Kash Ali: record, next fight and profile →
Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh - For the IBO super bantamweight title, Erik Robles (14-1, 9 KOs) shocked Lee McGregor (12-1-1, 9 KOs) with a twelve round unanimous decision in a fire-fight.
Harlem Eubank will tackle Ishmael Ellis in Edinburgh next week, as part of Lee McGregor’s homecoming show. The unbeaten Brighton stylist fights Ellis over 10 rounds, live and free-to-air on Channel 5, at the Meadowbank Sports Centre, on Friday, July 21.
Heavyweight Kash Ali wants to be thrown in with a top 10 opponent this year, but must first take care of Halifax’s Rhys Kaney on February 12 – LIVE on Fightzone.
Tommy Frank and Matt Windle treated a vociferous crowd at a packed Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield to a 12 round war, that saw local man Frank become the first fighter from the ‘Steel City’ to win the British Flyweight crown.
Promoter and manager Dennis Hobson has warned heavyweight Kash Ali not to take his opponent lightly when he defends his International Boxing Federation (IBF) European Title this Saturday (September 18) at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Arena.
It’s heavyweight action in the main event with Rotherham’s Kash Ali making the first defence of his International Boxing Federation (IBF) European Title against heavy-handed German, Roman Gorst.
Heavyweight action heads up Dennis Hobson and Steve Crump’s Fight Academy card on May 28 at Sheffield Arena Car Park. Rotherham’s Kash Ali will seek to become the IBF European Champion when he clashes with Czech Tomas Salek for the vacant title. With a solitary disqualification loss on his 19 fight record, Ali is ready to step up against the East European. Salek is a come-forward banger, who has tasted defeat just twice in 17 contests and, with 21 big KOs between them, this promises to be a ‘don’t blink’ affair.
Dennis Hobson, under the Fight Academy banner, has announced a second live show of 2021. With the first show taking place at Sheffield Arena Car Park on Friday 21, the next will be hot on the heels at the same venue and just a week later – on Friday May 28. A limited number of fans will be able to attend both events, with TV coverage details to follow shortly.
The boxing world has been buzzing recently after video emerged of Mike Tyson donning the gloves again and looking a bit like the fearsome fighter of years ago during a pad session. Of course, there are many divided opinions on whether it would be sensible for a 53-year-old, even with Tyson’s back story, to ever compete again competitively.
Kash Ali says he will be far too good for Josh Sandland when they meet in an all-Yorkshire heavyweight clash on February 21 at the Barnsley Metrodome, as chief support to local fighter Josh Wale’s bout against Tanzania’s Iddi Kayumba.