Oswaldtwistle’s Adam Machaj has been sparring with David Price in the build up to his appearance at the Reebok Stadium on June 7.
The unbeaten heavyweight was due to have his fourth pro outing at the Blackpool Winter Gardens back in March but, after Menay Edwards was injured against Matty Askin, Adam’s bout was cancelled.
Unbeaten Tony Aitcheson has been learning from one of Britain’s best as he prepares for his fourth pro outing on the undercard of Gary Sykes’ vacant British super-featherweight scrap with Jon Kays.
On a card billed as ‘Repeat or Revenge’; Jon Kays insists it will be the latter, when he faces Gary Sykes for the vacant British super-featherweight crown at the Dewsbury Leisure Centre on May 24.
Gary Sykes will have to repeat history if he is to win the Lonsdale Belt outright. The former British super-featherweight champion battles former victim Jon Kays for his vacant old title on May 24 in his hometown’s Dewsbury Leisure Centre. And having previously beaten Kays in an April 2013 English title fight, ‘Five Star’ knows his biggest enemy could be complacency.
After setting up the City of Hull Boxing Club, and producing three national champions, Mike Gibbons was faced with a difficult dilemma when the ABAE recently barred amateur coaches from working professional corners.
Nine-fight unbeaten Joel Haigh is sure he’ll get back to winning ways when he tops the bill at the Hull City Hall on May 2.
After two draws in his last two outings, against Youssef Al Hamidi and Andy Harris, the 23-year-old faces Ibrar Riyaz for the British Masters Silver lightweight belt on home turf. And with training tips coming from local star Tommy Coyle; ‘Gentleman’ Joel is promising an improved performance.
John Quigley has gone from Liverpool to Hollywood and back again – and he couldn’t be more pleased. After spending months training in some of the toughest gyms in The States, as well as three winning fights in America, John tops the bill at the Greenbank Sports Centre on Saturday April 26 and enters the contest with his confidence sky-high.
It’s a great time to be turning pro if you’re a fighter from Hull. With IBF International champion Tommy Coyle and Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell both hailing from the city, young Charlie Payton doesn’t need to look far for inspiration.
The 22-year-old gets his second pro outing at Hull’s City Hall on May 2, on a show streamed live and free on VIPBOXING.TV. And the former double ABA champion is desperate to impress again after dropping wily veteran Kristian Laight on route to a February debut points victory.