TOM DALLAS will face his first American opponent later this month.
The Chatham banger (14-0) bids to send his local fans home happy when he faces American Zack Page (21-34-2) on Friday May 13 at Medway Park Leisure Centre, Gillingham
Page has a reputation as one of the most durable fighters on the heavyweight circuit and in December lasted the eight round distance against Tyson Fury.
Promoter Frank Maloney said: “I am not even bothered about Tyson because I look after the best two heavyweight prospects in Britain, David Price and Tom.
“They are the future of the division and like Pricey proved last week when he knocked out Raphael Butler, Tom will be looking to make a statement.
“Some of the sparring between Tom and Pricey is better than most heavyweight fights but they would only fight each other if something special was on the line.”
Page, 37, has been stopped just three times and last year shocked Mike Tyson conqueror, Kevin McBride - outpointing the Irishman over eight rounds.
Dallas’ fight eight rounder is part of a star-studded bill headed by Chislehurst’s Sam Webb (17-1) who defends his British light-middleweight title against Manchester’s Prince Arron (20-3-1).
Also on the card being televised live by Sky Sports, Blackpool’s Brian Rose (16-1-1) makes the first defence of his English light-middleweight crown against Swanley’s unbeaten Martin Welsh (9-0).
Tickets for the fantastic night of action are available at £30 and £65 ringside from www.frankmaloney.com and 0871 226 1508
He’s fought the very best during his glittering boxing career, and now Ricky Hatton is teaming up with former football star John Hartson to help take on the biggest fight of all.
On Thursday, June 2, 2011 - almost two years since Hartson was rushed into hospital for life-saving cancer surgery - the pair will be guests of honour at a special gala dinner to be held at The Royal Lancaster hotel, London, in support of The John Hartson Foundation.
Raising awareness and support of Testicular Cancer, the charity was set up through the determination of Hartson himself, after his own traumatic ordeal with the illness. In July 2009, the former Arsenal, West Ham, Celtic and Wales star was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer after ignoring a lump for four years. The cancer spread to his lungs and brain, and left him fighting for his life.
Since then, he has undergone 11 operations and 77 sessions of chemotherapy after defying the odds to pull through. Now in remission, the 36-year-old is devoting his time to raising awareness about the illness and helping others in their battle to beat cancer.
John Hartson says: ‘I’m honoured that Ricky will be a special guest at the dinner and extremely grateful that he has given up his time to support the charity. It is going to be a fantastic night and will hopefully help to raise a lot of awareness and support for the charity. The fight against cancer requires a lot of bravery, determination and spirit, and who better to have supporting it than one of the bravest fighters of his generation.’
Ricky Hatton says: ‘I am proud to be associated with The John Hartson Foundation and being given the opportunity to help raise awareness of Testicular cancer.
I have fought and won many fights in the boxing ring but John has shown what a tremendously brave man he is, in the toughest fight of all, the fight for his life.
With your help and support we can help more people in their battle against this illness.
I look forward to meeting John and I hope that you can join us for what looks to be a special night to raise awareness of testicular cancer and support the John Hartson foundation’.
For more information on the John Hartson Tribute Dinner, contact Steve Surridge at Eclipse Sports Promotions on: 020 8441 2714 or 07717 798378
Or email: jhtribute@eclipsesports.co.uk
For more information on The John Hartson Foundation, visit: www.johnhartsonfoundation.com