Dan Azeez: record, next fight and profile →
Danny Dignum will defend his WBO European middleweight title against dangerous Russian Andrey Sirotkin on an MTK Fight Night on Saturday 17 April. The action-packed event will take place at the University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton, England, and will be broadcast live on IFL TV.
Production Park Studios, South Kirkby - For the British and Commomwealth junior welterweight titles, Akeem Ennis-Brown (14-0, 1 KO) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Philip Bowes (20-4, 3 KOs). The scores were 115-112, 115-112, 116-111.
Dan Azeez has labelled Andre Sterling as a ‘clown’ and has vowed to knock him out when the two London rivals meet for the English light-heavyweight title on Wednesday’s MTK Fight Night event.
Andre Sterling has made a bold prediction ahead of his battle with English light heavyweight champion Dan Azeez – insisting he’ll stop Azeez between round six and eight on Wednesday’s MTK Fight Night event.
The events will be held behind closed doors at the LS-LIVE in Wakefield, and will be broadcast in the US on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank, and worldwide on IFL TV. The first show takes place on Tuesday 11 August, as world title challenger Jono Carroll (18-1-1, 4 KOs) square offs with the always-entertaining Maxi Hughes (20-5-2, 4 KOs) at 133lbs.
The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) has announced that all events in March that fall under its jurisdiction have now been cancelled. Shows around the world have been pulled off the schedule at an alarming rate due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, with the BBBoC officially following suit.
At the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, MTK Global held the light heavyweight version of their Golden Contract tournament. In a shocker, Ricards Bolotniks (16-5-1, 7 KOs) crushed that man who some felt was the tournament favorite, undefeated, Steven Ward (12-1), with a knockout in the first round.
CONNOR PARKER JOKED that he might attempt to carry out an impression of Vasyl Lomachenko when he steps in the ring with Sam Maxwell at Arena, Birmingham on November 30, with Maxwell's WBO European super lightweight title at stake.
York Hall, Bethnal Green - Middleweight Danny Dignum (12-0, 6 KOs) continued his undefeated run with a fifth round stoppage of Conrad Cummings (17-4-1, 7 KOs) to capture the vacant WBO European middleweight crown.
A loaded fight bill is in store Saturday evening at O2 Arena in London, England. Headlining the show, top-rated heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte (25-1, 18KOs) takes on unbeaten Oscar Rivas (26-0, 18KOs)— a Colombia-bred heavyweight who fights out of Canada—with a major title fight very much within reach for the winner.