
Andrew Cain secures title shot with comeback victory over Alejandro Jair Gonzalez
Andrew Cain secured a shot at Takuma Inoue’s WBC bantamweight title with a thrilling ninth round finish of Alejandro Jair Gonzalez in Liverpool, England
Brad Strand: record, next fight and profile →

Andrew Cain secured a shot at Takuma Inoue’s WBC bantamweight title with a thrilling ninth round finish of Alejandro Jair Gonzalez in Liverpool, England

Brad Strand is a 28-year-old prospect who is grateful that boxing is not strictly about protecting the ‘0’.

Local talents Brad Strand and Lucas Biswana impressed the onlooking Liverpool crowd at the M&S Bank Arena on the undercard of Nick Ball’s title defense against Ronny Rios. The pair, along with heavyweight Boma Brown, capped off a successful start to the night for the Everton Red Triangle gym, success that they hope is followed by wins for both Ball and Andrew Cain.

With British junior featherweight champion Dennis McCann ready to rematch in July with Brad Strand, the man whose title he took, he says he is "ready to take his chin off."

The British and Commonwealth title fight between unbeaten super bantamweights Dennis McCann and Brad Strand always looked like it had the potential to steal the show but rather than a great fight, fans were treated to a dominant performance by McCann.

WE LAST WEEK convened to formally reveal the latest of our highly-acclaimed ‘Magnificent Seven’ cards, which will take place at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham – formerly known as the NEC – on Saturday March 16.

Dennis McCann’s confidence certainly wasn’t affected by his draw with Inout Baluta. Last August, the tough Romanian dragged McCann went through a ferocious gut check at a sweltering York Hall. Early in

British middleweight champion Nathan Heaney (18-0, 6 KOs), fresh from his stunning victory over Denzel Bentley to claim the title in November, will make his first defense of his Lonsdale belt, against the English champion Brad Pauls (18-1, 10).

I WAS STRUCK by a thought while watching our, mostly, prospects production from York Hall last Friday about the remarkable Emiliano Marsili.

Bradley Strand opened Friday's Queensberry show at London’s York Hall with a solid decision victory over Joshua John. Strand boxes out of the thriving Everton Red Triangle gym in Liverpool and was supported by his stablemate Nick Ball who recently won a final eliminator to box for the WBC featherweight title.