
O'Kane Keeps Name in Play For N'Dam IBF Shot
Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, Wiltshire - Middleweight contender Eamonn O'Kane (13-1-1, 5KOs), ranked at eight under the IBF, keept himself in the running for a title shot by knocking out Ferenc Hafner (23-7, 12KOs) in the fourth round. It was O’Kane’s first fight with new trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick, who trains top super middleweight George Groves. With Felix Sturm and Billy Joe Saunders rejecting the IBF's order to Hassan N’Dam for the vacant IBF crown - number eight ranked O'Kane moved closer to being a possible challenger to the title.