Friday 02/03/2012
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| Hatton's first pro fighter as a trainer is Little |
Age - 21
Boxrec Ranking - Unranked
Notable win(s) - Yet to beat a Boxrec ranked fighter
Facing and Where? - Martin Shaw (3-2, 1 KO) @ Castle Leisure Centre, Bury.
What's he all about? - Trained by former world champion Ricky Hatton, this talented boxer from Blackpool is a lad I've heard quite a bit about, with plenty of improvement being made under the "Hitman". He's yet to lose a round as a pro and comfortably outclassed Billy Smith in November, this his first bout under Hatton's tutelage. His opponent here like him is a young guy, and although stopped for the first time in his last fight, that was against a talented young fighter called Joe Hughes, who features on Saturday night and later in this blog.
Claudio Marrero (10-0, 9 KO's) Featherweight
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| Marrero is an ex Olympian |
Age - 22
Boxrec Ranking - 249 in the World, 6 in Dominican Republic.
Notable win(s) - TKO 2 Francis Ruiz @ Westin Diplomat Resort, Hollywood, Florida.
Facing and Where? - Gerardo Zayas (18-18-2, 11 KO's) @ Westin Diplomat Resort, Hollywood, Florida 10x3.
What's he all about? - Big punching Dominican fighter, who comes into this fight on the back of his career best performance in January, where he claimed his first title in beating Ruiz for the WBC FECARBOX title. Before that he'd only beaten one person with a winning record, and Ruiz was a significant step up in class, but he dealt very well with it. Ruiz had gone the distance with Jonathan Arrellano and Yan Barthelemey before this fight, and it took leading prospect Randy Caballero six rounds to stop him. This southpaw has a lot of class and although his KO record is excellent, he's stopped most guys with pressure not power.
Saturday 03/03/2012
Chris Goodwin (14-1-1, 0 KO's) Lightweight
Age - 23
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| Goodwin is big news in his hometown |
Boxrec Ranking - 203 in the World, 12 in UK.
Notable win(s) - PTS 4 Jon Baguley @ Robin Park Centre, Wigan.
PTS 10 Geoffrey Munika @ Northgate Arena, Chester.
Facing and Where? - Carl Johanneson (31-5, 20 KO's) @ Northgate Arena, Chester 10x3.
What's he all about? - This guy is bringing big time Boxing back to Chester, improving significantly in the last two years and a win in this British title eliminator will be massive for him. Stepped up to 10 rounds in his last two fights and has had no problem with the distance, beating Geoffrey Munika, which was a really good win, and last time out against unknown, but tough Belgian, Wesley Hertoghe. This is a significant step up in class against former British super feather king Johanneson, who nearly regained that title last year against Gary Sykes and is his only loss in his last five fights. This could be a typical small hall classic and to be honest it's a hard one to pick, although I think Goodwin's home advantage and 23 year old freshness could be massive.
Joe Hughes (4-0, 2 KO's) Welterweight
Age - 21
Boxrec Ranking - 469 in the World, 42 in the UK.
Notable win(s) - TKO 6 Martin Shaw @ Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring.
Facing and Where? - Joe Efidh (6-0, 0 KO's) @ Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield 6x3.
What's he all about? - I've already mentioned this fighter, who's impressed me in his first four fights, especially with some tricky matchmaking. He impressively stopped Shaw in six way back in April, and then in his last fight in September, took every round 60-54 against tough Welshman Tony Pace in Doncaster. The Wiltshire man has got plenty of technical ability and got himself in awesome shape last time out, getting down to 141lbs, the lowest weight of his career so far. Efidh has taken a hiatus from the game since July 2009, but before that he'd boxed well in six fights, not losing a round as a pro fighter. On that form he's a test, but is he in the right frame of mind coming back?
Danny Price (3-0, 1 KO) Cruiserweight
Age - 26
Boxrec Ranking - 245 in the World, 18 in the UK.
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| Price steps up in class again this weekend |
Notable win(s) - PTS 4 Hastings Rasani @ Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee.
Facing and Where? - John Anthony (7-22-1, 5 KO's) @ Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield 4x3.
What's he all about? - Price made his pro debut in October, this a couple of months after he was dropped from the GB squad. We've seen great boxing ability from him in first three bouts though, he's exceptionally well schooled and is a technically very sound fighter. Last time out he claimed a 40-35 points victory over a tough Bulgarian called Tayar Mehmed, stopped only once in his career, but Price did put him down with a classy 2nd round body punch. Here he faces Anthony, stopped just three times in 30 pro fights and has taken all the leading British cruiserweights
Sunday 04/03/2012
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| Corcoran in his comeback bout v Voldoins |
Eddie Corcoran (7-1, 3 KO's) Welterweight
Age - 26
Boxrec Ranking - 448 in the World, 37 in UK.
Notable win(s) - RTD 4 Jay Morris @ York Hall, Bethnal Green.
Facing and Where? - Dee Mitchell (9-19-1, 2 KO's) @ York Hall, Bethnal Green 6x3.
What's he all about? - Corcoran was being touted as a really good prospect in mid to late 2008, but three years ago this month, he was put in with fellow unbeaten fighter, the then 10-0 Denton Vassell and got stopped in the 6th round of their scheduled eight round bout. It took him until November 2011 to get back in the ring after that, and he looked on form, stopping Latvia's Segejs Volodins in two rounds, this impressive as Volodins had recently gone the distance with the likes of Dean Byrne and Ryan Barrett. Losing to Vassell is no disgrace, but judged on his last fight, Corcoran looks on the way back. Mitchell has been stopped just twice in 29 fights, but was done in four by Bolton stylist Rick Godding last time out.
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