New Champions Doherty, Decastro and Peers Crowned In Derby – Ringside Report: Gianluca Di Caro -Photographs Courtesy of Mirek Marcinski
On Friday, whilst most boxing fans were preparing for the World Super Series final between George Groves and Callum Smith to be beamed over from Saudi Arabia, I made the trek up from my London home to Derby for the weigh-in at the Stein Strasse Bar in the City for an event at Pride Park the following day.
Have to say I've been to quite a few weigh-ins, but can't recall any here in the UK that could be termed an event in themselves. The only one even remotely similar I can recall attending was at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York back in 2007.
With so much effort put into the presentation of the weigh-in, I have to admit I was feeling right up for the event itself the next day, as I made my way to Pride Park, and as it turns out quite rightly so.
The headlining fight, that featured Derby's Read more [...]