
Dan Azeez and Lewis Edmondson to contest British 175lbs title
Dan Azeez will have the opportunity to regain the British light-heavyweight title when he fights Lewis Edmondson at London’s Copperbox Arena on October 19
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Dan Azeez will have the opportunity to regain the British light-heavyweight title when he fights Lewis Edmondson at London’s Copperbox Arena on October 19

The light heavyweight Dan Azeez is to fight Lewis Edmondson at London’s Copper Box Arena on October 19


A huge right hand ended matters when English super middleweight champion Mark Jeffers defeated his Scottish counterpart Darren Johnstone in five rounds at the Cardiff International Arena.

Lewis Edmondson is looking for a fight. The 28-year-old from Southampton is unbeaten in eight professional outings and seems to have been on the brink of a breakthrough since he stopped former Commonwealth champion, Luke Blackledge, almost three years a

Chris Billam-Smith extended his arms and soaked in the ambiance as he stepped off the scale ahead of his second straight hometown headliner. The reigning WBO cruiserweight title clocked in at a finely-tuned 199 pounds ahead of his maiden title defense. It comes versus Poland’s Mateusz Masternak, who was 198 pounds ahead of their scheduled twelve-round main event Sunday evening from the Bournemouth International Center in Billam-Smith’s hometown of Bournemouth, England.

The stage is set for another night of boxing in Bournemouth as local hero Chris Billam-Smith makes a return to defend his WBO world cruiserweight title against Mateusz Masternak on Sunday, December 10th live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Peacock in the USA.

Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth - In a junior middleweight scrap, Sam Eggington (34-8, 20 KOs) broke down and brutally stopped undefeated Joe Pigford (20-1, 19 KOs) in the fifth round.

Extra tickets have been added for Lawrence Okolie’s (19-0, 14 KOs) WBO world cruiserweight title defence against hometown hero Chris Billam-Smith (17-1-0, 12 KOs) at AFC Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium on Saturday, May 27 due to high demand.

Danny Dignum suffered the first blot on his record as his fight with Andrey Sirotkin on Saturday night’s MTK Global show in Bolton was declared a draw. Dignum, 29, the WBO’s No 5 middleweight, did well in the early rounds, but he could not subdue the Russian, who hurt him repeatedly in the last three rounds of a hard fight.