Bradley Skeete: record, next fight and profile →
Former British champion Liam Williams has been handed a route back into contention after the BBBoC matched him against Asinia Bufield for the vacant British light-middleweight belt. The Board’s latest title circular has revealed that the purse bids are due in by noon on Wednesday June 13 (as are all bids, unless stated otherwise) and that the contest must take place by the end of September.
British Welterweight Champion Bradley Skeete has described Saturday's European Title defeat as a "learning curve" and has promised he will be back. Skeete travelled to Bilbao in Spain to take on unbeaten Basque banger Kerman Lejarraga, who stunned the Englishman by winning via second round stoppage
THE LONG-TERM just got longer as far as our, so far hugely successful, partnership with BT Sport is concerned and I was delighted to make public the extension of our agreement to stage boxing on behalf of such a major and progressive broadcaster.
In a minor stunner, Madrid-based Romanian Ionut Baluta (10-2, 2 KOs) upset previously undefeated Kazakh super bantamweight Yerzhan Zalilov (10-1-1, 4 KOs) over eight rounds with a single-point unanimous decision.
Serial belt collector Bradley Skeete believes 2018 will finally be the year when he adds the major international straps to his already impressive haul. It is a measure of the super skilled 6ft 1in welter belter’s soaring self-belief that - despite hoovering up Southern Area, English, Inter-Continental, British, Commonwealth and WBO European gongs – he remains unfulfilled.
FIGHT WEEK IN Belfast once again more than delivered the goods in a big way and the plotting of Carl Frampton’s next move is now very much in the works. It is a complete pleasure promoting major shows in the city and the response of the boxing public is always first class. The atmosphere generated in the arena is unsurpassed and it makes for such momentus occasions.
With his European Title shot just a couple of weeks away, Bradley Skeete is hoping to elevate himself to world level if he wins. Skeete takes on unbeaten Spaniard Kerman Lejarraga in Bilbao on April 28th for the European Welterweight Title. Speaking on the BoxNation Podcast, he revealed that should he defeat Lejarraga in Spain, he would vacant the British Title that he won outright last year.
Tooting’s Bradley “Super” Skeete (27-1, 12 KOs) will have to travel for his shot at the vacant EBU welterweight title after MGZ Promotions won the rights to stage his fight against Spain’s Kerman Lejarraga (24-0, 19 early). The fight will take place in Lejarraga’s hometown of Bilbao on March 24 and will be the 30-year-old’s first action of 2018.
A decision has been made to cancel the event scheduled to take place on Saturday 10th February at the Copper Box Arena after recent changes to the card diminished its strength. Last week WBO World Bantamweight Champion Zolani Tete withdrew from the card with a calf injury meaning the show lost its headline fight.
Frank Warren believes the British fight fans have lost interest in the boxing career of Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs). Last week, Khan announced that he signed a three fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn of Matchroom. Khan's first fight in two years has been scheduled to take place on April 21 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The Bolton boxer has been out of the ring since May of 2016, when he moved up to a catch-weight of 155-pounds to challenge then WBC middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.