Rocky Fielding: record, next fight and profile →
Liverpool’s Callum Smith (17-0, 12 early) and Rocky Fielding (21-0, 12 KOs) will vie for the vacant British Super middleweight title at the city’s Echo Arena on November 7th. The Eddie Hearn-promoted fight was announced on Matchroom’s Twitter feed earlier today.
The BBBoC today announced that heavyweight rivals Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte will vie for the vacant British title after an agreement was reached between the two London-based boxers. The contest will be promoted by Eddie Hearn, with date and venue TBA. The Board also released details of some other British title bouts. Rocky Fielding and Callum Smith will fight for the 168lb crown on September 26, the show will be promoted by Eddie Hearn with the venue to be confirmed.
Rocky Fielding announced himself on the World Super Middleweight stage in stunning fashion, stopping Brian Vera in two rounds at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Friday night, live on Sky Sports. Fielding swarmed all over Vera from the start and decked him with a brutal left upper cut in the first round and then finished the job in style in the second round, flooring the American, who appeared off-balance from stumbling over, with a huge left hand and then pouring on more relentless pressure to force referee Ian John Lewis to halt the contest after 1.39 of the second round.
Liverpool--Eddie Hearn brought his promising Liverpool-based stars to the Echo Arena for a night of boxing topped by Callum Smith versus Christopher Rebrasse. One of the first contests was a scheduled four-threes between a British fighter and an opponent who would net you a decent score on Scrabble, especially if you hit a double word square, as Tom Farrell (10st 4lbs) beat Bulgaria’s Radoslav Mitev (10st 3lbs), 23, by knockout in round two—referee Mark Lyson ended matters at 1:55 of the round after a heavy knockdown.
The main event fighters all hit the scales in Liverpool this afternoon ahead of tomorrow’s Eddie Hearn-promoted show at the city’s Echo Arena.
Christopher Rebrasse and Brian Vera are planning to rock the World title ambitions of unbeaten home town favourites Callum Smith and Rocky Fielding on a pivotal night of action in the Super Middleweight division on Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. Frenchman Rebrasse meets Smith for the vacant WBC Silver title while Texan Vera takes on Fielding for the vacant WBC International strap as all four men eye up the World title to be contested by George Groves and Badou Jack at the end of the summer.
Brian Vera has told Rocky Fielding he’s out of his depth when they clash at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Friday June 26, live on Sky Sports. Vera travels from the States to present the hometown favourite with his toughest test of his pro career to date, but Fielding declared last week that he would make a big statement and do what the likes of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Serhiy Dzinziruk and Sergio Mora couldn’t do – and stop the 33 year old visitor.
The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) has revealed that Liverpudlian rivals Callum Smith, 25, and Rocky Fielding, 27 have been pencilled in for a September showdown. The Super middleweight contenders face Christopher Rebrasse and Brian Vera respectively at the city’s Echo Arena on June 26, an Eddie Hearn-promoted bill, then face the prospect of fighting each other later this year.
Rocky Fielding is confident of sending an emphatic message to the super-middleweight division by stopping Brian Vera on June 26. The unbeaten Liverpudlian, 27, will fight in front of his home fans at the Echo Arena live on Sky Sports against Texan Vera, who has not been stopped since 2008 and boasts a victory over current WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee. But Fielding said: "The better the opponent in front of me, the better I will perform.
Rocky Fielding will face Brian Vera in a huge Super Middleweight clash in the summer. The popular Liverpool man faces the Texan on a date and an venue to be confirmed next week, as Fielding looks for a big win on his CV to serve notice of his intentions at world level. Fielding returned to action in March in Hull after damaging his hand in his destructive dismissal of former World title challenger Noe Gonzalez Alcoba in July in Liverpool, and the 27 year old will take a big step-up in class when he meets the 33 year old.