Masood Abdulah: record, next fight and profile →
Popular East London super-featherweight prospect Frank “The Tank” Arnold lost his unbeaten record as he was knocked out cold by Nicaragua’s Brayan Mairena in the fourth round on the Bentley-Morrison undercard at York Hall in London.
Nick Ball huffed and puffed and finally forced the stoppage against Nathaneal Kakololo 93 seconds from the final bell to hold on to his WBC silver featherweight belt, at the Copper Box, London.
YOUNG BOXER OF the year Hamzah Sheeraz returns to the ring on July 16 at London's Copper Box Arena on a night that includes a British title double featuring both Lennox Clarke and Nick Ball, live on BT Sport.
Unbeaten lightweight Mark Chamberlain recorded the best win of his career to date as he dominated Jeff Ofori who was pulled out by his corner at the end of the fifth round on the Avanesyan-Metz bill at Wembley Arena.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT STAR Callum Johnson makes his return to the ring on the undercard of Sunny Edwards' first defence of his IBF world flyweight title at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday September 11, live on BT Sport.
PROBABLY THE MOST practical and least problematic solution to us twice losing the main event for Saturday’s first show of the year at the Copper Box would have been to pull the plug on it and plan for another day. Whether we went ahead or postponed, the inevitable brickbats would still be flying in our direction from the usual social media quarters.
Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions have confirmed that three positive coronavirus tests have been returned after the most recent batch of testing carried out by Prenetics. The positive tests have come from the camps of Michael Rambaletsa, Kaisy Khademi and Masood Abdulah.
Kaisy Khademi will be back in the ring before the end of the year. The 25-year-old was last in the ring last December and is expected to return on a pay-per-view undercard before the end of this year. Khademi won an unanimous decision against Pedro Matos in his last outing, with scores of 96-94, 96-93 and 95-94 being handed in by the three ringside judges at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London.
NATIONAL AMATEUR LIGHTWEIGHT champion Masood Abdulah is set to turn professional under the promotional guidance of Frank Warren and Queensberry Promotions. A product of Islington Boxing Club, Abdulah enjoyed a rapid rise through the amateur ranks that culminated in him winning the National Championships (formerly ABAs) last April - having previously won gold at the Three-Nations Championships - all inside of 30 fights.