duration. Some of the countries unbeaten heavyweight's are involved in what should be an intriguing night's entertainment. A draw will be made in advance of the tournament to determine who faces who in the quarter-final fights. If there has been no knockout or stoppage, the winner will be decided by three judges (all appointed by the British Boxing Board of Control). In the event of a winning fighter not being fit to carry on, he will be replaced by a reserve fighter for the next contest. The contenders are Billy Bessey (Portsmouth) - 7-4-0 Paul Butlin (Melton Mowbray) - 11-4-0 David Dolan (Sunderland) - 7-0-0 Dave Ferguson (North Shields) - 4-0-0 Alex Ibbs (Stoke) - 3-0-0 Colin Kenna (Southampton) - 16-6-2 Ian Millarvie (Hamilton) - 7-0-0 8th boxer to be confirmed The winner of the tournament will get £25,000 while the runner up will get £10,000. Losing Semi-Finalists will get £7,000 and losing Quarter-Finalists, £3,500. With the contender series so popular on television recently, this could be a shrewd bit of marketing by Matchroom and with so many unbeaten prospects in the mix should provide an interesting evening's entertainment. The event will be screened live on Sky Sports.  If the event does well there are plans for similar events to take place later in the year at welterweight, middleweight and featherweight.

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Who's the 8th Feb 21st 2008, 16:08:24 by gkt999 I have to say I'm sorry to see that Martin Rogan had to pull out of this event; it could have been a great break for him, with the TV viewers. Although in the long run his 8 rnder in dublin on the 22nd March should be the final step in setting him up for an Irish Heavyweight title shot, only question is who will it be against? Will Kevin Mcbride be interested or will it be Colin Kenna maybe James Clancy ? my money would be on Kenna seeing as he is still fighting within Ireland and the UK. Or will they all pass it up and leave a vacant title to be fought for? Possobly the fight the public have been asking for Rogan / Belshaw ? Guess we will all have to wait and see what pans out. Great news that Rogan has changed his mind and decided to keep the gloves on, there time yet to hang them up rogie, make hay while the sun shines.   Can't Wait Feb 20th 2008, 05:02:07 by ukibo At long last , this is such a great idea, Well done Matchroom   Heavyweight hopefuls Feb 19th 2008, 13:22:56 by telboy66 This competition is long overdue the state of British HW boxing is at a very low ebb, With the top boxers losing to each other there is room for someone to step up & seize the chance