Day: September 18, 2017

Gallagher Beats Bazo To Secure PBC Crown in Liverpool – Report by Gianluca Di Caro

There was a true feast of boxing action on offer Saturday night, both live and on TV, Billy Joe Saunders defending his WBO Crown in London, Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin battling it out from supremacy of the Middleweight ranks is Las Vegas, yet still the Merseyside boxing fans turned out in force to support one of their own, Dayle Gallagher, as he fought for his first Championship, at the Jubilee Sports Bank in Liverpool. Photograph courtesy of Kirsty Radcliffe Unusually instead of being the final contest of the evening, Liverpool's unbeaten Dayle Gallagher clash with the Czech Republic's Daniel Bazo for the Professional Boxing Council (PBC) International Silver Welterweight title, was the opening pro bout. Gallagher is fast becoming one of the top prospects in the welterweight division, Read more [...]

Yildirim’s coach: “I am the colonel, he is my Rambo”

Coach Ahmet Öner is ready to send his boxer Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KOs) into war against Chris Eubank Jr. (25-1, 19 KOs) on October 7 at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany. “Our relationship is like a colonel and a soldier,” said Ahmet Öner. “Sometimes I call him John Rambo, and I am Colonel Trautman. He is my Rambo, I made him and I am very happy with what I’ve made.” Photo Credits:  Sebastian Heger for World Boxing Super Series The former light heavyweight, now coach and manager, believes that his fighter can go all the way to win the Muhammad Ali Trophy. The first obstacle is Chris Eubank Jr., but Öner does not see the British IBO Champion as a serious threat in the battle for the Greatest Prize in Boxing. “I do not fear Eubank Jr. He has nothing Read more [...]