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MARTIN MURRAY will have the Army fighting his corner when he challenges WBA super world middleweight champion Felix Sturm in December.

The British, Commonwealth and WBA inter-continental champion meets the German idol in Mannheim on Friday December 2.

And when Martin makes his ring walk at the SAP Arena he will be accompanied by drummers from The Duke of Lancaster regiment.

Murray accepted an invitation to visit their Preston barracks from Captain Phil Sweeney, ahead of his big clash against Sturm.

The St Helens fighter, 29, was accompanied by three-year-old son, Archie and fellow Hatton Promotions fighters Scott Quigg and Adam Little.

Martin’s friend Andy Reid was injured in battle losing both legs and the unbeaten boxer is helping to raise funds for the Army Benevolent Fund.

He said: “The ABF doesn’t get the attention that Help for Heroes gets so I am trying to help bring awareness and the drummers being part of my ring walk will play a part.

“The day we spent with the regiment was a real eye opener. I did some of the tests and there were mentally tiring.

“I might be fighting for a world title, but those guys are in the biggest fight of all.

“When I challenge Sturm I am trying to make my life better. The Army boys are making our lives better.

“It was hoped that Andy would get to my fight, but he has a date with the Queen that day in his role as an ambassador for the ABF.”

Murray who has won all 23 professional fights planned to have an army career but failed the medicals because of eczema on his legs.

He added: “My army career lasted about two hours, but hopefully now I can do my bit to help a very good cause.”

Martin, Quigg and Ricky Hatton will return to Weeton Barracks on November 11 to hand out prizes at an Inter Battalion novices boxing competition where fighters trained by his close friend Corporal Wally Lee are in action.

Photo Credit: Hatton Promotions/Mark Robinson

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Boxing on Television – October 28 to November 4 – Broadcasting on: Argentina Direct TV, Chile VTR, EU Eurosport, FOX Espanol, Mexico Azteca, Mexico Cadena 3, Mexico Televisa, United Kingdom SKY, United States Direct TV, United States FOX,United States Showtime, United States TeleFutura

All information provided could be incomplete and subject to change

• Friday 28 October - Bally’s Event Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Television: United States Showtime

X8 middleweight - Brandon Gonzales vs Ossie Duran

X8 light middleweight - Javier Molina vs Artemio Reyes

• Friday 28 October - Sherwood Inn, Salinas, California, United States

Television: United States TeleFutura

X10 super featherweight - Eloy Perez vs Ira Terry - WBO NABO super featherweight title

X6 light heavyweight - Paul Mendez vs Loren Myers

• Saturday 29 October - Centro de Usos Multiples, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Television: Mexico Azteca

X12 flyweight - Hernan Marquez vs Luis Concepcion - WBA World flyweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Deportivo del Sindicato del Metro , Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Television: Mexico Cadena 3

X12 featherweight - Salvador Sanchez vs Jovanny Soto - WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) featherweight title

X10 light flyweight - Ganigan Lopez vs Samuel Garcia

• Saturday 29 October - Palenque de la Feria, Colima, Colima, Mexico

Television: Mexico Televisa

X12 super bantamweight - Takalani Ndlovu vs Giovanni Caro - IBF super bantamweight title

10×2 flyweight - Arely Mucino vs Ava Knight - IBF female flyweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Coliseo Mario ‘Quijote’ Morales, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Television: United States Direct TV

X12 minimumweight - Ivan Calderon vs Felipe Rivas - Vacant WBO Latino minimumweight title

X10 super bantamweight - Wilfredo Vazquez Jr vs Roberto Carlos Leyva - Vacant WBO Inter-Continental super bantamweight title

X10 light middleweight - Jorge Melendez vs Eric Mitchell - Vacant WBO Latino light middleweight title

10×2 light flyweight - Yesica Yolanda Bopp vs Suzannah Warner - WBO female light flyweight title

X10 light welterweight - Javier Castro vs Javier Monserrate - Interim WBO Latino light welterweight title

• Saturday 29 October - York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom

Television: United Kingdom SKY

Live Boxing

• Saturday 29 October - WinStar Casino, Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States

Television: United States FOX United States FOX Espanol

X10 light middleweight - Vanes Martirosyan vs Richard Gutierrez

X8 super featherweight - Casey Ramos vs Joselito Collado

X6 heavyweight - Andy Ruiz Jr vs Theron Johnson

• Friday 4 November - Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina

Television: Argentina Direct TV

X10 heavyweight - Matias Vidondo vs Irineu Beato Costa Junior

X6 featherweight - Sergio Manuel Medina vs Pablo Ezequiel Rodriguez

• Friday 4 November 2023

Television: Chile VTR

X8 super flyweight - Miguel Gonzalez vs

• Friday 4 November - S.L.Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal

Television: EU Eurosport

Live Boxing

Friday 4 November - Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, United States

Television: United States TeleFutura

X10 middleweight - Sergio Mora vs Jose Alfredo Flores

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Boxing Title Fights Schedule – Weekend 28 to 30 October - In: Australia, France, Guyana, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, South, Korea, Tanzania, United States

All information provided could be incomplete and subject to change

• Friday 28 October - PalaRockfeller, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy

Commission: Federazione Pugilistica Italiana

X12 flyweight - Moruti Mthalane vs Andrea Sarritzu - IBF flyweight title

10×2 super flyweight - Simona Galassi vs Nadege Szikora - Vacant IBF female super flyweight title

• Friday 28 October - Centro de Convenciones, Guayama, Puerto Rico

Commission: Puerto Rico Boxing Commission

X10 lightweight - Fernando Torres vs Abner Cotto - Vacant Puerto Rican lightweight title

• Friday 28 October - Sherwood Inn, Salinas, California, United States

Commission: California State Athletic Commission - Television: United States TeleFutura

X10 super featherweight - Eloy Perez vs Ira Terry - WBO NABO super featherweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Hervey Bay PCYC, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia

Commission: Australian National Boxing Federation Queensland

X8 light welterweight - Todd Kidd vs Mick Shaw - Australia - Queensland State light welterweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Salle Cosec, Les Mureaux, Yvelines, France

X10 super bantamweight - Ali Hallab vs Bastien Rozeaux - France super bantamweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Thirst Park, Ruimveldt, Guyana

Commission: Guyana Boxing Board Of Control

X12 middleweight - Howard Eastman vs Edmund DeClou - Vacant Guyanese middleweight title

10×2 heavyweight - Gwendolyn O’Neil vs Pauline London - Vacant WIBA Women’s International Boxing Association heavyweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Palenque de la Feria, Colima, Colima, Mexico

Promoter: Hector Garcia (HG Boxing) - Television: Mexico Televisa

10×2 flyweight - Arely Mucino vs Ava Knight - IBF female flyweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Centro de Usos Multiples, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Promoter: Fernando Beltran (Promociones Zanfer) - Television: Mexico Azteca

X12 flyweight - Hernan Marquez vs Luis Concepcion - WBA World flyweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Deportivo del Sindicato del Metro , Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Promoter: Fausto Daniel Garcia (Boxeo de Gala) - Television: Mexico Cadena 3

X12 featherweight - Salvador Sanchez vs Jovanny Soto - WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) featherweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Puerto Princesa Coliseum , Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines

Commission: Philippine Games & Amusements Board

X12 bantamweight - Dado Cabintoy vs Hiroki Shiino - Vacant WBC International bantamweight title

X10 super bantamweight - Jaderes Padua vs Manopnoi Singmanasak - Interim WBC Youth Intercontinental super bantamweight title

X10 light flyweight - Renan Trongco vs Sirisak Sitjarem - Vacant WBC Youth Intercontinental light flyweight title

X10 flyweight - Cris Paulino vs Danai Meendaeng - Vacant WBC Youth Intercontinental flyweight title

X10 super flyweight - Gabriel Altarejos vs Gawna Sorsirisak - Interim WBC Youth Intercontinental super flyweight title

X10 bantamweight - Vergel Nebran vs Petchunan Sithpandean - Interim WBC Youth Intercontinental bantamweight title

X10 super featherweight vs Jose Maxian vs Thepsamuthr Duanaay-Mukdahan - Interim WBC Youth Intercontinental super featherweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Coliseo Mario ‘Quijote’ Morales, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Commission: Puerto Rico Boxing Commission - Television: United States Direct TV

X10 super bantamweight - Wilfredo Vazquez Jr vs Roberto Carlos Leyva - Vacant WBO Inter-Continental super bantamweight title

X12 minimumweight - Ivan Calderon vs Felipe Rivas - Vacant WBO Latino minimumweight title

X10 light middleweight - Jorge Melendez vs Eric Mitchell - Vacant WBO Latino light middleweight title

X0 light welterweight - Javier Castro vs Javier Monserrate - Interim WBO Latino light welterweight title

10×2 light flyweight - Yesica Yolanda Bopp vs Suzannah Warner - WBO female light flyweight title

• Saturday 29 October - Las Trancas Hall, Maywood, California, United States

Commission: California State Athletic Commission

X10 lightweight - Pipino Cuevas Jr vs Andrey Klimov - Vacant WBC USNBC lightweight title

• Sunday 30 October - Chuncheon Highschool, Chuncheon, South Korea

Commission: Korea Boxing Commission

X10 flyweight - Joo-Hyun Jung vs Hak-Sun Choi - Vacant Korean flyweight title

• Sunday 30 October - Diamond Jubilee Hall, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania

Commission: Pugilistic Syndicate of Tanzania

X10 flyweight - Juma Fundi vs Fadhili Majia - Vacant Tanzania, Pugilistic Syndicate of flyweight title

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HATTON PROMOTIONS latest major champion Scott Quigg is still basking in the adulation of his brilliant British super-bantamweight title win.

Bury’s favourite fighting son lifted the domestic title last weekend forcing defending champion Jason Booth to retire on his stool after seven rounds.

Quigg who has won all 23 professional fights will meet with his promoter Ricky Hatton and manager Paul Speak next week to decide his next move.

Fights against stable-mate Rendall Munroe and Irishman Carl Frampton have already been mooted.

Quigg, 23, is also thinking of making three British title defences to earn a Lonsdale belt outright, but will not let that halt his world title progress.

He also owns the WBA inter-continental crown and is ranked third by that governing body for Rico Ramos’ world crown.

Scott said: “I would love to have a Lonsdale belt hanging above the fireplace for good, but I don’t know if that is possible.

“It all depends who there is for me to fight domestically. Next week I should have a clearer idea about what path we’ll take.”

The likeable youngster’s popularity had soared since his flawless performance against Booth and he is destined to become one of British boxing’s marquee performers.

He added: “I’ve been blown away by the support I have been given since my win over Jason.

“I didn’t really expect so many people from Bury to have watched the fight on Sky Sports, and I am made up at the recognition.”

Hatton is now carefully plotting a plan that will take Quigg to the top of a highly competitive 122lb division.

The former two-weight world champ said: “The L plates came off last Saturday and he left the tag of up and coming youngster behind and moved to possible world title material.

“He out-schooled Booth, who was the more experienced man by a long way. I have always spoken so highly of Scott and now people will start to take more note.”

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Big Fight Preview - Katsidis-Burns, Groves-Smith, Boulden-Saunders

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro

I’m sure promoter Frank Warren must have been chanting ‘Remember, Remember the Fifth of November’ as he was planning his upcoming triple Championship headed ‘Gladiators’ show, which will take place at Wembley Arena on Guy Fawkes Night and shown live on BoxNation (Sky platform 456).

The pugilistic pyrotechnics on display will culminate in an explosive finale as former WBO Super Featherweight World Champion Ricky Burns and the Brit Bashing Aussie Michael Katsidis lock horns for the interim WBO Lightweight World title.

Katsidis is no stranger to battling it out on British shores, having stopped both Graham Earl and Kevin Mitchell in spectacular fashion, so will feel quite at home when he faces Coatbridge’s former Super Featherweight supremo Ricky Burns.

It bodes well that Burns has been stating that he feels stronger, since vacating the WBO title and moving up to the Lightweight division, as his good pal Kevin Mitchell can attest Katsidis is one seriously tough cookie.

Since beating our Kev, Katsidis has been in three seriously tough fights, the first against World #1 Juan Manuel Marquez, who he sent to the canvas prior to being stopped himself, then he took World #2 ranked Robert Guerrero the full distance. In his last fight Katsidis came back, from those two back to back losses, to KO Mexico’s Michael Lozada.

Burns on the other hand is unbeaten since 2007 and defended his World Crown three times, since beating Roman Martinez to lift the coveted title in September 2010.

It’s going to be a great fight but unfortunately I have to say that I think Katsidis, who’s a big Lightweight, is the stronger of the two and has to be the bookies favourite to win the triple crown by adding Burns to his list of British victims.

Heading up the explosive undercard sees George Groves defend his British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight titles against former British Champ Paul Smith.

Groves is riding high after his magnificent victory over James DeGale, but can’t afford to be too complacent against former champ Smith.

Yes I know, Smith lost his crown to DeGale and Groves then went and took it from DeGale, but believe me this is no easy fight for Groves.

Smith is not going to make the same mistakes, tactically, as he did against DeGale and as such is likely to revert to his normal style and bring the fight to Groves.

Both Groves and Smith fought different fights to how expected when they faced DeGale so any comparisons to those fights is right out of the window. I feel that this fight we’re likely to see them playing their normal game and as such are likely to see Smith coming forward with Groves boxing of the back foot for the first three or four rounds, then the more it goes on the real fireworks are likely to start as they go head to head.

The third championship bout on the card sees undefeated Middleweight sensation Billy Joe Saunders challenge Gary Boulden for his BBBofC Southern Area belt.

Saunders, a former Olympian, is without doubt one of the most exciting young fighters around today and to be honest I can see this fight, against the defending Champion, ending very much the same way as his past four bouts.

Boulden is a great Southern Area level Champion, but BJ is way above regional level or come to that domestic level. In his last four fights he barely broke into a sweat before dispatching his opponents, all in under 6 minutes.

Also on the card is ‘Del Boy’ Dereck Chisora, making his welcome return to the ring, since losing his British and Commonwealth Heavyweight straps to Tyson Fury back in July. On November 5th ‘Del Boy’ will be facing fellow Londoner Larry Olubamiwo.

As with Boulden-Saunders I can’t see this lasting very long at all as big Larry O isn’t in the same class as Del Boy, by a country mile, and I reckon Olubamiwo will be seeing stars before the end of the first round.

Also on the excellent card are ‘Super’ Bradley Skeete, Darren Cordona, George Michael Carmen as well as Billy Joe Saunders are fellow Jimmy and Mark Tibbs trained/TRAD TKO gym mates Frankie Buglioni and Gary Corcoran.

Frank Warren Promotions ‘Gladiators’ headlined by the interim WBO Lightweight title clash between Ricky Burns and Michael Katsidis will take place at Wembley Arena, and broadcast live on BoxNation (Sky Platform Ch. 456), on Saturday the 5th November 2011.

Tickets, priced £150 (Ringside), £100 (Floor), £75 (Floor), £50 (Tier) and £40 (Tier), are available now on-line at www.tkoboxoffice.com or from the TRAD TKO Boxing Gym, Gillian House, Stephenson Street, Canning Town, London E16 4SA

PHOTOS: Ricky Burns with coach Billy Nelson

PHOTO CREDIT: Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro

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