Paul, who won the English title via a seventh round knockout of Tyrone Wright in December 2008,  is without doubt one of the most talented, as well as the most avoided, Super Middleweights on the European circuit and is clearly hopeful that the move to London may present him some new opportunities.

Iam really enjoying being part of the TRAD TKO team. I’ve been coming here for a few weeks now and it’s been going well.

I’ve been sparring the Cruisers here, you know Leon Williams and the other big guys here, Mitchell Balker, from the Netherlands, and Paul (Menay) Edwards.

There’s a lot of the bigger guys up here but I’m just using my exclusive style to get my way around the ring. So it’s good and the training’s like hard and physical and I’m going to have no problem getting down to Super Middle.

I should have been fighting Patrick Mendy but there were no purse bids so Johnny is looking for other fights for me. I don’t care who or where I fight so hopefully it wont be too long before my next fight.

I’m just ready to the business.

Johnny Eames is more than a little aware of the problems of getting fights for such a feared fighter, but seems confident that he may be able to get Paul in contention to challenge the likes of current British and Commonwealth Champion George Groves, European Champion James DeGale, even if it means via a title eliminator against  his close friend, former British Champion Paul Smith, as he made clear when he spoke earlier.

I came across Paul a couple of years ago, I was offered him as an opponent for Tony Oakey, but I see him beat a fighter who became one of my fighters, Peter Haymer, so I didn’t fancy him as the right fighter for Tony at the time – he may have beat him, he may not, we’ll never know.

He’s a very awkward fighter, typical Ingles style, but better than a lot of Ingles fighters. He’s a Ryan Rhodes type of Ingles fighter who can do it. There’s a lot of the boys that come out of Sheffield that imitate the style but can’t perfect it, but Paul is certainly one of those that has perfected it and I can understand why so many fighters avoid fighting him.

He’s been sparring with Leon (Williams), Mitchell Balker and Paul Edwards amongst others and seeing him in sparring has changed my opinion on that style, I normally don’t like that style, it’s not the sort of style you want your fighters to fight against.

But he’s already got a little bit of us in there, so I really think we can really do something with this kid, if we are allowed to. There’s a lot of promoters out there that aren’t willing to put their top fighters in with Paul because they know he’ll beat them.

He’s English Champion and the usual follow on from being English Champion is the British title. I’d like to think he is more than capable of going in with Georgie Groves, James DeGale and a very good friend of mine Paul Smith.

That aside, it’s business and as Paul’s manager it’s my job to see that he gets the opportunity to go in with these kids and I will be doing everything I can to see that he does.

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Promoter, and former World Champion, Carl Greaves recently announced  that  three weight World Champion Marco Antonio Barrera is to make a return visit to the UK next month. Now before you go getting too excited, or maybe you should, because it’s not for yet another super fight, oh no this time it’s for a much more up close and personal event with British boxing fans.

Yep you’ve got it Carl is putting together another of his highly successful  ‘Evening With’ events and this time it’s the legendary Mexican star that will be the centre of attraction at the Newark Showground, Newark, Nottinghamshire, on Friday, 9th March 2012.

Barrera, a former two-time WBO super bantamweight, WBC, Lineal, The Ring & IBO Featherweight and WBC & IBF super featherweight champion, earned his legendary status following a trilogy of battles with another Mexican legend Erik Morales as well as his being the first to defeat Prince Naseem Hamed.

Barrera began his career as a Super Flyweight and won his first professional title at this weight, defeating Justino Suárez by a decision to win the Mexican national super flyweight title in 1992. A title he successfully defended five times as well as adding the division’s NABF crown to his collection.

In 1994, even though he beat Carlos Salazar, Barrera failed to secure a WBC Super Flyweight World Title eliminator as he had come in over the weight limit.  Barrera then stepped up to the Super Bantamweight division and  challenged for and won the WBA Penta-Continental Super Bantamweight title, which he successfully defended on a single occasion.

Barrera began 1995 with his first World title shot. On the 31st March of that year, he became the WBO super bantamweight champion after defeating Puerto Rican boxer Daniel Cobrita Jiménez.

Barrera defended the WBO crown seven times before on the 22nd November 1996, he suffered his first career loss, as well as losing the WBO title, after a crazy faux pas by his coach.

Barrera was knocked down in round five by American Junior Jones, Barrera got to his feet but just after the fight resumed Barrera’s corner man climbed onto the ring apron, leaving the referee no option but to stop the fight and disqualify Barrera.

On the 18th April 1997, Barrera was presented the chance to regain his title, by facing Jones in a rematch in Las Vegas. Unfortunately after twelve hard fought close rounds Barrera was once again thwarted, this time by a unanimous decision, after which he announced his retirement from boxing.

One year later Barrera announced his comeback, shortly after he defeated Angel Rosario with a fifth round knockout. After two more wins, he was given another opportunity to fight for the WBO World title.

Barrera became a two-time World Super Bantamweight Champion, on the 31st October, when he defeated Richie Wenton by a third round knockout to secure the vacant WBO title.

In February 2000, Barrera was defeated by the WBC super bantamweight title holder Erik Morales by a controversial split decision. It was an intense battle in which both fighters were cut and battered. At the 2000 year end awards this thrilling bout was declared the new Millenniums first ‘Fight of the Year’ by Ring Magazine.

Shortly after the bout, the WBO reinstated Barrera as their champion, which he defended three times in 2000

In 2001, Barrera moved up a weight division. On the 7th April, he handed legendary British boxer Prince Naseem Hamed his first and only loss to secure the lineal Featherweight title by a twelve-round decision.

Before the fight, Hamed was the clear bookies favorite, however Hamed could not hit Barrera with his trademark left, as Barrera circled to his left and worked both head and body.

Barrera was not a fan of Hamed’s antics and responded to Hamed’s punches during clinches. On one occasion early in the fight, Hamed grabbed Barrera and they both fell to the ground, whilst down on the canvas Barrera threw a right jab which lead to a warning from referee Joe Cortez. In the twelfth and final round Barrera trapped Hamed in a full nelson, and forced his head into the turnbuckle, resulting in a point deduction from Cortez.

Throughout the bout Barrera threw far more and harder punches as well as more impressive combinations than Hamed to rightfully be awarded the victory via a unanimous decision.

On the 8th September  2001, Barrera added the IBO Featherweight title to his collection after stopping former champion Enrique Sánchez in the sixth round.

Nine months later, on the 22 June 2002, Barrera successfully defended his lineal title by out pointing Erik Morales in a rematch, in doing so added Morales’ WBC title and the vacant Ring Magazine title to his ever expanding trophy case, albeit for only a short while in the case of the WBC belt as shortly after he relinquished the title.

On the 7th November, Barrera defeated former five-time world champion Johnny Tapia by a 12-round unanimous decision.

Barrera’s 60th career fight, on the 12th April 2003,  see him finish off former WBC title holder Kevin Kelley in style, with a spectacular fourth round knockout.

On the 16th November 2003, Barrera faced Manny Pacquiao. After eleven bruising hard fought  rounds Barerra’s corner threw in the towel. In doing so  handed Pacquiao his third world championship, all in different weight divisions, and as Barrera was the recognized Lineal champion his coveted Ring Magazine title also went to the Pac Man.

On November 27, 2004, Barrera joined Pacquiao as a three weight division World Champion, after defeating Morales to secure the WBC super featherweight title, a title which he successfully defended four times as well as adding the IBF version to his impressive collection.

Barrera lost his WBC Super Featherweight title, On the 17th March 2007, to fellow Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez by a unanimous points decision.

Barrera was furious and demanded a rematch, claiming that the judges and referee were wrong, because he knocked down Márquez in the seventh round and the referee ruled it a slip.

Just under seven months later, on the 6th October, Barrera fought Pacquiao for a second time, for the WBC International Super Featherweight title.

Again Barrera’s efforts was thwarted by the Filipino. After the bout a distraught Barrera expressed his desire to retire from boxing a second time.

On the 26th August 2008 Barrera, at 35, ended his brief retirement, and signed a five year contract with promoter Don King and  moved to the Lightweight division, his goal to become the first Mexican ever, to win a World Championship at four different weights.

The 7th December 2008, marked Barrera’s return to the ring, in Chengdu, China, where he secured his first win, as a Lightweight, by knocking out Sammy Ventura.

It was announced on the 15th January 2009 that Barrera’s next fight would see him travel to the UK to  face the highly rated Amir Khan, at the MEN Arena on the 14th March. Even with Barrera being in the twilight years of his career this was still viewed as the toughest test of young Khan’s career to date.

Barrera lost the bout by a dubious fifth-round technical decision – the two fighters clashed heads in the first round, resulting in a deep gash above Barrera’s forehead. Throughout the bout blood flowed from the cut and even though the referee could have called a halt to the proceedings anytime he left it until the beginning of the fifth to summon the ringside doctor. Immediately the doctor stopped the fight due to the severity of the cut, The judges scored the fight 50-45, 50-45, and 50-44 for Khan at the point of stoppage and he was declared the winner by technical decision.

It would not be until the 26th June  2010 that Barrera would fight again, where he faced Brazil’s Adailton de Jesus in a non-Championship ten rounder at the Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas. Barrera dominated De Jesus for every single round to secure victory.

In his last bout, on 12th February 2011, Barrera beat Jose Arias, of the Dominican Republic by a second round TKO.

Whilst it’s not clear whether that fight brings to a close Barrera’s magnificent career, one thing is clear that Marco Antonio Barrera has earned the right to be known as one of the greatest boxers of his generation, something that makes this opportunity presented by Carl Greaves, a can’t miss one, especially as those attending will not only get the to meet and chat with Barrera but will also have the opportunity to be photographed with him.

Not just that though, those attending will also get to sit down at the dinner table with the great man himself, and other star guests, for a two course meal as well as further evening entertainment, in the form of a comedian.

Carl Greaves is really doing the fans proud yet again, especially as the cost of attending ‘An Evening With Marco Antonio Barrera’ is just £75 per person – Tickets available on-line at www.tkoboxoffice.com

At Georgetown, Guyana:

Hector Camacho Jr. vs. Andrew ‘Six Heads’ Lewis, 10 rounds, junior middleweights

3^rd Feb:

At Las Vegas (ESPN2/ESPN3):

Edison Miranda vs. Isaac Chilemba, 10 rounds, light heavyweights

Hylon Williams vs. Rances Barthelemy, 8 rounds, lightweights

Magomed Abdusalamov vs. Pedro Rodriguez, 8 rounds, heavyweights

Evgeny Gradovich vs. Robert Osiobe, 6 rounds, junior lightweights

Roberto Acevedo vs. Velvet Malone, 4 rounds, super middleweights

Cameron Kreal vs. Jesus Gutierrez, 4 rounds, junior welterweights

Juan Carlos Velasquez vs. TBC, 6 rounds, junior lightweights

At San Sebastian, Puerto Rico (WAPA America):

McJoe Arroyo vs. German Cruz, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights

Luis Joel Gonzalez vs. Pedro Salcedo, 8 rounds, lightweights

At Manchester, England:

Ovill McKenzie vs. Tony Dodson, 12 rounds, for McKenzie’s Commonwealth light heavyweight title

4^th Feb:

At San Antonio (HBO):

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio, 12 rounds, for Chavez’s WBC middleweight title

Nonito Donaire vs. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., 12 rounds, for vacant WBO junior featherweight title

Vanes Martirosyan vs. Troy Lawry, 10 rounds, junior middleweights

Raul Hirales vs. Julio Zarate, 8 rounds, junior featherweights

Wale Omotoso vs. Nestor Rosas, 8 rounds, welterweights

Ivan Najera vs. TBC, 4 or 6 rounds, lightweights

Alex Saucedo vs. TBC, 4 rounds, welterweight

Luis Zarazua vs. Ricardo Valencia, 4 rounds, featherweights

Adam Lopez vs. Richard Hernandez, 4 rounds, bantamweights

At Anaheim, Calif. (Telefutura):

Ronny Rios vs. Jeremy McLaurin, 8 rounds, junior lightweights

Alejandro Perez vs. Derrick Wilson, 8 rounds, featherweights

Luis Mora vs. Ricardo Malfavon, 4 rounds, welterweights

Julian Ramirez vs. Ludwin Mondragon, 4 rounds, junior featherweights

Jose Sanchez vs. Manuel Sarabia, 4 rounds, junior lightweights

At Frankfurt, Germany:

Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs. Steve Cunningham, rematch, 12 rounds, for Hernandez’s IBF cruiserweight title

Enad Licina vs. Alexander Alexeev, 12 rounds, for vacant European cruiserweight title

Eduard Gutknecht vs. Vyacheslav Uzelkov, 12 rounds, for Gutknecht’s European light heavyweight title

At Atlantic City, N.J.:

Dorin Spivey vs. Victor Vasquez, 10 rounds, lightweights

Chazz Witherspoon vs. Evans Quinn, 10 rounds, heavyweights

Joey Tiberi vs. Steve Cox, 4 rounds, lightweights

Frankie Filippone vs. Richard Langley, 4 rounds, middleweights

Dorset Barnwell vs. Jon Bolden, 4 rounds, heavyweights

Angel Ocasio vs. TBC, 4 rounds, lightweights

Keenan Smith vs. Chris Finley, 4 rounds, junior lightweights

Isiah Seldon vs. TBC, 4 rounds, middleweights

Carla Torres vs. Nydia Feliciano, 4 rounds, female featherweights

At Bolton, England:

Scott Quigg vs. Jamie Arthur, 12 rounds, for Quigg’s British junior featherweight title

Joe Murray vs. Chris Male, 10 rounds, featherweights

Rendall Munroe vs. Jose Saez, 8 rounds, junior featherweights

Stephen Foster Jr. vs. Yauheni Kruhlik, 6 rounds, junior lightweights

Matty Askin vs. Attila Palko, 6 rounds, cruiserweights

Craig Lyon vs. Yuri Voronin, 6 rounds, bantamweights

Feargal McCrory vs. Jason Nesbitt, 4 rounds, junior welterweights

James Dickens vs. Michael Ramabaletsa, 6 rounds, junior featherweights

Tasif Khan vs. TBC, 4 rounds, junior featherweights

At Albany, N.Y.:

Joe Hanks vs. Rafael Pedro, 10 rounds, heavyweights

Sahib Usarov vs. Yan Barthelemy, 10 rounds, bantamweights

Jason Escalera vs. Marcus Brooks, 8 rounds, super middleweights

Kevin Rooney Jr. vs. Stanley Harvey, 4 rounds, middleweights

Darnell Jiles vs. Bryan Abraham, 6 rounds, junior welterweights

Karim Richardson vs. Mike Seitz, 4 rounds, cruiserweights

At Las Vegas:

Victor Barragan vs. Jonte Willis, 10 rounds, cruiserweights

Rocco Santamauro vs. Diamond Baier, 6 rounds, featherweights

Rocco Espinoza vs. Osman Rivera, 4 rounds, featherweights

Brian Battease vs. Gabe Garcia, 4 rounds, featherweights

10^th Feb:

At Uncasville, Conn. (ESPN2/ESPN3):

Demetrius Andrade vs. Derek Ennis, 10 rounds, junior middleweights

Ray Serrano vs. Kenny Abrill, 10 rounds, junior welterweights

Mike Arnaoutis vs. Shaka Moore, 6 rounds, welterweights

Emmanuel Gonzalez vs. Jesus Bayron, 6 rounds, junior lightweights

Joseph Perez vs. Danny Valle, 6 rounds, lightweights

Jair Ramos vs. TBC, 4 rounds, junior welterweights

Charles Foster vs. Borngod Washington, 4 rounds, super middleweights

At Palm Bay, Fla. (Telemundo):

Orlando Cruz vs. Alejandro Delgado, 12 rounds, featherweights

At Mar del Plata, Argentina:

Luis Lazarte vs. Johnriel Casimero, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF interim junior flyweight title

At Chubut, Argentina:

Lucas Matthysse vs. Silverio Ortiz, 12 rounds, junior welterweights

At London:

Kevin Mitchell vs. TBC, 12 rounds, lightweights

11^th Feb:

At Las Vegas (Showtime):

Victor Ortiz vs. Andre Berto, rematch, 12 rounds, welterweights

Erislandy Lara vs. Ronald Hearns, 10 rounds, middleweights

Gary Russell Jr. vs. Dat Nguyen, 10 rounds, featherweights

Fernando Guerrero vs. TBC, 10 rounds, middleweights

Jermell Charlo vs. Denis Douglin, 8 or 10 rounds, junior middleweights

Antonio Orozco vs. TBC, 8 rounds, junior welterweights

At Fairfax, Va.:

Jimmy Lange vs. Ruben Galvan, 12 rounds, junior middleweights

Tori Nelson vs. Vashon Living, 10 rounds, female middleweights

Todd Wilson vs. Fernando Basora, junior welterweights

Michael Stewart vs. Joe Wyatt, 10 rounds, welterweights

Harry Joe Yorgey vs. Zain Shah, 6 rounds, junior middleweights

Duane Mobley vs. Dennis Benson, 4 rounds, heavyweights

Duane Mobley vs. Dennis Benson, 4 rounds, heavyweights

Richie Andrews vs. Juan Rodriguez, rematch, 4 rounds, welterweights

At Wolverhampton, England:

Prizefighter: Junior welterweights – one-night tournament, all bouts 3 rounds, draw and rest of 8-man field TBC:

Dean Harrison

Adil Anwar

John Watson

Tyrone Nurse

At Springfield, Mo.:

Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson vs. TBC, 4 rounds, heavyweights

At Mississauga, Ontario:

Samuel Vargas vs. Manolis Plaitis, 10 rounds, welterweights

Brandon Cook vs. Chris Aucoin, 6 rounds, middleweights

Denton Daley vs. Benito Quiroz, 6 rounds, cruiserweights

Steve Wilcox vs. TBC, 4 rounds, lightweights

Phil Rose vs. Francis Lafreniere, super middleweights, 6 rounds

Ibrahim Kamal vs. Tommi Schmidt, 6 rounds, lightweights

17^TH Feb:

At Arlington, Texas (ESPN2/ESPN3):

John Molina vs. Marvin Quintero, 10 rounds, lightweights

Shawn Estrada vs. Terrance Woods, 8 rounds, super middleweights

At Santa Ynez, Calif. (Showtime):

Thomas Dulorme vs. Jose Reynoso, 10 rounds, welterweights

Johnathan Gonzalez vs. Billy Lyell, 10 rounds, junior middleweight

Michael Oliveira vs. Milton Nunez, 8 rounds, middleweights

Rufino Serrano vs. Jose Morales, 6 rounds, featherweights

Roman Morales vs. Jonathan Alcantara, 6 or 8 rounds, featherweights

Roy Tapia vs. Hugo Ramos, 4 rounds, featherweights

Cesar Torres vs. Cesar Garcia, 4 rounds, lightweights

Azat Hovhannesyan vs. TBC, 4 or 6 rounds, junior featherweights

18^TH Feb:

At Munich (Epix and EpixHD.com):

Vitali Klitschko vs. Dereck Chisora, 12 rounds, for Klitschko’s WBC heavyweight title

At Corpus Christi, Texas (Showtime):

Paul Williams vs. Nobuhiro Ishida, 12 rounds, junior middleweights

Tavoris Cloud vs. Gabriel Campillo, 12 rounds, for Cloud’s IBF light heavyweight title

Cristobal Arreola vs. Eric Molina, 12 rounds, heavyweights

At Caguas, Puerto Rico (Telefutura):

Abner Cotto vs. Guillermo Sanchez, 10 rounds, lightweights

Miguel Robles vs. Juan Angel Cota, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights

Braulio Santos vs. Pedro Hernandez, 6 rounds, featherweights

At Mexicali, Mexico:

Jorge Arce vs. Lorenzo Parra, rematch, 10 rounds, junior featherweights

At Montreal:

Adonis Stevenson vs. Jesus Gonzales, IBF super middleweight title eliminator

Eleider Alvarez vs. Otis Griffin, 8 rounds, light heavyweights

Dierry Jean vs. Ryan Barrett, 8 rounds, junior welterweights

Arash Usmanee vs. Innocent Anyanwu, 8 rounds, junior lightweights

Oscar Rivas vs. Ivica Perkovic, 8 rounds, heavyweights

Tyler Asselstine vs. Andras Varga, 8 rounds, featherweights

Didier Bence vs. Stephane Tessier, 6 rounds, heavyweights

Ghislain Maduma vs. Jeremy Abbott, 6 rounds, junior welterweights

Baha Laham vs. Csaba Toth, 4 rounds, junior lightweights

At Copenhagen, Denmark:

Brian Magee vs. Rudy Markussen, 12 rounds, for Magee’s WBA interim super middleweight title

24^TH Feb:

At Los Angeles: (ESPN2/ESPN3):

Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Cristobal Cruz, 12 rounds, junior lightweights

Efrain Esquivias vs. Roberto Castaneda, 10 rounds, junior featherweights

At Ontario, Calif.:

Artemio Reyes vs. Victor Hugo Correa, 10 rounds, welterweights

Aron Martinez vs. Dashon Johnson, 8 rounds, welterweights

Richard Contreras vs. Daniel Quevedo, 6 rounds, junior featherweights

Sindy Amador vs. Gloria Salas, 4 rounds, female junior flyweights

Rigoberto Flores vs. Alonso Loeza, 4 rounds, junior welterweights

Joshua Conley vs. Eduardo Herrera, 4 rounds, welterweights

Louis Rose vs. Erick Prado, 4 rounds, middleweights

At Chester, Pa.:

Tony Ferrante vs. Omar Sheika, 10 rounds, light heavyweights

Tyrone Brunson vs. TBC, 6 rounds, junior middleweights

Tyrone Crawley Jr. vs. TBC, 4 rounds, welterweights

William Miranda vs. Jamie Campbell, rematch, 6 rounds, heavyweights

At Chicago:

Adrian Granados vs. Jaime Herrera, 8 rounds, welterweight

Edner Cherry vs. TBC, 8 rounds, junior lightweights

Luis Santiago vs. TBC, 6 rounds, junior welterweights

Paul Littleton vs. TBC, 4 rounds, super middleweights

Dimar Ortuz vs. TBC, 4 rounds, cruiser weights

Juan Bustamante vs. TBC, 4 rounds, lightweights

Junior Wrights vs. TBC, 4 rounds, light heavyweights

Curtis Tate vs. TBC, 4 rounds, heavyweights

25^TH Feb:

At St. Louis (HBO):

Marcos Maidana vs. Devon Alexander, 10 rounds, welterweights

Adrien Broner vs. Eloy Perez, 12 rounds, for Broner’s WBO junior lightweight title

At Stuttgart, Germany (Epix and EpixHD.com):

Alexander Povetkin vs. Marco Huck, 12 rounds, for Povetkin’s WBA “regular” heavyweight title

At Atlantic City, N.J. (gofightlive.tv):

Ronald Cruz vs. Allen Conyers, 10 rounds, welterweights

Garrett Wilson vs. Pedro Martinez, 8 rounds, cruiserweights

Fred Jenkins Jr. vs. Alando Swain, 6 rounds, middleweights

DeCarlo Perez vs. Rafael Montalvo, 6 rounds, welterweights

Latwon Halsey vs. Miguel Corcino, 4 rounds, welterweights

David Navarro vs. Anthony Gangemi, 4 rounds, welterweights

Antowyan Aikens vs. Charles Kirby, 4 rounds, super middleweights

Korey Sloane vs. Korey Pritchett, 4 rounds, junior welterweights

At Cardiff, Wales:

Nathan Cleverly vs. Tom Karpency, 12 rounds, for Cleverly’s WBO light heavyweight title

At Allentown, Pa.:

William Miranda vs. David Williams, 6 rounds, heavyweights

Keenan Collins vs. Julio Cesar Lanza, 6 rounds, junior middleweights

Grayson Blake vs. Corey Preston, 4 rounds, welterweights

Eric Newell vs. Randy Easton, 4 rounds, heavyweights

Frank Santos De Alba vs. Corey White, 4 rounds, junior lightweights

Cesar Gonzalez vs. Osahon Omo-Osagie, rematch, 4 rounds, junior welterweight

At Savigliano, Italy:

Ermanno Fegatelli vs. Antonio DeVitas, 12 rounds, for Fegatelli’s European junior lightweight title

At Aberdeen, Scotland:

Denis Shafikov vs. Lee McAllister, 12 rounds, for Shafikov’s European cruiserweight title

John Lewis Dickinson vs. Chris Burton, 10 rounds, cruiserweights

27^TH Feb:

At Cicero, Ill.:

Amanda Serrano vs. TBC, 10 rounds, female junior lightweights

Joel Diaz Jr. vs. TBC, 8 rounds, lightweights

Joey Dawejko vs. TBC, 4 rounds, heavyweights

Bryan Acaba vs. TBC, 4 rounds, lightweights

Ramon Valenzuela vs. TBC, 4 rounds, middleweights

Mike Gavronski vs. TBC, 4 rounds, super middleweights

Ninos Abraham vs. TBC, 4 rounds, light heavyweights

Sergio Montes de Oca vs. TBC, 4 rounds, junior featherweights

Ricardo Chavez vs. TBC, 4 rounds, heavyweights

Amir Khan will break so many hearts today as it is his official engagement. Khan will be officially engaged and therefore now off the market and joining the membership of marriage.

Amir who has had a tough year last year is putting everything behind him and concentrating on marriage. Tweeter has been going mad as so many fans have congratulated him and we wish him all the best for his engagement.

Here are the following results:

TTW Schools semi-finals

Minors

34kg H Condren (Aycliffe) LPTS J Dickinson (Birtley)

Class 1

36kg J Purdy (Sunderland) LPTS B Marksby (Darlington)

T Taylor (Forest Hall) WRSC2 B Brannen (North Shields) 

A Robinson (Forest Hall) WPTSM C McPherson (Leam Lane) 16-11, 19-15, 6-8

T Hodgson (Howdon) LPTSM K Aver (East M’Boro) 15-18, 11-15, 15-7

J Phelps (Forest Hall) WRSC2 A Bowden (West Durham)

A Rogers (Cleator Moor) WPTSU R Dawson (Howdon) 19-8, 15-9, 13-3

T Wilkinson (Forest Hall) WRSC2 S Reybould (N Progression)

A Ritson (Forest Hall) LPTSU A Asad (N Progression) 7-10, 7-11, 5-14

C Lynn (Houghton) WPTSU J Gould (Cleator Moor) 16-13, 12-10, 12-9

J Ramshaw (North Shields) LPTSU S McGrady (Cleator Moor) 12-14, 4-12, 11-15

G Burton (Forest Hall) WPTSM J Bell (Cruddas Park) 6-5, 10-5, 7-9

L Ritson (Forest Hall) WPTSM J Kelly (Houghton) 26-20, 22-15, 15-19

Well done to all

The Swedish competition was GB Boxing’s first test of the year and saw the team win three out of of seven contests.

Despite losing to Anthony Yigit, development squad boxer Repton ABC’s Sam McNess picked up the boxer of the tourament trophy for a strong performance.

There were also wins for Kings Heath ABC’s Chantelle Cameron and Welsh boxer Zach Davies.

GB coach Lee Pullen said: ‘Despite the team losing by four bouts to three, there were some outstanding performances from Great Britain in this competition.

‘Savannah’s performance against a double world champion shows she is a force to be reckoned with and is a great forecast of things to come at the beginning of an important year.’

Full results

56kg Qais Ashfaq (Burmantofts ABC, England) lost to Bashir Hassan (Sweden) 17:14

60kg Zack Davies (Llanelli, Wales) beat Redouane Kaya (Sweden) 18:16.

64kg Sam McNess (Repton ABC, England) lost to Anthony Yigit (Sweden) 24:13

91+kg Frazer Clarke (Burton ABC, England) lost to Otto Wallin (Sweden) 32:11

60kg Natasha Jonas (Rotunda ABC, England) lost to Helena Falk (Sweden) 24:21

64kg Chantelle Cameron (King’s Heath ABC, England) beat Patricia Berghuldt (Sweden) 16:10

75kg Savannah Marshall (Hartlepool Headland ABC, England) beat  Anna Laurell 18:13

The women’s squad fly to Brazil this weekend for a warm weather training camp in Sao Paolo.

New champion Lamont has already placed his first title defence on halt. Lamont no longer wants to fight Amir Khan, however a week ago before the hearing (18th Jan 2012) in New York, Lamont was boasting about the fight and clearly hyped up for a rematch.

We believe that his self esteem has died down and he just realised that the rematch wont be held in DC. No Ameen or Judges to help him.

Why would you openly state that you want a rematch and then all of a sudden decline the rematch.

Well, the WBA needs to sort this mess out. On one hand they clearly stated that there was a rematch and on the other accepted Lamont’s application for not having a rematch.

Very confusing especially if the main WBA has declared a rematch then thats it. A rematch should take place and within 180 days or else the WBA loses or creditability and no person or fan would respect them.

If a decision is made then they should stick to that decision. If Lamont is a true champion then why would he not fight Amir Khan, after all his pride is at stake here and that no one would recognise him as a true champion.

If your saying (Lamont) that you beat Amir Khan easily then why not do it again Easily! He knows that he won due to officials negligence and incompetence!

From our point of view “if your a champion then your a champion so why bottle it”

The event will give local boxing clubs an opportunity to build on the excitement of London 2012 with a day packed with demonstrations and taster sessions.

There will be a chance to try out over 20 sports, including football, volleyball, fencing and judo, as well as a chance to meet some of the city’s past and present Olympic and Paralympics stars and find out how they get motivated to stay in shape.

The event is free for all to attend and is expected to be a great family day out. The action will officially get underway with an opening ceremony at 11am and ‘have a go’ taster sessions and demonstrations will begin at noon. Representatives from each sport will be on hand to answer questions and encourage visitors to take up a sport or join a club.

The event has been organised by Liverpool City Council in partnership with the Echo Arena and Liverpool Primary Care Trust as part of the Decade of Health and Wellbeing. For more information about The Festival of Olympic Sports visit www.liverpool.gov.uk/lifestyles.

Clubs who want to take part should contact Damian Ridpath at damian.ridpath@liverpool.gov.uk

Download the event leaflet

The EUBS is a new series of competitions aimed at increasing competition between universities and providing a more competitive experience for university boxers.

The Series will be boxed several times a year, with universities gaining points along the way. At the end of the season the university leading in points will receive the brand new EUBS Belt.

*Please note that due to a lack of entries at some weights, the list includes a number of boxers with no bouts. These boxers will still receive points for their university for entering.

The first event will take place at Balby Academy of Sport in Doncaster, a short distance from Doncaster train station.

The first weekend of competition is 21st and 22nd January. All boxers with under two bouts will box on Saturday 21st and all other categories will box on Sunday 22nd. Boxers who progress to the next stage will box the following weekend, at the same venue.

Branded England University Boxing Series merchandise will be available at the event.

The draw will be completed on the day.

Further enquiries: Email tom.gilbert@abae.org.uk

Important information

All boxers must bring a valid ME3 and be registered to a boxing club.

Two ABAE-affiliated, qualified coaches per boxer

AIBA-stamped head guards must be worn

Gumshields must contain no red

Approved handwraps must be used

All boxers must wear a groin guard, female boxers are also advised to wear a breast protector

No boxer may change the weight category they entered at

Tickets will be available on the door for £10/£7 NUS. Spectators are encouraged to arrive early as the event is expected to sell out quickly. On the first day of competition you will be able to buy tickets for the following weekend.

Download the entry list

The English University Boxing Series (EUBS) kicks off this weekend at Balby Academy of Sport in Doncaster.

It will be the first in a series of events which will allow England’s university boxing teams to go head-to-head for points and valuable competition experience, with the eventual winners claiming the EUBS belt.

You can download the full list of entries below. Please note that due to a lack of entries at some weights, the list includes a number of boxers with no bouts. These boxers will still receive points for their university for entering.

All boxers with under two bouts will weigh-in and box on Saturday 21st and all other categories will weigh-in and box on Sunday 22nd. There is no need for Sunday’s competitors to attend on Saturday.

Boxers who progress to the next stage will box on 28^th and 29^th January at the same venue.

Branded England University Boxing Series merchandise will be available at the event.

The draw will be completed on the day.

Further enquiries: Email tom.gilbert@abae.org.uk

Important information

Boxers to arrive at 10am for weigh-in

All boxers must bring a valid ME3 and be registered to a boxing club

A maximum of two ABAE-affiliated, qualified coaches per boxer

AIBA-stamped head guards must be worn

Gumshields must contain no red

Approved handwraps must be used

All boxers must wear a groin guard, female boxers are also advised to wear a breast protector

No boxer may change the weight category they entered at

Tickets will be available on the door for £10/£7 NUS. Spectators are encouraged to arrive early as the event is expected to sell out quickly. On the first day of competition you will be able to buy tickets for the following weekend

Download the entry list

At the Coliseo Olimpico de la UG in her hometown of Guadalajara, Irma “La Guerita” Sanchez, got rid of Thailand’s Fahpratan Looksaikongdin already in the second round. After dominating the first stanza, Sanchez found a perfect right in the second that send the challenger crashing to the canvas, and referee Juan Manuel Rincon wisely stopped the fight at 1:27 of the round.

Televised by Mexico Televisa and promoted by HG Boxing, this was the second successful defense for Sanchez of the World Flyweight title she won last July, and judging by the loud reception she received from the spectators Saturday night she is clearly a superstar in Guadalajara, and another title defense in the beautiful capital of Jalisco state would likely be welcomed by the local boxing fans.

With the victory Sanchez improved her professional record to 22-5-1 (7), while Looksaikongdin, who in her last bout came close to stopping WBF World Junior Flyweight Champion Ju Hee Kim before losing on points in South Korea, fell to 7-4.

WBF President Howard Goldberg was present to supervise the bout, but also to present an honorary belt to the family of former WBF World title-challenger Rafael “Chocho” Guzman, who was tragically killed in a drive-by shooting in Guadalajara last October.

A few hours earlier, at the Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany, Super Featherweight Champion Ramona Kuehne improved her impressive record to

19-1 (6) by dominating Hungarian challenger Renata Domsodi (7-1, 3 KOs) for seven rounds before ending matters at 1:24 of the eighth.

At the time of the stoppage she was ahead by 70-63 on all scorecards.

Kuehne never let Domsodi in the fight, and every time the Hungarian attempted something she was firmly put in her place by hard and precise shots from the champion. The longer the fight went, the longer the combinations from Kuehne were, and she really showed off all her boxing skills in a master-class performance.

In round eight Domsodi suffered a cut over her left eye from an accidental clash of heads, but was allowed to continue after inspection from referee Ingo Barrabas. However, it was only a matter of time, as Domsodi, confused by the dripping of blood, was quickly overwhelmed by Kuehne who went in throwing until Barrabas rightly interfered and waved it off.

This was the third defense of the WBF title for Kuehne, who also retained her WBO and WIBF championships in the process.