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DARREN BARKER’S team have turned down a big offer for him to meet British and Commonwealth middleweight champion Martin Murray.

Hatton Promotions, who want to stage the double title showdown in the spring were shocked when Barker’s promoter Eddie Hearn turned down the high purse.

It shows Ricky Hatton’s commitment to making fights that work for British boxing and willingness to work with rival promoters.

Hatton Promotions CEO, Ricky said: “I am not privy to what Darren earned when he fought Sergio Martinez last year, but I think our offer may have topped it or at worse been very close.

“Put it this way, it was a huge amount for somebody challenging for British and Commonwealth championship crowns.

“Eddie Hearn initially made an offer for Matchroom Boxing to stage the fight, which we bettered by a considerable amount.

“Eddie responded and  only matched what we put on the table which was strange and added it was his final offer, but we again countered and bettered it by a fair amount.

“Eddie got back to my Director of Boxing, Richard Poxon on Tuesday night refusing  and said he ‘thinks’ that he has got Darren a world title fight in May.

“If Darren has got a world title fight for the sort of money Hatton Promotions are offering fair play to him, but this is a concrete offer and not a contest his promoter can ‘think’ will happen.

“I am sure Darren isn’t running scared and would be tempted by our offer, but I cannot say the same about others in his team, although I hope Eddie proves me wrong on that.

“I will work with any promoter for the good of my fighters and I am sure Sky Sports would love their viewers to watch a fight between Martin and Darren.”

Hatton is still hoping that Barker and his team come back to the table, but is now beginning to explore other avenues.

Murray would also accept against WBA Super world middleweight champion Felix Sturm who controversially outpointed him last month.

Hatton added: “One thing for sure, is that Martin will be involved in big fights in 2012 whether Barker wants to know or not.”

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Weekend boxing results and videos – 2nd October 2011 – Steve Cunningham’s controversial loss to Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Anne Sophie Mathis beats Cindy Serrano, Juan Manuel Lopez back to winning, Sergio Gabriel Martinez defeats Darren Barker, Roman Gonzalez wins by Ko, Gavin Rees vs Derry Mathews ends in a technical draw….

• Saturday 1 October- Salle Mermoz, Yutz, Moselle, France

Welterweight – Anne Sophie Mathis def Cindy Serrano on UD 10 / 10 – WIBA Women’s International Boxing Association welterweight title – Vacant WIBF Women’s – International Boxing Federation welterweight title – World Boxing Federation female welterweight title

 

• Saturday 1 October- Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Cruiserweight – Steve Cunningham lost to Yoan Pablo Hernandez on TD 6 / 12- Time: 3:00 – IBF cruiserweight title

Middleweight – Sebastian Sylvester lost to Grzegorz Proks by RTD 3 / 12 – Time: 3:00 – Vacant EBU (European) middleweight title (supervisor: Bob Logist)

Light heavyweight – Karo Murat drew with Gabriel Campillo on SD 12 / 12 – IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight title

Yoan Pablo Hernandez is the new IBF cruiserweight titleholder, but the circumstances of his win are not exactly bringing about celebration from boxing fans. Hernandez won the title from Steve Cunningham after six rounds via technical decision, winning on scores of 58-55, 59-54 and 56-57. Hernandez dropped Cunningham with a short left hand in round one and Cunningham barely beat the count and barely survived the round. Cunningham seemed recovered by round two. Hernandez surprisingly did not come down on Cunningham in round two, giving the champion further time to clear his head. (Hernandez was cut on the left side of his head in round three and over his right eye in round six by head clashes) and by round four Cunningham had taken control of the action. Then referee Mickey Vann surprisingly waved it off after the sixth round due to the cuts, which didn’t seem particularly bad. After the fight, Cunningham said he felt like he was “set up” and that he’d “been had,” questioning why the fight wasn’t stopped earlier, before it would have gone to the scorecards.

• Saturday 1 October – Auditorio Centenario, Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico

Light welterweight – Roberto Ortiz def Dunis Linan on UD 12 / 12 – WBC Silver light welterweight title (supervisor: Carlos Gonzalez Hinojosa)

Gerardo Marin Hernandez def Jesus Limones on UD 10/ 10

 

• Saturday 1 October – Centro de Expositores, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

Light flyweight – Sammy Gutierrez def Roilo Golez by TKO 5 / 12 – time: 2:06 – Vacant WBC Silver light flyweight title (supervisor: Rafael Herrera)

Super featherweight – Alejandro Sanabria def Pedro Navarrete on UD 10 / 10

Super bantamweight – Cruz Carbajal def Pedro Torres on UD 10 / 10

In front of 4,000 fans, former WBA world champion Samuel “Samy Guty” Gutierrez won by TKO at 2:06 of round five against game Filipino Roilo Golez in a bloody fight. Gutierrez dominated wall the way en route to becoming the new WBC minimumweight Silver champion – Super featherweight Alejandro Sanabria scored a ten round unanimous decision over Pedro Navarrete by scores of 98-93, 98-92 and 100-90.

 

• Saturday 1 October – Hoops Dome, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines

Featherweight – Edgar Gabejan lost tp Michael Farenas on UD 12 / 12 – Philippines Games & Amusement Board (GAB) featherweight title

 

• Saturday 1 October – Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Super bantamweight – Jonathan Oquendo def Jose Luis Araiza by KO 2 / 12 – Time: 0:56 – Vacant WBO Latino super bantamweight title

Featherweight – Juan Manuel Lopez def Mike Oliver by TKO 2 / 12 – Time: 2:32 – Vacant WBO Latino featherweight title (supervisor: Luis Perez)

Super featherweight – Roman Martinez def Daniel Attah by TKO 6 / 12 – Time: 1:50 – Vacant WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title

Returning former world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KOs) got back on the winning track with a second round TKO over Mike Oliver (25-3, 8 KOs). “Juanma” dropped Oliver twice in round one and and the bout was waved off after Juanma dropped Oliver again in round two. Time was 2:32. It was Juanma’s first fight since losing the WBO featherweight title against Orlando Salido in April of this year.

 

• Saturday 1 October – Newport Leisure Centre, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

Lightweight – Gavin Rees drew with Derry Mathews on TD  4 / 12 – EBU (European) lightweight title (supervisor: Pertti Augustin)

Gavin Rees defended his European lightweight title in at the Newport Centre in South Wales as a clash of heads in the fourth round left Derry Mathews with a broken nose and forced the contest to end in a technical draw. It was Rees’ first defense of the title. The challenger started well in the opening round, using his reach well to claim the opening round. Rees responded well in the second and third rounds, but disaster struck for Mathews in the fourth. Fighting at close quarters, Rees’ head connected flush with Mathews’ nose and blood started pouring from his nose, he was taken over to the doctor who suspected a broken nose and with the fight inside four rounds; Rees retains his title through a technical draw.

 

• Saturday 1 October – Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Middleweight – Sergio Gabriel Martinez def Darren Barker by KO 11 / 12 – Time: 1:29

Super middleweight – Andy Lee def Brian Vera on UD 10 / 10

WBC diamond belt middleweight champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KOs) scored an eleventh round KO over previously undefeated European champion “Dazzling” Darren Barker (23-1, 14 KOs). Barker crowded Martinez and fought defensively, but Sergio wore Barker down in the long run and finished him with a right hook. Time was 1:29. Top-rated middleweight contender Andy Lee (27-1, 19 KOs) avenged the only loss of his professional career with a one-sided ten round unanimous decision over Brian Vera (19-6, 12 KOs). Lee dropped Vera with a straight left at the end of round two and easily outboxed Vera the rest of the way to take a 98-91, 99-90, 99-90 verdict. Vera scored a seventh round TKO over Lee in their first match back in March 2008.

 

• Saturday 1 October – MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Light flyweight – Roman Gonzalez def Omar Soto by KO 2 / 12 – Time: 0:36 – WBA World light flyweight title (supervisor: Jose Oliver Gomez)

Super bantamweight – Toshiaki Nishioka def Rafael Marquez on UD 12 / 12 – WBC super bantamweight title (supervisor: Mauricio Sulaiman)

WBA light flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (30-0, 25 KOs), scored a second round KO over Omar Soto (22-9, 15 KOs) to retain his world title. An uppercut from the big-punching Chocolatito put Soto down for ten, and more at the :36 mark. – WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KOs) impressed with a hard fought twelve round unanimous decision over former two-division champion and fan favorite Rafael Marquez(40-7, 36 KOs). Nishioka went on to win by scores of 117-111, 115-113, 116-112.

• Friday 30 September – Ce.De.M. N° 2, Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Light welterweight – Fernanda Soledad Alegre def Enis Pacheco on UD 10 / 10 – WBO female light welterweight title

 

• Friday 30 September – General Lavalle, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bantamweight – Lucas Antonio Carranza def Sebastian Daniel Rodriguez by TKO 12 / 12 – South American bantamweight title

Super bantamweight – Santiago Allione def Sergio Ariel Estrela on SD – WBC Latino super bantamweight title

 

• Friday 30 September – Campbelltown Sports Centre, Minto, New South Wales, Australia

Heavyweight – Lucas Browne def Fai Falamoe by KO 5 / 10 – Vacant World Boxing Foundation Asia Pacific heavyweight title

 

• Friday 30 September – Salle Dubois-Crance, Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes, France

Featherweight   Sofiane Takoucht lost to Alexander Miskirtchian on SD 12 / 12 – EBU (European) featherweight title (supervisor: Peter Stucki)

 

• Friday 30 September – York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom

Super featherweight – Liam Walsh def Paul Appleby by RTD 10 / 12 – Commonwealth (British Empire) super featherweight title

Light middleweight – Ryan Toms lost to Steve O’Meara by KO 1 / 10 – BBBofC Southern Area light middleweight title

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By Rio

London – Monday, 28th March 2011

Phil Gill Set For Barker-Spada Undercard On 30th April

Waltham Abbey Light Welterweight Phil Gill is set for major television exposure, when he appears on the undercard of ‘Dazzling’ Darren Barker’s European Middleweight Title showdown with Italian Domenico Spada at the Matchroom Sports promoted event at Olympia in Kensington, London, on Saturday 30th April 2011.

Gill, whose record is 9 wins, 1 draw and no losses, has consistently proved himself to be one of the most crowd pleasing Light Welters on the circuit today. Gill’s nonstop all action performance on his last outing, on Steve Goodwin’s 5th March show, is a prime example of what a wider television audience have been missing, until now.

Gill went to work hard and fast right from the opening bell, letting rip with both hands throughout the first round. His excellent ring craft barely allowed Nesbitt get any meaningful shots of his own in.

Gill didn’t quite get to dominate the second round quite to the level of the first as Nesbitt managed to find his range and let go with a couple of cracking right hands to the body.  Gill didn’t drop the pace and just responded with even more fast powerful left and rights.

Round three was more even with both protagonists letting rip with shot after shot in quick succession, in fact this round could have gone to either way as both came so close to stopping the other at one point.

In the first minute Gill let rip with a cracking left-right body head combination but was unable to finish off the clearly shaken Nesbitt. From then on it was a punch trading war until the final seconds when Nesbitt turned the tables with a hard right to the body that really rattled Gill, Nesbitt turned the tables and started to let rip with both hands until the final bell.

The final round was much as before, with both pushing hard. Throughout the contest Gill had not only thrown more shots but also landed the most meaningful ones and was rightly pronounced victor by a 39-37 points margin.

With performances such as this it comes as no surprise that promoter’s like Steve Goodwin have made Gill a regular attraction on his shows and Barry Hearn’s Matchroom Sports concern have decided to include him on the card for such a high profile event as Barker-Spada European Title showdown.

Speaking earlier today an overjoyed Gill said,  “Yeah I’ve got on the bill of the Darren Barker show on the 30th April at London Olympia. It’s a big step up for me, obviously it’s in front of a bigger crowd than I’m used to.

I’m really looking forward to that, I wont be fazed by that either as I’m the kind of fighter that performs best in front of a big crowd. I’m getting well excited as there’ll be more people there.

No opponents been named yet as it’s only come about in the last few days. Mickey’s (manager Mickey Helliet) had a show this weekend, so now that show is out of the way we’ll start sorting out the tickets and all the details later this week.

I never got out of the gym after my last fight because we got a young lad from Guernsey training. I know it’s hard training on your own so I’ve been in the gym to train with him as It helps him to work harder.

My style has changed quite a bit since my debut. I’m definitely a come forward fighter. There’s a lot of guys that wont come and fight me because they know they are going to be in for a hard time if they come and fight me. All I ever do is come forward, I’ll never change that because I don’t want to be a boring fighter I always want to be exciting, it’s just not in me to box of the back foot. For me it’s about entertaining, give the crowd the full experience as it were.

I think when the nation sees me on TV they wont want me off of it, I bring a lot to the table being a very exciting fighter. I’m not afraid of getting hit, I know in boxing your not supposed to be getting hit, but you do get hit it’s as simple as that. I not worried about taking a shot, if I have to take a few in a fight it makes it exciting.

If these guys are going to come to fight they’re going to get put over and that’s what you’re going to get on TV. These guys are going to come to fight, because it’s on TV, and they’re going to get put over.

I box to the occasion, the bigger the occasion the better I perform.”

Phil Gill, against a yet to be named opponent will feature on the undercard of the Sky Sports Televised  Matchroom Sports promoted vacant European Middleweight Title fight between unbeaten ‘Dazzling’ Darren Barker and Domenico Spada at Olympia in Kensington, London on Saturday 30th April 2011.

For tickets please contact Phil Gill on 07817 594053

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Phil Gill in action against Damien Turner at York Hall In June 2010

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Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro

JustListen2This Publicity and Promotions

London, UK & Philadelphia, USA

E.Mail: rio@justlisten2this.com

 

MARTIN MURRAY will bid to become a double champion when he faces Brazil’s former world title challenger Carlos Nascimento later this month.

The Commonwealth middleweight champion will face the Sao Paulo ring ace at Bolton’s Reebok Arena on Friday 26th November for the vacant WBA international title.

Murray, 28, hopes a victory will help set up clashes against domestic rivals Matthew Macklin and Darren Barker.

He said: “I am growing in confidence and things just get better with Oliver Harrison training me.

“I think I am the best middleweight out there and I want to fight the best in Britain to prove that.”

Nascimento has won 25 of his 27 contests with both defeats coming at the highest level.

Back in May 2007, he lost in the 11th round against Sergei Dzinziruk in a WBO light-middleweight title challenge and 13 months ago came unstuck in five against hot prospect Pawel Wolak at Madison Square Garden.

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Pro Boxing News – Tuesday 19 October For: Samson Onyango, Zsolt Erdei, Michael Angelo “The Artist” Perez, Brian Minto, EBU championship, Enrique Gutierrez, Dashon Johnson, Matt Macklin, Darren Barker, Manny Pacquiao, Ricardo “El Maestrito” Córdoba,Michael “Lil Warrior” Franco, Lucian Bute, Adrian Diaconu, Amir Khan, Zsolt Erdei, Frankie Gavin, Raul Martinez, Curtis Woodhouse

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EBU championship — On October 28th, welterweights Enrique Gutierrez (10-4, 8 KOs) and Dashon Johnson (11-2-3, 3 KOs) will square off at the San Manual Casino in San Bernadino. The 8 round main event is for the EBU championship and will be promoted by Patrick Ortiz and Ringside Ticket. The fight show cases the hard punching Gutierrez against the speed and athleticism of Johnson and will be an entertaining contest between two very determined California fighters. Tickets can be purchased at the casino box office or through ticketmaster.com.

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• Brian Minto Returns — Recent cruiserweight title challenger Brian Minto (34-4, 21 KOs) will take on Cory Phelps (13-6-1, 7 KOs) on October 29th at the Ghost Riders’ Entertainment Complex in Butler, Pennsylvania. In his most recent fight, Minto put up a brave effort while losing to WBO world champion Marco Huck in his cruiserweight debut last May. Prior to that fight, Minto campaigned exclusively as a heavyweight earning noteworthy wins over former title challenger Axel Schulz and Vinnie Maddalone. Minto-Phelps will be for the vacant WBC Continental Americas cruiserweight title and available as a PPV webstream at www.Mintofight.com.

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• Perez to Face Herrera on Judah-Matthysse Undercard November 6! — Newark, NJ (October 18, 2010) – Undefeated lightweight prospect Michael Angelo “The Artist” Perez will step up in competition when he takes on battle tested veteran Hevinson Herrera November 6 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

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Zsolt Erdei vs. Samson Onyango on November 20th — WBO light heavyweight and WBC cruiserweight champion Zsolt Erdei (31-0, 17 KO’s) will be coming off of a one year retirement when he takes on Kenyan Samson Onyango (20-6, 13 KO’s) on November 20th in an eight round bout on the undercard of the WBC middleweight clash between champion Sergio Martinez vs. Paul Williams at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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• Matt Macklin has distanced himself from facing British rival Darren Barker. The pair were supposed to meet for the European title on September 18 in Birmingham. – But Barker pulled out injured, leaving Macklin to pick up the vacant title. Now Macklin will defend his belt on December 11 in Liverpool at the Echo Arena. – His next fight was announced at the same time the European Boxing Union again called for purse bids for a Macklin-Barker clash. But the Brummie and his promoter, Frank Warren, now appear to be looking beyond Barker.

“It’s a fight that I wanted, and I don’t want to rule it out, but there is a chance that it might not happen now,” said Macklin. – ”I don’t know if Darren is waiting for me to a win world title so that he can get a crack at me then, but he’s got to do more to earn a chance than just hanging around.”

One option for Macklin would be to make his European title defence in Liverpool, vacate, and then hope to get a world title shot in 2011. – Warren added: “I’m in the business of putting on fights for guys who want to fight, and that’s why Matt’s on my show in Liverpool. – ”It’s not about Macklin-Barker at the moment. I don’t even know if Barker is fit to fight. It’s all about Matt Macklin and whether he can win a world title.”

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• Manny Pacquiao — Top Rank promoter Bob Arum isn’t impressed with what he sees of his number #1 fighter Manny Pacquiao after traveling to the Philippines and watching how listless Pacquiao looked during his training session. After briefly trying to put a positive spin on it, Arum came out with this today in an article at Philstar.com: “What I watched Manny on Saturday, I didn’t see the kind of speed that he would need to beat Margarito. If the fight happened on Saturday Margarito would win the fight.”

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• Super bantamweight Ricardo “El Maestrito” Córdoba says his career is on the line as he continues to train for what he is calling “the biggest opportunity of my career.” Cordoba will meet a fighter regarded as the greatest boxer in the history of the amateurs, two-time Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba. — The fight is going to take place on the huge event at Cowboys Stadium on November 13, headlined by Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito. The interim title of the WBA will be on the line. Cordoba has left for Miami, Florida to finish his training camp.

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• Michael “Lil Warrior” Franco — After a nine month hiatus undefeated Featherweight powerhouse Michael “Lil Warrior” Franco will finally lace up his gloves to face off against Adolfo “El Terror” Landeros (20-15-1,9KO) in a bout scheduled for eight rounds at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in San Diego, California on Friday October 22nd, 2010 .This event will be televised live on the popular Spanish language network Telefutura.

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• March 2011 Doubleheader In Works — According to The Montreal Gazette, HBO are very much interested in televising another doubleheader from Canada featuring Lucian Bute and Adrian Diaconu. The two Canadian heroes won with something to spare this past Friday in Montreal – with IBF 168-pouhnd king Bute stopping a game Jesse Brinkley in the 9th round, and former WBC light-heavy champ Diaconu winning a lopsided decision over the always-tough Omar Sheika.

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• The fighting pride of Bolton UK, Amir Khan will be proving his worth to many critics around the world. Not only has the WBA world champion accepted the challenge from the Argentinean powerhouse who has a record of 29 wins (27 KO’s) and 1 loss but also conformed to Marcos Maidana’s monetary and location requests. This has surprised a vast amount of pugilistic fans around the world who believed Khan has been avoiding big punchers ever since his chin failed the test against Breidis Prescott. (Faisel Khan Boxing News 24)

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• Curtis Woodhouse will get the chance to go one better than domestic rival Frankie Gavin on Saturday night. – Woodhouse takes on Peter McDonagh as he returns to action under the Frank Warren banner at York Hall

The former professional footballer is chief support as Liam Walsh tackles Maxwell Awuku for the Commonwealth super-featherweight title and he will look to become the first man to legitimately stop domestic gatekeeper McDonagh, who has heard the final bell in all but one of his fights, The only time he did not, he was stopped on an injury against Giuseppe Lauri. — Back in February, McDonagh dropped a points decision against Gavin over six. — And with Woodhouse hot on the heels of the 2007 amateur world champion, Saturday is the perfect opportunity for him to state his credentials ahead of a possible future showdown.

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• DiBella inks Erdei — Unbeaten former WBO light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Zsolt Erdei (31-0, 17 KOs) has signed with DiBella Entertainment. Erdei, a 2000 Olympian for Hungary, previously campaigned mostly in Germany under the Universum banner. He held the WBO light heavyweight title for nearly six years before moving to cruiserweight where he won the WBC belt, which he vacated just weeks later. Erdei will fight on the Martinez-Williams undercard.

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• Raul Martinez returns — Will headline first card at WinStar World Casino — Texas star Raul ‘La Cobrita’ Martinez of San Antonio will take on Rodrigo Guerrero of Mexico on a ‘Top Rank Live’ boxing championship card at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma on November 20. “This is a very exciting, entertaining main event in our first boxing event at the WinStar World Casino,” said Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum.”I have had the opportunity to spend time at the WinStar World Casino. It is a first-class facility with all of the amentities that one would want at a casino resort hotel. We are very proud to stage our fight program at the WinStar World Casino on November 20.”

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