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Sky Sport's Adam Smith announced on the station's Ringside show that Dudley's Darren McDermott is making a strong recovery after undergoing brain surgery at the weekend, the former English middleweight champion is on the mend but will now retire from the sport of boxing.
IBF super-bantamweight champion Steve Molitor and Saturday night's title challenger Jason Booth met the press for the final time today ahead of their fight at the Rainton Meadows Arena, Sunderland. Molitor has boxed over here three times, scoring wins over Nicky Booth, Jason's brother, John MacKay and Michael Hunter, the Canadian boxer believes that he will make it a quadruple come Saturday night.
Tyson Fury fights America's exquisitely named Rich Power at the York Hall, Bethnal Green this Friday night and the 22-year-old fighter has expressed his surprise at Audley Harrison's surprise WBA title shot against David Haye, stressing that Harrison does not deserve a crack at one of the world crowns.
Sources report that Curtis Woodhouse has signed a promotional deal with Frank Warren. The Driffield-based boxer will make his next appearance on the undercard of Paul Smith's British super middleweight title defence against Darren McDermott at the ECHO Arena, Liverpool on October 23rd. Woodhouse, 14-1 (9), is now a step closer to settling matters with 'Funtime' Frankie Gavin, the two have verbally battered one another in recent months and could now face one another in the ring some time down the line.
Premier Sports, Britain’s latest sports channel, have announced that they have secured the rights to Friday night's Mick Hennessy-promoted show at the York Hall, Bethnal Green. Tyson Fury takes on Rich Power over eight three-minute rounds, the main event is provided by John O'Donnell, who takes on Terrance Cauthen – Phill Fury, Tyson's cousin, meets Andrew Patterson on the undercard.
Sky Sports News has revealed that David Haye will take on Audley Harrison at the MEN Arena, Manchester on November the 13th, the fight will be broadcast on Sky Box Office pay-per-view and Haye's WBA heavyweight title will be on the line. The fight gives Harrison an unlikely shot at fulfilling his oft-stated destiny of becoming a world heavyweight title holder; Haye needed to keep busy, he has only fought once this year, a stoppage win over John Ruiz, and the fight with Harrison, though derided by many, will at least keep him in action ahead of stiffer tests.
“I'm not worried about Burns, but I am concerned about the temperature in Scotland. I hear it can be freezing even in August.” Roman Martinez's pre-fight words proved to half-prophetic as the Puerto Rican WBO super-featherweight champion found challenger Ricky Burns too hot to handle at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow on Saturday night. Martinez, who has since blamed weight making difficulties for his points loss, could have no complaints about the temperature on the night, Burns' vocal fans turned the arena into a sweltering, sweating bear-pit and their support was rewarded when their man's hand was raised at the end of twelve enthralling rounds of boxing, brawling and bombing.
Ricky Burns put aside best man duties at his brother David's wedding on Friday in order to focus on the task of wrenching away Roman Martinez's WBO super-featherweight title at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow Saturday night. Burns' sacrifice paid off, he won the title by scores of 115-112, twice, and 115-113 after a barnstorming effort.
Stephen Smith hopes to win his first professional title in Scotland tomorrow night by beating reigning Commonwealth champion John Simpson at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow on the undercard of the Roman Martinez-Ricky Burns WBO super-featherweight title fight. The Simpson-Smith sizzler has been bubbling nicely, both camps have shown a lot of mutual respect during the build-up and the match-up has captured the imagination of both the trade and the general boxing fan. Smith, who won two ABA titles, Commonwealth Gold and a European Bronze during his amateur career, was delighted when he heard about the contest and has no doubt in his mind that the fight has come at the right time.
News of the withdrawal of Darren Barker from the Frank Warren-promoted bill at the LG Arena, Birmingham on September 18th was quickly followed by a disquieting rumour about one of the other title fights on the bill, sources indicated that Sheffield's Kell Brook had been laid low by a virus and was a major doubt for his British welterweight title contest with Chorley's Michael Jennings, which also doubles up as a WBO title eliminator. Brook, though, has moved swiftly to dispel the whispers.