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For all the glory nights there are many fights within the sport of boxing that are hard, bittersweet clashes. Away fights, contests between friends, and other so-called ‘tough’ fights pale into comparison when a fighter goes into the ring seeking to architect the downfall of one of his heroes.
London’s Anthony Small will be the away fighter for the second time in as many fights when he defends his British light-middleweight title against Thomas McDonagh at the Robin Park Arena, Wigan on Friday night. However, Small believes that McDonagh, dubbed ‘The Storm Boy’, is a stepping stone on the world glory ladder.
Joe Gallagher, the trainer of Anthony Crolla, kept his promise of forcing Michael Brodie to make the stipulated 9st 5lb weight limit for Michael's Friday night's showdown with his man. Brodie came in 12oz over on the first attempt and was sent away in order to ensure that he hit the target weight.
After their first fight Michael Watson knew that Chris Eubank could be outworked, but he also knew that Eubank could hit him with the type of clean shots Mike McCallum had hit him with, if less frequently, this left Watson in a bind: come forward throwing shots to take the decision cleanly whilst, therefore, leaving himself open to some of that McCallum-style abuse.
Amir Khan has told Ron Lewis of The Times that he now has his own promotional company and will be looking to evaluate his options after the December 5th WBA light-welterweight showdown against Dmitriy Salita at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle.
Sheffield’s Steve ‘Superbad’ Barnes, 18, fights Pavel Senkos on the undercard of Darren Barker’s British title fight with Wayne Elcock this Saturday night. The youngster will be looking to impress the crowd at the Brentwood Centre and his father, Steve Barnes Senior, told Sportinglife.com that his son could become the first man to stop the Mansfield-based Latvian. “Steve really eats, sleeps and breathes boxing when it comes to his pro career,” said Barnes Senior.
Scotland’s Ricky Burns fights in an eight-round attraction on the undercard of Amir Khan’s WBA light-welterweight title dust-up with Dmitiry Salita at the Radio Metro Arena, Newcastle on December the 5th. The 26-year-old hopes to use this fight as a warm-up ahead of a possible WBO super-featherweight title showdown with current incumbent Roman Martinez.
Dmitiry Salita has stoked up the pressure ahead of his crunch clash with Amir Khan by branding the British boxer as ‘chinny’. Salita, 27 and the holder of a 30-0-1 (16) record, told The Jewish Community online that Amir’s chin won’t be able to pass the power test come December the 5th.
Back in June, David Haye’s projected challenge to Wladimir Klitschko was due to be aired on the Setanta network here in the UK; many believe that Haye was in with a chance in that one but it was not to be, Haye withdrew from the fight due to a back injury and had to wait for his title chance to come around. Steve Bunce, who hosted a weekly boxing show on the network, believes that, had things not gone to the wall, Haye would have eventually been crowned on Setanta, either in an rearranged dust-up with Wladimir or the tussle with Nikolai Valuev.
Although promoter Frank Warren has poured cold water scepticism over the comeback hopes of Ricky Hatton the Mancunian boxer has an ally in Amir Khan, who has told Sporting Life that Hatton can make it back to the top of the boxing ladder.