Tag: Fight Report

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 [...]

Fight Report: Freeman Battles Through Injury To Secure Victory In Liverpool – by Gianluca Di Caro

On Saturday night, whilst most British boxing fans were either at the Manchester Arena or watching BT Sport as Tyson Fury made his long awaited return to the ring, a large number of local boxing fans still made the pilgrimage to the Jubilee Sports Bank in Liverpool for local promoter Kyle Gallagher's latest offering. Over the past few years Gallagher has built himself a very good reputation for putting on quality shows, one where the local fans know they are in for a great night out and watching well matched all action fights featuring local prospects and on Saturday normal service resumed. Headlining the show was local unbeaten prospect Martin Freeman, against seriously tough opposition in Latvia's Dmitrijs Ovsjannikovs.  On his last appearance, on a Gallagher promoted show back in March, Read more [...]