Lenny Daws: record, next fight and profile →
Lenny Daws will get another crack at the European title after the European Boxing Union ordered an immediate rematch. The Morden super lightweight (30-4-2, 11 KOs) was inexplicably disqualified at the Westcroft Leisure Centre in Carshalton inside 10 rounds earlier this month, leading to wild scenes as Ruben Nieto (17-1, 8 KOs) of Spain walked away with the title.
Mick Hennessy will appeal against the decision in the main event of his most recent fight night. The Channel 5-exclusive promoter, who handles the in-ring affairs of undisputed heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury, saw his charge Lenny Daws disqualified on Saturday. Hennessy secured the Morden-based super lightweight home advantage for his second challenge for the European title.
Spain’s Ruben Nieto (17-1, 8 KOs) is the new European light welterweight champion after a controversial and slightly bizarre ending to his fight with local favourite Lenny Daws (30-4-2, 11 KOs) tonight. In front of a raucous crowd at the Westcroft Leisure Centre, a crowd that had to be calmed down by World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury pre-fight after violence kicked off in the arena, Daws and Nieto fought out nine rounds of wild, scrappy and enthralling action with both men bloody and engaged in a see-saw tussle.
Tyson Fury made the promise to remain “an O.G. always” following his World championship winning effort over Wladimir Klitschko last weekend. True to his word, the newly crowned heavyweight king continues to serve as a man of the people. Days after publicly backing Billy Joe Saunders to unseat middleweight titlist Andy Lee later this month, Fury is now throwing his support behind Lenny Daws ahead of his European super lightweight title fight with Ruben Nieto this weekend. The bout takes place in Daws’ birth town of Carshalton, England and due to headline on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom. The combination of the two has the heavyweight champ believing fans are in for a treat. “Lenny is an all-action, no-nonsense fighter who always makes for good television,” said Fury (25-0, 17KOs) of his promotional stablemate, as both are guided by Hennessy Sport. “He's not a prima donna - he's a good, old-fashioned, hard-working pro. He never takes a step back, he's always in entertaining scraps, and he's a proper fighting man.”
LONDON (30 NOVEMBER) European super-lightweight title challenger Lenny Daws has warned Spain's Ruben Nieto to expect a hostile reception from his Carshalton fans when the pair lock horns this Saturday night (December 5) at the Westcroft Leisure Centre, live on Channel 5.
LONDON - Carshalton's Lenny Daws aims to become European super-lightweight champion at the second time of asking on December 5 at the Westcroft Leisure Centre, just a stone's throw from his home, and is adamant he'll leave nothing to chance. The 36-year-old fought for the European title in 2013, when he dropped a controversial 12-round decision to Michele Di Rocco in Italy, but has won five on the spin since and goes into his December 5 contest with Spain's Ruben Nieto full of confidence.
Lenny Daws (30-3-2) and Ruben Nieto (16-1) fight for the vacant EBU super welterweight title with date and site to be announced. There were purse bids set for today in Rome but the parties came to an agreement and the fight will go ahead promoted by Hennessy Sports. Both Daws and Nieto were beaten by ex EBU ruler Michele Di Rocco, who now will go for a WBA title as the sanctioning body ordered him to face interim-champion Jose Benavidez. But it should be noted that Benavidez's promoter, Top Rank, filed an appeal asking for the boxer to get a direct shot at the vacant WBA 'regular' title.
Kevin Satchell (14-0) has been stripped of the EBU flyweight title as he never returned a signed contract for the often-postponed fight against mandatory challenger Thomas Masson (13-3-1). The fight was first on for France on July 18, and then moved to London July 24 and it was then back to France with September 12 as the date.
Michele Di Rocco (40-1-1) has relinquished the EBU super welterweight title to concentrate on a shot at a world title. Di Rocco is highly ranked among three of the four sanctioning bodies - #3 with the International Boxing Federation [IBF], #4 with the World Boxing Association [WBA] and #10 with the World Boxing Council [WBC]. He is not ranked by the World Boxing Organization [WBO].
Morden's Lenny Daws knows the importance of keeping his eyes on the prize as he prepares to face Mikheil Avakyan in Derby on Saturday night ahead of a European light-welterweight title challenge later this year. The 36-year-old former two-time British champion must win in order to set up a second stab at snatching European honours from reigning champion and former opponent Michele Di Rocco, should the Italian decide to keep his current title. “We're hoping the European title fight will be next for me,” Daws said. “We're waiting to see what Di Rocco plans to do - whether he decides to fight me or vacate the belt - and then we can start preparing for it.