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WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal was an interested spectator at the Froch-Dirrell fight. Pascal waged war with Froch for the WBC super-middleweight title at this very venue, the Trent FM Arena, in December of last year. The man from Quebec, Canada gained a lot of British fans that night; he told BoxingScene.com that he had come back to the UK in order to support Carl and meet-and-greet the British fans
A weekend in Nottingham gave me an opportunity to take in the Carl Froch versus Andre Dirrell Super Six contest, as well as the UK Bodybuilding finals, which took place over the course of Saturday and Sunday. The relaxed pace of Sunday’s bodybuilding contest also gave me plenty of time to mull over the split-decision win handed to Carl Froch the previous night.
The latest championship circular from the BBBoC has thrown up a few surprises. Chief amongst them is the revelation that Danny Williams will not be stripped of his British heavyweight title. This news has led to Danny doing a suspected U-turn over his decision to retire. Danny may now carry on; defending his British crown against the Sexton-Rogan in order to see if he can produce some of the form that won him the title in the first place.
Ricky Hatton is picking Amir Khan to overcome the challenge of New York-based Ukrainian Dmitriy Salita on December the 5th. Hatton believes that the 22-year-old WBA light-welterweight title holder is fast becoming a rounded boxer-puncher. Ricky told The Bolton News that Amir responded well to adversity after Bredis Prescott ripped his world apart in September of last year.
Salford’s Jamie Moore allowed BoxingScene.com exclusive access to his final hard day of training ahead of his showdown with Sheffield’s Ryan Rhodes. Rhodes challenges for Moore’s European light-middleweight title at the Bolton Arena next Friday night. The contest is a make-or-break showdown between two of Europe’s top 154lb boxers and it should give the winner a nice ratings boost – the contest is also a WBC world title eliminator.
John Murray’s vacant British lightweight title fight with Jon Thaxton threw up a bit of personal synergy due to the fact that it came the night after Audley Harrison won Prizefighter: The Heavyweights III tournament. I invested heavily in Audley when he turned pro back in 2001, believing he would go all the way to the undisputed world title. Many people disagreed with that pick; still, I have fond memories of Big Aud’s early contests against mediocre Europeans, horizontal Americans and the smallest heavyweights Britain had to offer.
Enzo Maccarinelli plans to put a nightmare two-years to one side as he bids to ignite his boxing career. Enzo, 29, was viciously KO’d by in three-rounds by Denis Lebedev back in July, promoting calls for his retirement. However, the popular Welshman believes that he can come back strong from a terrible run of form – three defeats in his past four fights – and, once again, stake his world title claims.
Derry Matthews has signed with Hatton Promotions and will kick-start his comeback by taking on Stoke’s popular ticket seller Scott Lawton on November the 13th.
Carl Froch fired another shot across the bows of undefeated American Andre Dirrell – who challenges for Froch’s WBC super-middleweight title at the Trent Arena, Nottingham on Saturday night. Froch, 32, told The Mirror that his superior punch power would have the last word in a contest that has sparked some fiery pre-fight hyperbole.
Nikolay Valuev hopes to break British, and Cockney, hearts on November the 7th when he takes on Bermondsey’s David Haye in Nuremberg, Germany. Valuev- a giant at 7’ – intends to make things up to the British fans, though; Nikolay has told The Sun that he will be happy to return to Great Britain should he defeat Haye. The giant Russian also plans to visit his compatriot Andrey Arshavin – who plays for Arsenal FC.