Peaky Blinder of a Night in Derby as Peers, Varley, Russo and Jones Win in Style – Report by Gianluca Di Caro
On Saturday night somehow Derby promoter Dan Gray managed to turn what seemed to be a doomed special ‘Peaky Blinders’ themed event, into a massive success. Originally the event, at the Queens Hall in Derby City Centre was set to be co-headlined by two World Championship contests, however just two days before the show it became clear that the two challengers from Tanzania, Amos Mwamakula who was contracted to fight Paul Peers and Iddi Mkwera who was George McIlroy’s opponent, hadn’t made their flights, and the Tanzanian boxers promoter was avoiding any attempts of contact.
Efforts to find suitable Championship level opponents at such short notice proved fruitless, which forced the cancellation of both title fights, however one of the headline fighters Paul Peers decided to remain Read more [...]