Olympic Boxing Updates

 

Cardiff Boxing Festival - Barry's European bantamweight bronze medalist Andrew Selby faces Chinese star Jiawei Zhang in the Team GB v Rest of the World showdown in Cardiff.

 

Cardiff welterweight Fred Evans also faces a formidable challenge against 2009 US National champion Errol Spence.

The high-quality amateur event at the Cardiff International Arena on 30 July is part of a three-day boxing festival in the city that climaxes on 31 July.

Three women's fights are also planned, the opposition for Lucy O' Connor, Amanda Coulson and Savannah Marshall yet to be confirmed.

 

Amateur boxer Gordon Izzat, has died tragically at the age of 27.

Gordon IzzatIzatt, a former Scottish Eastern District Featherweight champion, He was found dead on Sunday 4th July at his home in the Wester Hailes district of Edinburgh and is believed to have taken his own life.

The former Eastern District featherweight champion failed to capture his dream of going pro, and was due to fight his last bout at a Clovenstone Boxing Club showpiece in September before pursuing a career in security.

He leaves behind his four year old son Aiden and his partner Rachel.