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The picture perfect left hand that Peter McGrail sunk into Brad Foster’s body last weekend couldn’t have been timed any better.
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The picture perfect left hand that Peter McGrail sunk into Brad Foster’s body last weekend couldn’t have been timed any better.

Although many will have picked Peter McGrail to defeat Brad Foster tonight (September 28) in Sheffield, few will have predicted him to do so with a body shot and end it as early as the second round. Yet that is exactly how and when McGrail finished proceedings, digging a left uppercut into Foster’s body at the one minute and eight seconds mark in round two.

Rhiannon Dixon and Terri Harper both made weight ahead of their bout for the WBO lightweight title in Sheffield. They meet at the Park Community Arena over 10 rounds on a bill that sees Peter McGrail take on Brad Foster while prodigious Olympic gold medalist Galal Yafai aims to get rounds ahead of his significant November 30 fight with Sunny Edwards.

Rumors abound that should Peter McGrail beat Brad Foster this weekend, he will plunge directly into a major British and European title fight with Dennis McCann.

Peter McGrail, who knows about drawing a bad hand in the ring, believes Brad Foster was simply unlucky in his last outing, and he is expecting a determined challenge from the former champion.

Adam Azim banged his chest in celebration as he stepped off the scale. The unbeaten junior welterweight was a comfortable 139.3 pounds in a bid become the quickest male boxer to win a European (EBU) title. By comparison, France’s Franck Petitjean looked drained but still came in right at the 140-pound limit as the defending EBU junior welterweight titlist for their 12-round main event Saturday from Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England.

PROBABLY ONE OF the most fascinating fights of the year will play out at the OVO Arena, Wembley on July 2 when two well seasoned, but contrasting, campaigners step into the ring at the famous old venue situated in the towering shadow of Wembley Stadium.

Ionut Baluta seems to enjoy boxing at York Hall and recorded perhaps the best win of his career as he claimed a unanimous ten-round decision over Brad Foster to claim the WBC international super-bantamweight belt.

BRAD FOSTER RECKONS he could be up against the best super bantamweight in Europe on Friday when he takes on Ionut Baluta, with the WBC International title at stake.

BRAD FOSTER IS back in the title mix at York Hall on May 20 but his points defeat to Jason Cunningham last time out remains a scar that has yet to fully heal. The 24-year-old, 14-1-2 (5 KOs) takes on the dangerous Romanian Ionut Baluta, 14-3 (3 KOs) with the vacant WBC International super bantamweight title at stake in Bethnal Green.