On Saturday night at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, the 'Savage' Sam Eggington showed his level of talent by totally dominating a 20-0 puncher that some observers expected to knock Eggington out in Joe Pigford.
Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth - In a junior middleweight scrap, Sam Eggington (34-8, 20 KOs) broke down and brutally stopped undefeated Joe Pigford (20-1, 19 KOs) in the fifth round.
Lawrence Okolie broke away from his faceoff with Chris Billam-Smith pretty quickly again Friday afternoon after the friends and former sparring partners made weight in Bournemouth, England. There wasn’t any trash talk, pushing or anything else confrontational the day before they’ll fight for Okolie’s cruiserweight championship, either.
Extra tickets have been added for Lawrence Okolie’s (19-0, 14 KOs) WBO world cruiserweight title defence against hometown hero Chris Billam-Smith (17-1-0, 12 KOs) at AFC Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium on Saturday, May 27 due to high demand.
The domestic clash between Chris Billam-Smith and Isaac Chamberlain at the Bournemouth International Centre on 30th July will headline a card featuring two 2020 Olympic Games medalists, one of the most explosive finishers in British boxing and a rising star tipped as a future great.
London, England - Full steam ahead for Richard ‘The Midnight Train’ Riakporhe (14-0, 10 KOs) following an eighth-round stoppage win over Deion Jumah (14-1, 7 KOs) to prove his worth.
A key clash for the British cruiserweight division will headline the BOXXER Fight Night taking place Saturday, March 26 at OVO Wembley Arena as Richard ‘The Midnight Train’ Riakporhe (13-0, 9 KO’s) faces rising threat Deion Jumah (14-0, 7 KO’s).
David Avanesyan brushed Liam Taylor aside in two rounds to retain his European welterweight title on the debut BOXXER show on Sky Sports at the SSE Arena, Wembley.
Zelfa Barrett and Joe Pigford have each had their next fight dates announced. The pair, who campaign at super-featherweight and super-welterweight respectively, will be back in action next month. Barrett, the current English champion at 130lbs, and Pigford, who looks set to face Asinia Byfield in a mandated eliminator for the British title at 154lbs, have both been added to promoter Frank Warren’s first show of 2018.