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In September, Jack Rafferty told BoxingScene.com that he hoped that a conclusive victory over Ben Fields in their Silver Commonwealth super lightweight title fight would be a springboard to bigger things.
If we take Anthony Joshua at his word, the heavyweight division could be in for some explosive, exciting nights over the coming years.
Cheavon 'Chev' Clarke was in Bournemouth on Sunday night to watch Chris Billam-Smith successfully defend his WBO cruiserweight tile against Mateusz Masternak.
The back and forth between super lightweight rivals Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall goes on. And on. A little friction is generally good for boxing business but Taylor and Catterall have been talking about a rematch for so long that the momentum their drama filled first fight created is in danger of grinding to a halt.
Junaid Bostan didn’t spend his teenage years flicking through the MTV channels or watching Hollyoaks. The unbeaten junior middleweight has been a boxing addict since he was in primary school. When he wasn’t in the gym, Bostan would be at home rewatching old episodes of HBO’s 24/7. He has a favourite series.
Dalton Smith is in America for this weekend’s flyweight unification fight between Sunny Edwards and Bam Rodriguez but took a brief busman’s holiday from his gym-mate’s training camp and flew out to San Francisco to watch Devin Haney paint a twelve round masterpiece against Regis Prograis on Saturday night. Smith probably paid just as close attention to Liam Paro’s sixth round stoppage of Montana Love on the undercard.
Sunday night or not, the Bournemouth International Centre was bouncing for Chris Billam-Smith’s first defense of his WBO cruiserweight title.
Bournemouth, UK - Although injuries have held Ben Whittaker back so far, the charismatic light heavyweight is talented enough to grow into one of British boxing’s biggest attractions over the next few years. The 2020 Olympic silver medallist reminded fans of exactly what he is capable of by putting on a show and knocking out Italy based Albanian, Stiven Leonetti Dredhaj, in four rounds.
UK - Lauren Price rounded out a successful year by outboxing Italy’s Silvia Bortot over eight rounds. The Olympic gold medallist wants a seat at the welterweight top table and the aim must now be to get her involved in a busy scene that includes the likes of Natasha Jonas, Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan.
UK - The English super welterweight title fight between Lee Cutler (14-1, 7 KO’s) and Kingsley Egbunike (8-3-1,1 KO) was a real clash of styles. Egbunike tall, loose limbed and boxing from a wide stance while the more compact Cutler crept forward. He showed