Tag: Gianluca Di Caro

Peers: I’m Elated To Be Fighting Scott Harrison, The Test For Me Is Finally Here.

Earlier this week promoter Lee Mcallister announced that Orkney based Paul Peers would be challenging former longtime World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Featherweight World Champion Scott Harrison, on the first of a proposed fortnightly ‘Behind Closed Doors’ series of boxing events for TV, as the current COVID-19 lockdown regulations in the United Kingdom are relaxed. Peers, whose record stands at seven wins and four losses, had a bit of a checkered start to his career, losing four of his first six fights, the turning point in his career came in September 2018, when he challenged then unbeaten Craig Kennerdale for the Professional Boxing Council (PBC) English title. The fight was an all out war, one that Peers won by the closest of margins - Judges scorecards read: Adrian Thorne 78-78, 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 [...]

Kennerdale, Ovsjannikovs, McConville, Oldfield and McIntyre In Knockout Form In Liverpool – Ringside Report: Gianluca Di Caro – Photographs Courtesy of Chris Tomlinson

Liverpool’s boxing scene has gone from strength to strength the past few years and has grown significantly every season. A large part of this is almost certainly due to the successes of Merseysiders on both the Domestic as well as World Scene, fighters such as Derry Matthews, the Smith Brothers – Paul, Stephen, Liam and Callum, Tony Bellew etc.  and all the championships they’ve held over the years certainly has to be a major factor in the growth of the sport in the City. A clear example of just how much the sport is blossoming in Liverpool is that last weekend there were three shows in the City, one of these, the latest offering from Kyle Gallagher’s Victory Fight Club, a nine bout pro show at the Jubilee Sports Bank, featured no less than eight debutants. Before I get onto Read more [...]

Victory Over Martinez Sets Khan on Course For Another Title Shot – report Gianluca Di Caro

It may have been the coldest weekend of the year in the UK so far, but the icy cold conditions on Saturday night didn’t prevent the fans turning out to support local hero Tasif Khan as he faced Mexican Champion and former WBC World Title Challenger Juan Lopez Martinez on the Bridie Murtagh (Saorise Promotions) promoted Dinner Event at the Royal Taj (formerly the Connaught Rooms) in Bradford. Photo courtesy of Joe Ibbotson The importance of the fight clearly wasn’t lost on any of Khan’s fans, their man may already have secured World Boxing Union (WBU), Global Boxing Union (GBU) and World Boxing Confederation (WBC) World Championships over the past couple of years, but a victory on Saturday would mean that Khan, who is already highly ranked by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Read more [...]