This Saturday, Frank Warren Promotions brings a huge 12 bout show to the Copper Box Arena in London, England. This will be the first boxing event held at the former 2012 Olympic arena and features five scheduled 12 round contests with multiple BBBofC and Commonwealth title holders appearing on the card. Headlining the show is undefeated Billy Joe Saunders (18-0, 10 KO’s) … [Read more...]
Witter is a ‘no hitter’ as Gavin starts his overdue ascent at 147
It was a fight that had many reaching for their pillows…not to cover their faces from the bloody war that was unfolding, rather to get some important beauty sleep. This author needs more than most let me tell you but the duel for the British Welterweight title between champion Junior ‘The Hitter’ Witter (now 41-6-2 with 22 KOs) and challenger Frankie Gavin (now 14-0 with 10 … [Read more...]
Gavin looks to get serious against British welterweight champion Witter
At the York Hall in Bethnal Green this coming Thursday evening, Frankie Gavin will challenge Junior Witter for his British Welterweight title in an intriguing match up that will reveal whether Witter has anything left in the locker and whether Gavin can live up to his amateur world champion pedigree. Gavin (13-0, 10 KOs) turned pro in 2009 after controversially failing to … [Read more...]
Undercard announced for ‘Licence to Thrill’ – More fireworks or just damp squibs?
1 month to go. 4 weeks, 2 days. I’m not giving it to you in hours and minutes. If you’re that geeky you’ll have worked it out by now. It’s still happening. ‘The Luxembourg Fight’. It’s now even got an undercard (cue the muted cries of ‘woooooooo’!!) On Tuesday Frank Warren err, I beg your pardon, Sauerland Promotions and Boxnation TV held a press conference to … [Read more...]
Make Mine A Double! British Boxers At The Bottom of a Bottle
As Kell Brook announces his all-British clash with Matthew Hatton in March, the brash Sheffield puncher serves as a timely reminder of how easy it can be for impressionable, green-around-the-gills youngsters to fall, or be dragged, off the rails. Brook has had his share of brushes with the law, and with lapses of commitment. In 2010 he was convicted of assault after an … [Read more...]