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Ash Lane completed the set of domestic titles by producing a career-best performance to stop Chris Bourke and win the vacant British and Commonwealth bantamweight titles at London’s York Hall.
Chris Bourke is aiming to make up for lost time when he boxes Ash Lane for the vacant British bantamweight title on Friday.
Chris Bourke (13-1, 8KOs) and Ashley Lane (17-10-2, 2KOs) successfully weighed in ahead of Friday’s British and Commonwealth bantamweight encounter at Bethnal Green’s York Hall in London. Bourke, challenging for the second time to claim a British title following an unsuccessful title tilt at the British super-bantamweight title against Mark Leach in March 2022, weighed in at 117 lbs 4oz.
CHRIS BOURKE WILL challenge for the British bantamweight title against Ashley Lane on a night of triple title action at York Hall on Friday March 22, live on TNT Sports.
Chris Bourke insists that he is ready to take control of the British bantamweight scene. The heavy-handed 29 year old from Streatham in South London dismantled Tanzanian puncher, Adam Mbega, last weekend, notching up another stoppage and positioning himself for a crack at a meaningful title.
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