IT’S unusual for an undercard fight involving two debutants to create more noise than the main event, but Cardiffian James Evans and Plymouth’s Gavin Brook managed it at the Newport Centre last weekend.
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ONE of the Newport shows’ regular stars, Rhymney welter Robbie James, had to content himself with a seat at ringside last weekend, courtesy of an injured shoulder.
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The Sheffield star puts his IBF light-heavyweight title on the line secure in the knowledge victory could present him with any number of lucrative options, including a showdown with domestic rival Joe Calzaghe.
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BOXING: Amir Khan will be forced to put his world title dream on hold despite despatching Martin Kristjansen in the seventh round to claim his 17th professional victory at the Bolton Arena on Saturday night.
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MATTHEW Edmonds defied two damaged hands to take a convincing 10-round points decision over tough Ghanaian Sumaila Badu and retain his International Masters bantamweight belt at Newport Centre, writes Gareth Jones.
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FORMER amateur star Matthew Edmonds looks to put another entry on the ‘win’ side of his ledger when he faces former victim Sumaila Badu in the main event at the Newport Centre tonight.
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JOE CALZAGHE has revealed he has got Ricky Hatton to thank for convincing him to take up the challenge of facing world light-heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas this month.
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A HORRIBLE gash over the right eye dashed Wayne Brooks’ hopes of becoming Welsh light-heavyweight champion yesterday at the Afan Lido, writes Gareth Jones.
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AFTER beating Enzo Maccarinelli earlier this month, David Haye, bound for the heavyweight division, named Californian BJ Flores as a rival for the Welshman in the scramble for the presumably soon-to-be-vacated cruiser belts.
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SCOTLAND’S Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kenny Anderson will face ringwise Nathan King on the Alex Arthur-Joan Guzman world title bill in Edinburgh on May 3 – and has his sights set on another Welshman.
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ELY boy Wayne Brooks bids to repeat an amateur success against Llanelli’s Shon Davies tomorrow afternoon knowing that victory will bring him the vacant Welsh light-heavy championship.
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JOE CALZAGHE is convinced he can count on the support of fight fans across the globe in his huge light-heavyweight showdown against Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas next month.
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VICTORIA Park ABC entertained a team from Penhill ABC for one of the best events staged in the country this year at the Holland House Hotel, Cardiff, where tens of thousands of pounds was raised for Ty Hafan, writes Malcolm Collins.
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