Amir ‘Hardcore’ Mansour (23-2-1, 16 KOs) has replaced Gary Cornish as the opponent for Filip Hrgovic’s (5-0, 4 KOs) WBC International Heavyweight Championship contest on September 8 at the Arena Zagreb in Croatia.
Filip Hrgovic (5-0, 4 KOs) will face his biggest test on September 8 when he meets Scotland’s Gary Cornish (25-2, 13 KOs) for the WBC International Heavyweight Championship at the Arena Zagreb in Croatia.
Gary Cornish is determined to kick-start a redemption mission on Friday night as he aims to return to winning ways in Glasgow. Inverness heavyweight Cornish fights on an MTK Scotland’s ‘Burns Supper’ fight night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in his first bout since a tight British-title fight loss to Sam Sexton last October.
Sam Sexton achieved his dream of becoming British champion after coming away with a unanimous verdict. The Norwich heavyweight outpointed Gary Cornish at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. The pair met for the vacant Lonsdale belt in the sport’s premier division on MTK Scotland’s ‘Capital Collision’ card, exclusively live on BoxNation.
The fight between Inverness’s Gary Cornish (24-1, 12 KOs) and Norwich-based Sam Sexton (23-3, 9 stoppages) for the vacant British heavyweight title has been rescheduled for October 6 and will take place at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank Arena, according to The Inverness Courier and the Eastern Daily Press. Sam Kynoch of MTK Scotland is promoting the bout after obtaining the rights to stage it from Paul Graham, who won the original purse bid yet had to spike the fight due to a back injury-induced setback for Sexton.
Gary Cornish and Sam Sexton will meet next month. The pair will vie for the vacant British heavyweight title, which was relinquished by Dillian Whyte in January. Cornish (24-1, 12 KOs), the former Commonwealth title challenger, from Inverness, and Norwich’s former British and Commonwealth title challenger Sexton (23-3, 9 KOs) are set to face off in the ring on May 20.
Gary Cornish walked out to the sounds of 'Can't Stop' used by Wladimir Klitschko but that’s where the similarity ended after being demolished in 90 seconds by heavyweight hope Anthony Joshua at London’s O2 Arena tonight.
Gary Cornish warns that his punch power is increasing all the time ahead of facing Anthony Joshua on Saturday. The unbeaten Scot (21-0-KO12) is hoping to cause a major upset at The O2 and snatch the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title and with pundits adamant he has little chance against the Olympic champion, there is a quiet confidence about the man from Inverness. He told Sky Sports: "We try to improve every fight and after the last fight, my two coaches were telling me straight away to get back in the gym and improve on the things I did wrong. During my camp, my strength has gone through the roof. I'm beating all my personal bests every week.
Gary Cornish says he’ll do his talking in the ring and end Anthony Joshua’s rise in the Heavyweight division when they clash for the vacant Commonwealth title at The O2 in London on Saturday (September 12), live on Sky Sports. Cornish has kept a close counsel in the build-up to the huge showdown in Greenwich, but the unbeaten Inverness man says he is confident that he will make his doubters eat their words by stopping the Olympic gold medal hero.
Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn has told BoxingScene that Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) is now the latest in a long line of British fighters who sell huge amounts of tickets. The heavyweight contender meets Gary Cornish for the vacant British belt at London’s O2 Arena on September 12 and the show has already shifted over 8,000 seats.