David Price became the first British heavyweight champion from Liverpool with a sensational fourth round stoppage of Sam Sexton at Aintree. Price, who also won the vacant Commonwealth strap, was mightily impressive from the outset against a useful trial horse, hurting his opponent with a variety of shots throughout.
Ashley Theophane failed to make the third and final defense of his British light-welterweight title as Darren Hamilton caused an unexpected upset at the Aintree Equestrian Centre in Liverpool.
Heavyweight Sam Sexton (15-2, 6KOs) told BBC Look East that he believes his style will make things difficult for undefeated David Price (12-0, 10KOs) when they meet later today. The bout, which is for the British and Commonwealth crowns vacated by Tyson Fury in February, has lacked the vitriol of the Dereck Chisora-David Haye build up. Sexton held the Commonwealth title for 16 months before losing to Chisora in 2010.
Promoter Frank Maloney believes fans will be given a "fight to remember" when David Price goes head-to-head with Sam Sexton. The heavyweights clash at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday with the vacant British and Commonwealth heavyweight title up for grabs. Maloney was far from impressed that Tyson Fury preferred to dump the titles rather than face Olympic bronze medallist Price.
David Price (12-0, 10KOs) hopes win over Sam Sexton will lead to bigger things Liverpool's David Price says beating Sam Sexton for the vacant British heavyweight crown on Saturday would be "the start of something big". Price, a former Olympic bronze and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, fights Norwich's Sexton at Aintree.
Like the majority of fans, Frank Maloney has become frustrated by the roadblocks and smokescreens that all too often prevent fights from taking place. The veteran promoter has seen the sport go through boom and bust periods before but seems to have decided that now is the time to ensure that – at least on his part – the fights the public want to see get made.
Franny Smith, trainer of David Price (12-0, 10KOs), lashed out at Tyson Fury (18-0, 13KOs), who recently took a few verbal swipes at Price. Smith is not impressed with Fury at all. Price was at one time ordered to face Fury for the British heavyweight title, but Fury vacated the crown. This Saturday, Price faces Sam Sexton (15-2, 6KOs) for the vacant British title at the Aintree Equestrian Centre in Liverpool. Smith considers Sexton to be a much tougher test than Fury.
Heavyweight prospect David Price (12-0, 10KOs) has a lot on the line when he faces Sam Sexton (15-2, 6KOs) this coming Saturday for the vacant British title at the Aintree Equestrian Centre in Liverpool.
David Price has been sparring recently with new European heavyweight champion Kubrat Pulev. Price, who takes on Sam Sexton for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles at Aintree on May 19, knows Pulev well from their days as amateurs. The Bulgarian has moved quickly through the ranks, beating Briton Matt Skelton in only his fifth fight, and claimed the European strap by beating Alexander Dimitrenko last weekend.
May 5th is a huge day for boxing in Erfurt: Besides the rematch for the WBO world cruiserweight championship between Marco "Captain" Huck (34-2, 25 KOs) and Ola Afolabi (19-2-3 , 9 KOs), fans can also look forward to two exciting title duels. In the super-middleweight clash WBO champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KOs) will defend his title - and a big heavyweight clash for the vacant European crown between Kubrat Pulev (15-0, 7 KOs) and Alexander Dimitrenko (32-1, 21 KOs).