Rob Norton will make the second defence of his British Cruiserweight title, and the first of his Commonwealth Cruiserweight title, when he faces David Dolan in a highly anticipated rematch on January 15th.
The rematch will go out live on Sky Sports’ Friday Fight Night as Hatton Promotions once again return to Altrincham Leisure Centre in Manchester.
The contrasting styles of southpaw Norton, and that of former amateur star Dolan, produced a thrilling encounter earlier this year as the pair shared a total of five knockdowns, with Norton eventually retaining his British title by unanimous decision.
30 year-old Dolan looked to be on his way to victory putting Norton down twice in round four but a spirited fightback from the champion, putting Dolan down in the sixth and eleventh, helped him to the hard fought win.
Dolan however will be hoping to repeat the success he had in Manchester in 2002, when he won a Commonwealth Games gold medal by defeating David Cadieux of Canada.
The undercard will also see another exciting rematch as Cello Renda and Paul Samuels meet again in a ten round Middleweight bout.
In one of the fights of 2009, which featured an amazing double knockdown, Samuels prevailed by stopping Prizefighter finalist Renda in the third round.
In another Eliminator, this time at Welterweight, Mark Thompson will take on Kevin McIntyre. Thompson last fought on Hatton Promotions ‘Wigan Warriors’ show on November 27th spectacularly stopping Danny Parkinson in the first round.
McIntyre, meanwhile, is a former British Welterweight titleholder, defeating Kevin Anderson for the belt in 2007 before losing it to Kell Brook in 2008.
Also on the bill, Dezzie Higginson will face Martin Gethin over ten rounds for the English Lightweight title and there will be debuts for Stephen Foster Jnr and Craig Lyon under the Hatton Promotions banner.
Undefeated Lyon will look to continue his run of success in his first eight rounder whilst Foster is a former British titleholder and faced Alex Arthur in a pulsating contest two years ago for the interim WBO super featherweight title.
Date: Friday 15th January
British & Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title
Venue:
Altrincham Leisure Centre
Oakfield Road
Altrincham
WA15 8EW
0161 926 3255
Doors: 6.00pm
First Fight: 6.30 tbc
Live on Sky Sports
Ticket Prices:
£30.00 General Admission
£50.00 Ringside
£75.00 VIP Ringside
0161 775 7500
www.brandhatton.com
Ticketmaster: 0844 847 2500
CARD:
Rob Norton Vs David Dolan
12x3 British & Commonwealth title.
Mark Thompson Vs Kevin McIntyre
10x3 Welterweight Eliminator (Subject to BBB of C approval)
Dezzie Higginson Vs Martin Gethin
10x3 English Lightweight Title
Cello Renda Vs Paul Samuels
10x3 Middleweight Contest
Craig Lyon Vs TBA
8x3 Bantamweight Contest
Matty Askins Vs TBA
4x3 Cruiserweight Contest
Rhys Roberts Vs TBA
6x3 Super-Bantamweight Contest
Joe Murray Vs TBA
6x3 Super-Bantamweight Contest
Stephen Foster Jnr Vs TBA
6x3 Super-Featherweight Contest
Keiran Maher Vs TBA
4x3 Light-Welterweight Contest
