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Martin Rogan has parted company with trainer John Breen, Martin is in training for his rematch with Sam Sexton, who defeated Rogan in May. Rogan is now training at the St John Bosco gym. A disappointed Breen told The Belfast Telegraph that the split has taken him by surprise.
By Terry Dooley - A former ABA title winner at light middleweight, Errol Christie also captained England as an amateur, his unpaid career culminated in a European title win in 1981. All told, Errol had walked into Coventry’s Standard Triumph gym as an eight-year-old boy and had then gone onto to become one of Britain’s most gifted, and successful, amateur boxers, taking a title at every level in the British ranks; however, he was unable to convert amateur brilliance into consistent professional success - a British Mark Breland, if you will. Still, Christie has fond memories of his amateur days, and he stopped by to share them.
Prizefighter returns with its third heavyweight tournament this autumn and there will be some big names on show at the York Hall on the 2nd of October.
By Terence Dooley - Joe Gallagher took over Billy Graham’s Phoenix Gym back in January, and the trainer hopes to turn his Denton base into the British version of Freddie Roach’s Wildcard gym. Gallagher trains the Murray brothers, John and Joe, as well as Matthew Macklin, Femi Fehintola, Mike Holden, and Gallagher is going to bring the likes of ABA winner Hosea Burton through the ranks in coming years.
Manchester’s Michael Gomez, 32, retains the power to shock and amaze the professional boxing world, despite the fact that he officially retired from licensed boxing in the aftermath of his seven-round TKO loss to Ricky Burns in March of this year.
Jamie Moore will defend his EBU light-middleweight title against Ryan Rhodes at a venue yet-to-be-decided on the 23rd of October. Moore hopes that the fight with Rhodes will double as a final eliminator for the WBC world title.
Frank Warren has won the purse bids for the massive Merseyside showdown between British super-middle champion Tony Quigley and local rival Paul Smith, who starred in The Contender a couple of years back.
Ricky Hatton is convinced that he can take some of Manchester’s rough diamonds and turn them into world title contenders. Hatton told STV that he is enjoying life as a promoter, he has put together a strong bill for next Friday’s show at the Manchester Velodrome - Michael Brodie will top the bill.
Billy Joe Saunders has told the Welwyn and Hatfield Times that he could not be more pleased with the way his professional career has unfolded. The Olympian has scored a trio of second-round wins, with Saunders claiming that the second round has always been lucky for him.
Carl Froch has insisted that age is just a number, and that he is about to enter the peak years of his career. Froch, 32, turned professional relatively late, aged 27, and the Nottingham fighter has told Sky Sports that he is still at the top of his game.