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LYON WOODSTOCK- THIS IS A BIG STEP UP FOR 'ARCHIBALD'

30/8/2018

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Super-Featherweight Lyon Woodstock believes upcoming foe Archie Sharp will find out the hard way that he isn’t ready to challenge him for his WBO European title.
 
Leicester’s Woodstock (11-0) suggested that Archie Sharp (13-0) has taken desperate action to get a big, televised fight and should have taken an easier fight before challenging him.
 
“This is a big step up for Archibald.” said Woodstock; chuckling away at his decision to call him by his full name.
 
“but seriously, if I was…. Archie, I would have gone for someone on a level below me. He hasn’t done that and gone and jumped straight into the shark tank with a natural predator.
 
“He’s talked his way into this position and there is no turning back now for him.”
 
Both Woodstock (25) and Sharp (23) began their boxing careers in the professional ranks in the summer of 2015.
 
Woodstock has since gone on to win an area title and most recently the WBO European title in which was an entertaining scrap with southern area champion Craig Poxton in Leeds of October last year.
 
Both of Woodstock’s title triumphs took place on televised events which were broadcast live on BT Sport.
 
Sharp on the other hand has taken the route of progressing out of the spotlight and has racked up thirteen straight victories with seven coming by way of knockout on undercards and the small hall scene. 
 
Woodstock will be the home fighter going into the fight as the belt holder, and the fight taking place in an arena just a fifteen-minute walk away from his house.
 
“He’s in a desperate position. He’s not entertaining, and his style isn’t as crisp as he seems to think it is. He’s a loose, open fighter and that just pay dividends to me” stated Woodstock.
 
‘The Time Is Now’ is headlined by Jack Catterall v Ohara Davies. Leicester’s own, Lyon Woodstock defends his WBO European Super-Featherweight title against Archie Sharp. Heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois takes on former world title challenger Kevin Johnson. Olympian and double gold medallist Nicola Adams and Leicester’s British Super-Featherweight champion Sam Bowen also feature on a major night of boxing televised live on BT Sport.
Tickets are priced at £40, £60, £100, £150, £200 and are available to purchase from Eventbrite and Ticketmaster.
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Sakyi Wins Southern Area Strap in Dramatic Contest

15/7/2018

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Mikey Sakyi defeated Siar Ozgul Saturday evening by stopping the Southern Area champion in a dramatic final round, claiming the belt in the process.

It was a contest which wouldn’t of looked out of place in a Rocky film; the underdog down on the scorecards and needing the knockout for victory. So many boxers in the same scenario fall short, but on this occasion, Romford’s Sakyi delivered in front of a packed York Hall.

The champion in Sakyi’s way to title glory, Siar Ozgul went into the fight undefeated and a clear favourite due to Sakyi only having a weeks notice for the fight. It wasn’t perhaps a fantastic performance by the Turkish-born champion, but what Ozgul was doing seemed to be enough going into the final round. His work rate made Sakyi retreat to the ropes on many occasions throughout the fight as his punching numbers per round looked to overshadow Sakyi’s smart boxing work which the York Hall crowd witnessed only in glimpses.

But it was Sakyi who looked the fresher going into the final round and with just over a minute left of the fight, Sakyi lands a sweetly timed left hook which rocks Ozgul to the ropes. Sakyi smells blood as he pounces onto the attack, another glove lands as it rocks back the head of Ozgul. With the champion trapped on the ropes, Sakyi gave it everything he had left and to his delight, referee Jeff Hinds steps in to stop the contest.


“We knew it was going to be a hard fight, I had to dig deep and in the end I puled it off.” Said a smiling Mikey Sakyi after the fight.

“We train all year round, we’re fit for 12 rounds so any fights coming up we’re ready to go, we’ll fight anybody.”

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“James Toney walked me out for my fights”- Samuel Antwi

1/7/2018

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Samuel Antwi will be looking to go eight fights undefeated on July 6th when he laces up the gloves as Andy Ayling WAM Promotions on behalf of Longshots Sports presents an evening of professional boxing at Walthamstow Town Hall.

It hasn’t been your bog standard boxing career thus far for Antwi. Instead of the usual local outings at York Hall for a boxer from London, or a leisure centre a stones throw away from their front door, Stockwell’s Samuel Antwi decided to take a giant leap across the pond to begin a professional boxing career, when a boxing legend comes knocking at your door, it’s an opportunity you cant refuse.

“I did the developmental novices when in the amateurs and I won that. The time I was involved in that, James Toney was in London involved in prizefighter and his management was with my trainer. He saw me fight and said ‘when you’re ready to turn pro, come over with us’. So literally after winning the development championships, we moved over to LA and turn pro with them.” Explained Antwi.

“We was out there for 4 months.” The ‘American Dream’ cut short due to fall outs between trainer and management, but Antwi being the boxing student he is, made the most of his time on the West Coast;

“It was a good experience, James Toney walked me out for my fights in my 3 fights in 3 months. The first month we was training and sparring over at the Wild Card Gym, Leo Santa Cruz’s gym [City of Angels boxing club] as well, I got some very good sparring in.”

Antwi returned to the homeland after his stint in America, but his friends and family had to wait a little while longer before he made his maiden appearance in a British boxing ring;

“We began campaigning in Ghana. My trainer was Isaac Dogboe’s father [Paul Dogboe] who I had been with from the amateurs, we had my fourth fight In Ghana. We went to Ghana from LA, then came back to London. He [Paul] decided to stay out in Ghana but because I have my family in London, I decided to start campaigning in London.”

A new beginning including a new trainer in Aaron Mcleish, Samuel Antwi made his first outing in the UK on a Dove Box show in Crystal Palace, London after a 14 month hiatus from the professional boxing scene, a boxing scene a lot different from his American campaign he soon discovered;

“In America it was just training and then fighting, its much better like that, there is no stresses and you can solely focus on your craft.”

It’s no secret in boxing that ticket sales is the main source of income for a professional boxer outside of a wealthy background or promotional backing from the likes of Matchroom Boxing and Frank Warren Promotions.

“It’s been hard, but its getting better with every fight. From the amateurs, people were anticipating me turning pro, but then I decided to move away so I was away for about 2 years so I obviously lost that hype around me so I’ve had to start again from scratch, but my fan base is growing stronger in every fight I have.”

14 months on from his UK debut and the 26 year-old who campaigns at welterweight will make his 4th British outing at Walthamstow Town Hall. His seven-fight undefeated streak stands out even further with four stoppages; an indicator that the London native carries power in those fists.

“I don’t want to depend on the big punch.” A sharp response when asked if he considered his self a power puncher.

He continued; “I like to box and wait for the stoppage to happen. I like to be slick, I don’t get hit a lot, I box well to create openings and break fighters down.”

As for Samuel’s ambitions within the sweet science?

“Definitely by the end of the year, I want to be going for a title, some sort of title like the English or southern area or even a WBO or wba international/intercontinental; one of those belts.

“I’ve had good sparring with top fighters around my weight class. I’ve been to the Matchroom gym and sparred Conor Benn, Ted Cheeseman. At Miguel’s I did a lot of rounds with Chris Kongo, Ohara Davies as well. Fighting those kind of guys has been good for my progression and I know when I am ready, I’d be able to hold my own with that level of opposition.”

Samuel Antwi will be fighting at Walthamstow Town Hall on July 6th. Tickets are still available to purchase by going to www.longshotssports.com or by contacting Samuel Antwi through his social media.

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Longshots Sports Presents 'Unleashed'

15/6/2018

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Longshots Sports are happy to announce our next evening of professional boxing where we will be  invading the Walthamstow Town Hall on July 6th. After a couple of successful visits to the Prince
Regent Hotel, Chigwell in our past Essex endeavours, our Walthamstow show will be a bumper 8-fight event involving boxers from the surrounding areas.
 

Boy Jones will yet again lace up the gloves on a Longshots Sports show as he looks to carry on gaining momentum and continue his recent winning streak. The former Southern Area champion at Super Featherweight enjoyed an away day last time out when he defeated Stefan Nicolae in Bilbao, Spain.
 

Mikey Sakyi took a gamble last time out when he took on the highly rated Danny Wright. But the risk didn’t pay off as he was soundly beaten on the scorecards. The super lightweight would of learnt a lot from the defeat and is raring to get back to business on July 6th.
 
Longshots Sports own welterweight,
Shaquille Day will be looking to carry on his perfect start to his professional career as he will be going out searching for victory number 9 in Walthamstow.
 

Tamuka Mucha will enter the ring for the first time in 14 months come July 6th.  Tamuka is a former Southern Area Welterweight champion and boasts victories over decent opposition such as Eric Ochieng, Paddy Gallagher and Ryan Toms; but suffered a surprise defeat last time out against the big bruiser Cameroonian, Serge Ambomo. After a stint out of the ring, Mucha will now be looking to get his name back involved within the titles.
 

Sam Antwi has had a fine start to his young professional career, the super welterweight boasting a record of 7-0; 4 of those victories by knockout. Antwi has experience in fighting away in America and in Ghana, Walthamstow will be the location of his next bout on July 6th.   
 
There will be a Benn on the bill on July 6th,
Harley Benn, son of British boxing legend Nigel Benn, will be looking to continue his fine start to his professional career as the middleweight looks for victory number 4.
 

Hamza Sheeraz may be the youngest home fighter on the bill but don’t let his youth fool you; the 19 year old boasts 2 knockout victories from his 3 contests so far and the explosive super welterweight will be gunning for another stoppage on July 6th.
 

Kian Thomas last fought in October of last year on the undercard of George Groves vs Jamie Cox in their World Boxing Super Seres contest; getting the 4th round stoppage in the process. The welterweight will look to continue his momentum and progress to 9-0 as a professional.
 

For tickets to this evening of professional boxing, please purchase your tickets from our website; www.longshotssports.com

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Another Stoppage Victory for Thompson

10/6/2018

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After an eight month stint on the sidelines you would of forgiven Jordan Thompson for opting to bag in the rounds in his six rounder against the Bulgarian bruiser, Dmitrij Kalinovski. But ‘Troublesome’ by name, troublesome by nature, as Thompson yet again proved his punching power should be taken very seriously as he pommels Kalinovskij to a halt in the 2
nd round of their contest.

 
After injury forced Thompson out of the ring over the Christmas period of 2017, getting some rounds in under his belt would have been at the back of the mind of the towering 6ft 6ins cruiserweight as he began the fight working behind a crisp jab, pumping out single shots onto an opponent which was nearly able to match Thompson in height, measuring at 6ft 5ins; but regarding quality, the Bulgarian journeyman was miles behind.
 
The 2nd round began as Thompson continued with the jab, this time following up and bringing the right hand into action; a looping overhand hook started to find the target. Halfway through the round it was as if the ring rust instantly shook off as Thompson upped the work rate and spite in his work as the punches started to take their toll.
 
Kalinovskij doesn’t get stop often, only nine times in forty-four defeats In fact, but the KO was looming as the Bulgarian was visibly unsettled with Thompson’s aggression. One more right hand finds its home to the chin of the Journeyman as he crashes to the canvas. He beats the referee’s eight count, only for Thompson to go back to work, pinning the Bulgarian to the ropes with a flurry of power punches and giving the referee no choice but to step in and stop proceedings; 2:54 into the second round. Thompson moves onto nine fights undefeated, seven contests won by stoppage.


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Cartwright Halted Due to Mouth Injury

20/5/2018

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It was an evening of high, lows and heartbreak for Longshots Sports this weekend. Mason Cartwright, Lyon Woodstock and Mikey Sakyi all laced up the gloves to fight underneath the sun on the centre circle of Leeds United’s 37,000 seater stadium, Elland Road.

One punch can change the course of a fight; a familiar quote within boxing and backed up by the manner of Mason Cartwright’s defeat to Darren Tetley. A fight which Cartwright controlled from the off only for Tetley to land a stabbing left glove to the mouth of the Ellesmere Port native, creating a gash which was a good couple of centimetres long from the right side of his mouth and upwards. Being the warrior-boxer he is, Mason pleaded his case to the ringside doctor and referee to carry on with the fight, but it was the correct decision to halt the contest.

It was a fight with a quality standard of boxing on display. Both fighters proving they are very well schooled within the sweet science as their game plans were brought into action. Southpaw Darren Tetley, comfortable with operating on the outside and using cute footwork, changing his angles regularly to keep Cartwright thinking; but It was the latter who controlled the fight.

Mason Cartwright in the orthodox stance, taking charge of the centre of the ring, keeping his lead left foot on the outside of Tetley’s right and finding a home for his right hand in regular bursts all throughout the contest. Tetley’s smart work kept the rounds close but Cartwright always made sure he had the last say by responding to anything Tetley threw at him with greater malice in the punch. Cartwright had a commanding lead at the halfway point, winning 4 of the 5 rounds on my scorecard.

Tetley, taking the short trip over from Bradford, had to chase the fight, and chase the fight was exactly what he did. A bloody nose for Mason in the 6th looked to be giving him minor issues, as Cartwright’s work rate decreased, Tetley began to force the pace. Cartwright replied with a solid 7th round, but it was the 8th when the fight turned into a contest.

A swooping left hook from Tetley dragged across Mason’s face, catching him off balance and forcing him to touch down with both gloves. Despite argument of a slip, the referee made the correct call deeming it a knockdown. Tetley sprung to life as he pounced on Cartwright to finish the job and landed several shots onto Cartwright, only for him to show true grit and land a peach of a right hand in return which rocked back the head of Tetley.

The 9th was when the contest ended. Tetley leaving the ring with the WBO European title around his waist and Mason leaving with a bloodied, loose upper lip; but also with new found respect for both fighters by the watching fans and by each other. With BT Sport broadcasting the fight which was on the undercard of a highly anticipated world title fight in Lee Selby vs Josh Warrington, there is no doubt Cartwright’s stock has risen for his gutsy display.

Also on the bill, Lyon Woodstock made his first outing of 2018 and eased his way through the always-tough Edwin Tellez, winning every round of their 8 round contest. Tougher opposition are ahead for Lyon as he shall be back in the ring defending his WBO European strap sooner rather than later.

Mikey Sakyi took a gamble Saturday evening by stepping in to fight undefeated Leeds native Danny Wright; but it was unfortunately a gamble which didn’t any off as he got soundly beaten on the referee’s scorecard 60-54.

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Hamza to Train During Ramadan to Fight Pettitt

13/4/2018

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‘Boxing is a cruel sport’. A statement said, repeated and heard on a regular basis; but there is reasoning behind it from the point of view of the boxer their self. A selected few on this planet decided upon themselves that the ‘fight game’ is how they shall earn a living for their self, their families, their future. Deciding to fight for their income instead of ‘a comfy life’, settling for an annual salary; the key word in this sentence being ‘fight’: what if a fighter doesn’t fight? Injury, illness, opponent pull-outs, show cancellations, postponements; just a few reasons for why a fight could never happen. No fight, no money. The cruel sport of boxing.
 
“When I’m in camp I’m spending £300 a week, minimum.” A depleted Raza Hamza tells me after another set back in his young career, a reminder that outgoings should be taken into account too, making the task of earning in this cruel business even harder.
 
He continued; “I had a fight in April [last year] on a Frank Warren show and since then it’s been difficult. I moved up to Manchester to help with my career and I’ve had one fight since then and this recent postponement has just broke me.”
 
The postponement news will be that little bit harder to absorb due to the issue of it being neither Raza’s or his opponent, Lewis Pettitt’s at fault. The injury to Billy Joe Saunders’ hand caused the World Champion Middleweight and every other fighter on the undercard of his World Title fight against Martin Murray to be pushed back until June 23rd; the news coming to Hamza just 2 weeks away from fight night.
 
“The same thing happened in my last camp, so close to the fight for it to fade away, but this one has really hit me hard because I live away from home and sacrificed so much. I haven’t made a lot of money from fighting in the last 12 months and with my lifestyle, it’s really tough.”
 
Hearing the disappointment in Hamza’s voice, it makes you wonder how many boxers in this business have ever been at a stage in their career where they ask their self Is it worth it?. If I was to guess I’d say the majority. The only way to carry on, boxers need that fuel to keep the fire in their belly burning, that motivation to carry on;
 
“My mother gives me that motivation to carry on and try to be the champion I know I can become.”
 
The most important women in any bodies life, Raza’s taken away from him far too soon after a long battle with cancer when he was 12 years old. It was his mother who gave Raza the encouragement to first lace up the gloves and now after life, she still gives the now-25 year old the fuel he needs to carry on and succeed at the sweet science.
 
To make things tougher for Raza, a devoted Muslim, Ramadan approaches. The religious event which will see Hamza observe a month of fasting from May 15th up until the evening of June 14th; a lack of nutrition not ideal in preparation for the biggest fight of your career so far.
 
“I’m going to have to train through it [Ramadan] because I still need to provide for myself.” Says an assuring Raza Hamza, confident with succeeding the gruelling task ahead of him.
 
“At the end of the day I have been given a chance to get my name out there with the Lewis Pettit fight, can I afford to let this chance slip out of my hands? No I cant. It’s going to be a very tough camp but if there’s a will there’s a way and I will do everything I can to get through it.”
 
And being in the presence of an elite, pound for pound star boxer isn’t the worse way to kick off training camp.
 
“Jason [McClory] contacted me not long after I found out about my fight postponement and told me about the opportunity which I happily said yes to. They call Inoue the monster and its going to be an amazing experience.”
 
Naoya Inoue; the undefeated two-weight world champion from Japan. The task of finding Inoue outside a top ten pound-for-pound list would be a difficult one, will have Raza Hamza as a sparring partner for 2 weeks in preparation of his world title fight at Bantamweight against Jamie Mcdonnell.
 
“After being in the ring with Inoue for two weeks, hard sparring sessions, learning off of him, I’m going to be untouchable. I’ll be sparring one of the pound for pound best in the world, it’s an achievement in itself.
 
I’m going to go to Japan and make sure I leave a mark, I’m going to makes sure the last thing they say before I leave is ‘we need you to come back’. I’m not going out there to make up numbers, I’m going out there to show him I’m a great fighter.”
 
Follow Raza’s journey in Japan through his instagram- raza_hamza.
 

Raza Hamza vs Lewis Pettit is now scheduled for June 23rd at the o2 arena on the undercard of Billy Joe Saunders vs Martin Murray. For tickets, please contact Raza Hamza through his social media accounts or go to www.frankwarren.com.


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Weekend Round up- Barclay Falls Short in Belgium, Cartwright Stays Undefeated

2/4/2018

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There was highs and lows within the Longshots Sports stable this weekend as Simon Barclay battled in Belgium but narrowly got edged out by IBF inter-Continental Cruiserweight champion Bilal Laggoune, losing 116-112 on all three of the ringside judges’ scorecards on Friday evening. Ellesmere Port fighter Mason Cartwright maintained his unbeaten record in Liverpool on Saturday evening with a demolition job on Latvian, Zaurs Sadihovs with a second round stoppage.

‘Sparkly’ Barclay had many positives to take from his experience abroad in the Belgian city of Gent; the fight stayed competitive for the majority of the contest but a stronger finish by Laggoune was the difference at the final bell.

It was nip and tuck in the early stages of the fight. Barclay took control of the centre of the ring as he began to pop out a crisp jab, doubling up from face to body. Despite tucking up nicely, Laggoune was able to find the majority of his success to the body of the Corby native.

Laggoune started to find a rhythm in the third and fourth round as he used the outside of the ring to his advantage. His slick movement made Simon miss more than he could land and the champion’s sharp countering won him the rounds; but one sweetly-timed right hand to the chin of Laggoune in the fifth swung the momentum into Barclay’s direction. The punch momentarily startled the Belgian as he stumbled back a step or two, but the challenger failed to capitalise as Laggoune managed to hold on and recover.

Laggoune fought back well in the next round, but the better work came from Barclay during the middle rounds. Barclay grew in confidence and could be told from his slick boxing skills on display. Working off his jab and following up with a sweet right hand, mixing it up with shots to the head and body finding the target. Laggoune started to tire and can find his self considerably lucky not to have a point deducted with his excessive holding.

With the fight in the balance going into the championship rounds, Laggoune began to show why he was the champion. His second wind kicked in and all of a sudden it was Barclay who begun looking sluggish. Laggoune turned the boxing contest into a scrap which Barclay happily accepted as both fighters slugged it out to the final bell. Despite never putting Simon in any major trouble, it was Laggoune who landed the cleaner shots in the final rounds and stole the victory away from Barclay.

The following evening, Mason Cartwright was in no mood to work overtime as he blasted out his Latvian opponent Zaurs Sadihovs, knocking him down three times in total in Mason’s first contest at 147lbs.

The Latvian quite simply couldn’t handle Cartwright’s power or aggression as he breathed a sigh of relief when referee Mark Lyson waved the contest off just one minute twenty six seconds into the second round.

‘Nutty’ was in bullish mood as he impressively cut off the ring all throughout the short-lived contest as Sadihovs couldn’t find a way out of trouble. The first knockdown sent the Latvian stumbling back and through the ropes from a left hand, thankfully a group of hands from outside the ring aided Sadihovs from falling out completely.

Moments later, Sadihovs was down again. This time from a punishing left hand which landed sweetly to the Latvians body. He managed to beat the referee’s eight count but Mason didn’t let him breath as he continued to plow forward, Sadihovs survives the round.
But it was same again from Mason in the second round. There was nothing Sadihovs could do but to just tuck up and survive. Cartwright did a fantastic job cutting off the ring and halfway through the second round, Mason found a gap in his opponent’s tight guard and nicely thrashed in a right hand which found the target and sent Sadihovs crashing down to the canvas for a third time. The Latvian bravely stood up to fight on, but referee Mark Lyson saved him from further damage and waved off the contest.

Mason Cartwright moves onto 13-0 as a professional as he edges ever closer to a title fight.

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Weekend Round up- Barclay Falls Short in Belgium, Cartwright Stays Undefeated

2/4/2018

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There was highs and lows within the Longshots Sports stable this weekend as Simon Barclay battled in Belgium but narrowly got edged out by IBF inter-Continental Cruiserweight champion Bilal Laggoune, losing 116-112 on all three of the ringside judges’ scorecards on Friday evening. Ellesmere Port fighter Mason Cartwright maintained his unbeaten record in Liverpool on Saturday evening with a demolition job on Latvian, Zaurs Sadihovs with a second round stoppage.

‘Sparkly’ Barclay had many positives to take from his experience abroad in the Belgian city of Gent; the fight stayed competitive for the majority of the contest but a stronger finish by Laggoune was the difference at the final bell.

It was nip and tuck in the early stages of the fight. Barclay took control of the centre of the ring as he began to pop out a crisp jab, doubling up from face to body. Despite tucking up nicely, Laggoune was able to find the majority of his success to the body of the Corby native.

Laggoune started to find a rhythm in the third and fourth round as he used the outside of the ring to his advantage. His slick movement made Simon miss more than he could land and the champion’s sharp countering won him the rounds; but one sweetly-timed right hand to the chin of Laggoune in the fifth swung the momentum into Barclay’s direction. The punch momentarily startled the Belgian as he stumbled back a step or two, but the challenger failed to capitalise as Laggoune managed to hold on and recover.

Laggoune fought back well in the next round, but the better work came from Barclay during the middle rounds. Barclay grew in confidence and could be told from his slick boxing skills on display. Working off his jab and following up with a sweet right hand, mixing it up with shots to the head and body finding the target. Laggoune started to tire and can find his self considerably lucky not to have a point deducted with his excessive holding.

With the fight in the balance going into the championship rounds, Laggoune began to show why he was the champion. His second wind kicked in and all of a sudden it was Barclay who begun looking sluggish. Laggoune turned the boxing contest into a scrap which Barclay happily accepted as both fighters slugged it out to the final bell. Despite never putting Simon in any major trouble, it was Laggoune who landed the cleaner shots in the final rounds and stole the victory away from Barclay.

The following evening, Mason Cartwright was in no mood to work overtime as he blasted out his Latvian opponent Zaurs Sadihovs, knocking him down three times in total in Mason’s first contest at 147lbs.

The Latvian quite simply couldn’t handle Cartwright’s power or aggression as he breathed a sigh of relief when referee Mark Lyson waved the contest off just one minute twenty six seconds into the second round.

‘Nutty’ was in bullish mood as he impressively cut off the ring all throughout the short-lived contest as Sadihovs couldn’t find a way out of trouble. The first knockdown sent the Latvian stumbling back and through the ropes from a left hand, thankfully a group of hands from outside the ring aided Sadihovs from falling out completely.

Moments later, Sadihovs was down again. This time from a punishing left hand which landed sweetly to the Latvians body. He managed to beat the referee’s eight count but Mason didn’t let him breath as he continued to plow forward, Sadihovs survives the round.
But it was same again from Mason in the second round. There was nothing Sadihovs could do but to just tuck up and survive. Cartwright did a fantastic job cutting off the ring and halfway through the second round, Mason found a gap in his opponent’s tight guard and nicely thrashed in a right hand which found the target and sent Sadihovs crashing down to the canvas for a third time. The Latvian bravely stood up to fight on, but referee Mark Lyson saved him from further damage and waved off the contest.

Mason Cartwright moves onto 13-0 as a professional as he edges ever closer to a title fight.

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Cheema Impresses on Debut at Season’s Beatings

18/12/2017

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Saif Cheema impressed on his professional debut by stopping Paul Lovell in the second round of their four round contest at Longshots Sport’s last show of the year, Season’s Beatings. The Dewsbury man, fighting 30 minutes away from his hometown in Halifax, put his opponent on the canvas four times before the contest was finally halted by referee Howard Foster.

It was a very tidy and composed performance by the super welterweight and he used his greater height and reach to his advantage extremely well. Cheema took control of the centre of the ring from the off and found it too easy to cut off the ring, keeping his opponent on the outside then smartly increasing the aggression as soon as Lovell touched the ropes. The tactic put Lovell on the canvas three times in the first round, one of those being called a slip.

The shots started to find their target much cleaner in the second round. As early as the first 30 seconds of the round saw a left hook land square in the face of Lovell as he stumbled back and eventually fell down to the canvas just before crashing into the ropes. Lovell beat the count but Cheema pounced back on him and moments later another left hand found it’s target and Lovell hit the canvas once again. Despite beating the count, Howard Foster immediately waved the fight off having seen Lovell on the floor far too many times during the duration of the fight.

On the undercard, Jack Rafferty continued his impressive beginning as a professional by defeating respected journeyman James Gorman on points, quite literally giving the Belfast native a ‘season’s beatings’ all throughout the contest.

The journeyman’s battered and bruised face told the whole story of the contest, being punched pillar to post for 12 minutes and without a doubt earned his money by miraculously surviving until the final bell. Gorman’s animating showing of respect towards Rafferty after the contest showed his approval of the Mancunian’s boxing display as Jack all but cements his reputation as a fighter to keep an eye on for the future.

CJ Challenger described his victory in Halifax as a ‘boxing clinic’ and you wouldn’t find anybody in the Northbridge Leisure Centre who would disagree with the young Leicester boxer. CJ boxed beautifully for six rounds against the rough-and-tough Nicaraguan, Geiboord Omier, defeating him comfortably 60-54 on Howard Foster’s scorecard.

Omier tried his best to turn the fight into a scrap, but Challenger showed he had the tools to keep the fight controlled at his own pace which suited his style. CJ’s footwork and movement was too slick for Omier as a crisp jab was the only tool needed to claim victory. Challenger controlled the distance with his jab and then punished Omier with a sweet right uppercut every time he stepped in. By the fourth round Omier was clearly out of ideas as Challenger hardly ever looked out of first gear. The Leicester man finishes the year with a professional record reading 6-0.

English Super Bantamweight Champion Josh Kennedy defeated the mean-looking Ghanaian, Michael Barnor comfortably 60-54 on the scorecard as he ticked over and looks to have a big 2018 as he moves to double digits and 10 fights undefeated.

Super Featherweight Reece Mould brought down his barmy army to his 6 round contest against Simas Vilosinas as they cheered him on to a 5th round stoppage against the Lithuanian journeyman. Mould kept the pressure on Vilosinas all throughout the contest as Howard Foster had seen enough in the 5th after a solid 6 punch combination landed onto Vilosinas’s head.

Despite the 40-36 scorecard in favour for local man Vinny Atkins, the contest was competitive all throughout in his fight against rookie Myles Vale, who arguably won at least one of the four rounds and could of possibly nicked a draw.

Cruiserweight Dan Garber kicked off his professional with a tidy 4 round decision against Remigijus Ziausys.

The show opened with the other Halifax native, Jimmy First, stopping Jack Green in the second round of their Welterweight contest.

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