
Troy Williamson kick-starts career with violent victory over Mark Dickinson
Troy Williamson reinvigorated his career with a dramatic ninth-round stoppage of Mark Dickinson at Rainton Meadows Arena at Houghton-le-Spring, England.
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Troy Williamson reinvigorated his career with a dramatic ninth-round stoppage of Mark Dickinson at Rainton Meadows Arena at Houghton-le-Spring, England.

Osaka, Japan - The semi finals of Matchroom's newfangled Prizefighter tournament are now in place, with Kazuto Takesako and Riku Kunimoto set to do battle for a place in the $1m final against the winner of Kieron Conway vs Aaron McKenna.

Prizefighter is back and heading to Japan as a new, re-imagined world-class international tournament. In partnership with Rakuten Ticket and Never Say Never (NSN), Matchroom today confirmed at a press conference in Tokyo that a blockbuster $1 million battle will begin at the Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, on March 31 – live on Abema in Japan and DAZN worldwide (excluding Asia).

Newcastle - Jeff Ofori (13-5-2, 4 KO’s) sprang the upset of the night in Newcastle, dragging former Team GB member, Calum French (4-1, 1 KO), into a fight and wearing him down for a seventh round stoppage.

Shabaz Masoud and Jose Sanmartin have once again made weight for their crossroads bout. Both boxers were under the 122-pound junior featherweight limit ahead of their DAZN-aired main event this Saturday from Utilita Arena in Newcastle, England. Masoud was a slim and trim 121.7 pounds, nearly identical to his weight of 120.8 pounds on October 20—one day ahead of their originally planned October 21 clash in Manchester. Colombia’s Sanmartin was a stunningly light 120.2 pounds, nearly two pounds lighter than when he had to strip to get down to 122 three weeks ago when he thought there was going to be a fight that weekend.

Hopey Price opened his account for 2023 with a comfortable 10-round win over Thomas Masson at the Newcastle Arena. Price, just 23, is considered one of Britain’s most talented prospects but a back injury last year curtailed his progress.

Pat McCormack endured a frustrating evening of his first appearance since signing with Matchroom as the Olympic silver medallist was taken the full six rounds by negative Argentinian Christian Nicolas Andino on the Whyte-Franklin undercard at Wembley.

Matchroom Boxing have completed the double signing of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Silver Medallist Pat McCormack and decorated former Team GB Podium Squad member Mark Dickinson.

Three-weight world champion Ricky Burns returned to the ring for the first time in more than two years, as he boxed his way to a ten-round unanimous points decision over Emiliano Dominguez, of Argentina, in Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham in a very scrappy fight.

GLOBAL boxing and media company Probellum announced the return of Lewis Ritson and the comeback of Scottish legend Ricky Burns. The event next month will be the first UK promotion by Probellum, a next generation sports company designed to blend promotion, media and content whilst supporting grassroots boxing.