Bill Of The Weekend - 21/1/12

British Boxing eyes are focused on Liverpool this week for two big bills, and the bigger of the two is on Saturday night at the Olympia, as David Price and John McDermott go head to head in a British heavyweight title eliminator and also for the vacant English title.

Price and McDermott headline this Sky Sports bill

I've already spoken about this in my prospect watch and it has the makings of a cracking heavyweight fight, as Price is the highly touted prospect, while McDermott faces a situation he's been in quite a few times, the last chance saloon and hoping for one more crack at British champion Tyson Fury, who he's fought twice already. 


The bookies have Price as a huge favourite and the stoppage win is also a massive favourite in that market, but Big John should never be ruled out, especially judged on his last fight against Larry Olubamiwo.

Edwards moves up in weight to fight Power

The undercard is absolutely stacked with young talent, with an Irish light heavyweight title fight between John Waldron and the unbeaten Paddy McDonagh (7-0, 0 KO's). McDonagh is just 20 years old and is now with Maloney Promotions, so this is a chance for him to progress further, against a guy who's been struggling of late.


A fight I hope Sky Sports show is the super flyweight contest between former British flyweight champ, Paul Edwards (8-1, 2 KO's) and another ex Lonsdale belt holder, former British bantam champ Martin Power (22-6, 10 KO's) in what's a real crossroads fight. Edwards will probably have an easier time making the weight, but he's not a noted puncher, and Power is a really dangerous kid.


There's also an all Liverpool super middleweight fight between Joe Ainscough and Carl Dilks, and there's an outing for classy cruiserweight Danny Price, who's having his third pro fight, and is another fighter I've talked about in my Prospect Watch feature.


There's also three Maloney heavyweights to look out for in Dillan Whyte (3-0, 1 KO's), Gary Cornish (4-0, 2 KO's) and Tom Little (2-0, 0 KO's).