River Wilson-Bent: record, next fight and profile →
A new generation of future British boxing stars alongside midlands talent will be showcased live on Sky Sports next month when BOXXER rolls into the English heartlands for an event at Coventry SkyDome on Saturday, June 25.
Devastated Tyler Denny is still reeling after Saturday’s controversial draw with River Wilson-Bent for the English Middleweight Title. The likeable Black Country boxer travelled to Wilson-Bent’s hometown of Coventry to take part in the main event of Hennessey Sport’s Coventry Skydome Show which was broadcast live on Channel 5.
Former British light heavyweight champion Shakan Pitters produced a big right hand as he came from behind to stop Reece Cartwright in the eighth round of a rollercoaster ten-rounder in Coventry.
River Wilson Bent can’t wait to prove Coventry is anything but a Ghost Town by lifting the English title in the hometown of iconic band The Specials.
Promoter Mick Hennessy will stage a triple-header thriller on Saturday 13th November at the Coventry Skydome Arena featuring stars Shakan Pitters, River Wilson-Bent and Aaron McKenna in Championship action plus his stable of Hennessy All Stars, exclusively live and free on Channel 5 in the UK and Ireland.
Sam Eggington never tends to do things the easy way and was made to gut it out again in a tough, bruising, enthralling encounter against Bilel Jkitou in Coventry before having his hand raised after a 12-round split decision.
Given its population, it’s perhaps something of mystery, that Coventry - England’s eleventh largest city - has struggled to deliver it’s share of boxing champions, all-action Exhall middleweight ace River Wilson-Bent promises to promptly put paid to that.
Coventry puncher River Wilson-Bent is hell bent on knocking out Sladjan Janjanin after the Bosnian hardman fired a salvo of posts on Instagram calling him a ‘little girl’.