Mark Heffron: record, next fight and profile →
Mark Heffron will return to the ring on November 25th and he will do so with a new face in his corner. After splitting from Joe Gallagher, Heffron has linked up with another Manchester trainer, Lee Beard.
The Chris Eubank Jnr and Liam Smith show rolled into Manchester last week but although the eagerly anticipated rematch dominated headlines, it was the British and Commonwealth super middleweight title fight between Oldham’s Mark Heffron and Little Lever’s Jack Cullen that was the talk of the North West gym scene.
On Saturday night in Manchester, Jack Cullen gave a career-best performance to take home the British and Commonwealth super middleweight championships in a fight many expected him to lose against a tough, experienced opponent in Mark Heffron.
Jack Cullen rebounded from a disastrous showing earlier in the year to pick up arguably the best win of his career. A perfectly timed left hook by the 6’3” Brit was enough to drop and stop Mark Heffron in the third round of their British and Commonwealth super middleweight title fight. Heffron attempted to beat the count but immediately fell back to the canvas, which prompted referee Kieran McCann to stop the contest at 2:43 of round three in their all-UK clash Saturday at AO Arena in Manchester, England.
Chris Eubank Jr. was far more pleased with the work that went into making the middleweight limit this time around. The second-generation middleweight was a healthy 159.3 pounds for his anticipated rematch versus Liverpool’s Liam Smith, who was right at the 160-pound middleweight limit. Their scheduled 12-round bout headlines a Sky Sports Box Office event which also streams live in the U.S. on ESPN+ from AO Arena in Manchester, England.
BOXXER, the next generation boxing promotion, have announced four additions to the undercard for the rematch between Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr on Saturday, September 2nd at the AO Arena, Manchester, live and exclusive on Sky Sports Box Office.
Mark Heffron has been ruled out of his next fight through injury. The British super-middleweight champion had been set to defend his title next month. Heffron, who trains at Champs’ Camp in Manchester under the watchful eye of Joe Gallagher, was set for action on July 1.
BOXXER announced updates to the event headlined by Liam Smith (33-3-1, 20 KO’s) and Chris Eubank Jr (32-3, 23 KO’s), with a new addition to the card confirmed plus a new date for the event at the AO Arena Manchester.
Natasha Jonas will be back in the ring in a few weeks' time. The unified world champion hasn't boxed so far this year. Jonas holds the WBC, WBO and IBF super-welterweight global honors in the female ranks and was last between the ropes last November at the AO Arena in Manchester.
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