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Two weeks ago, former WBA light-welterweight title-holder Gavin Rees had question marks hanging over his boxing future. ‘The Rock’ injured his nose when winning the British lightweight title by stopping John Watson last November; there were fears that his career could be prematurely curtailed.
Later today, Liverpool's John Watson tackles Manchester's Anthony Crolla at the Olympia, Liverpool for the British lightweight title vacated by Wales' Gavin Rees. Rees won the title in November by stopping Watson at 2:13 of round eleven after a thrilling seesaw battle.
News of Amir Khan's April 16 WBA light-welterweight title defence against Paul McCloskey coupled with John Murray's link-up with Khan's former promoter Frank Warren has underlined the fact that a Khan-Murray derby has now disappeared over the horizon. Richard Schaefer had told BoxingScene that “John Murray has been mentioned. We just have to work it a little bit more and see where we end up” when speaking about Khan's potential opponents last month only for McCloskey to get the nod over Amir's Lancashire rival.
Rick Reeno's double-scoop has certainly set up an interesting scenario for British boxing fans. As reported earlier, David Coldwell has won the right to stage James DeGale's British super-middleweight title defence against London rival George Groves. Coldwell, Hayemaker's Head of Boxing, tabled a £400,000 bid, Adam Booth, also of Hayemaker, put in a £325,000 offer, Frank Warren, who promotes DeGale, came in third with a £320,000 purse.
Amir Khan popped up on Sky Sports this afternoon to talk about his April 16 WBA light-welterweight title defence against Northern Ireland's Paul McCloskey at the MEN Arena, Manchester. Khan feels that his southpaw opponent has earned the fight by winning the British and EBU belts en route to compiling a 22-0 (12) record. Khan, 24-1 (7 early), believes that McCloskey will bring his A-game on the night to make it one to remember.
John Murray has inked a promotional deal with Frank Warren. Murray holds the longest current undefeated run in British boxing, 30-0 (18 early), as well as the EBU lightweight title; the 26-year-old was guided by Mick Hennessy until October of last year but has now joined forces with Warren. The veteran promoter confirmed the deal earlier today.
Liverpool's David Price moved to (9-0, 7KO) on Saturday night with a third-round blow-out of South Africa's Osborne Machiman. Osborne had grabbed a national title in his previous fight, a TKO over Bully Muravha. Machiman, however, did not get a chance to put up much of a fight against Price. David is flying out to spar with Odlanier Solis ahead of the Cuban's WBC title fight with Vitali klitschko in a move that will allow the 27-year-old, 6' 8'' prospect to get some top-level sparring under his belt.
Wladimir Klitschko defends his WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles in Germany on April 30 yet the Ukrainian has more than just his challenger, Derek Chisora, on his mind. Wlad, 55-3 (49), is still smarting over the failure to secure a unification fight with WBA title-holder David Haye. The 34-year-old has told the BBC that Haye needs the fight in order to secure a heavyweight legacy.
Amir Khan takes on Paul McCloskey at the MEN, Manchester on April 16 after finally agreeing terms with the EBU light-welterweight title-holder. Khan, 24-1 (17), has told Sky Sports that he rates his latest WBA title challenger and will be fully focussed on the fight.
Lloyd Honeyghan must have thought that he had seen it all going into his November 27 1985 contest against Sylvester Mittee. 'The Ragamuffin Man' had compiled a perfect 25-0 slate and was the EBU welterweight champion. There had been few surprises in Lloyd's career thus far but British and Commonwealth boss Mittee managed to throw the 25-year-old a curveball ahead of their clash by presenting Lloyd with a bunch of flowers.