the best live boxing bill you have witnessed.

[rhino222]

im not on about the excitement as small hall shows can provide great excitement, but im on about something that the promoter has put together, that on paper looks unbelievable. i was lucky enough to witness this bill of boxing, and it will stick in my mind for a very long time for a number of reasons......16 dec 2000

Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Joe Calzaghe W Richie Woodhall TKO 10 12
Mbulelo Botile W Paul Ingle TKO 12 12
Daniel Santos W Neil Sinclair KO 2 12
Bruce Scott W John Keaton KO 6 12
Mauricio Martinez W Esham Pickering TKO 1 12
Acelino Freitas W Daniel Alicea TKO 1 10
Marlon Hayes W Ojay Abrahams PTS 6 6
Ryan Rhodes W Howard Clarke PTS 6 6
Louis Swales D Jason Collins PTS 4 4
Scott Miller W Jason White PTS 4 4
Stephen Oates W Chris Jickells PTS 4 4

[whicker]

Nynex Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom ( April 1998)
Naseem Hamed W Wilfredo Vazquez TKO 7 12
Carl Thompson W Chris Eubank UD 12 12
Herbie Hide W Damon Reed TKO 1 12

Junior Witter W Jan Piet Bergman PTS 6 6
Anthony Farnell W Harry Butler PTS 6 6
Ricky Hatton W Karl Taylor TKO 1 6
Michael Gomez W Benny Jones PTS 4 4
Peter Buckley L Anthony Mulholland PTS 4 4
Jason Thomas D Hector Orozco PTS 4 4
Graham Townsend L Robin Reid TKO 6 0
Kelly Oliver W Nigel Rafferty TKO 4 0
Jim Rock L Ensley Bingham TKO 7 0


Three World Title fights, on the undercard prospects- Hatton, Witter who won a very surprising (at the time) decision- he was just a late "opponent" for the South African on the verge of world titles. Also Farnell and Gomez in early fights.

Add to that established names such as Bingham, Reid etc then that makes for an amazing card.

[rhino222]

yes good one. so why the f**k are we served up such shit nowadays, is it because sky do not pay as much ?

[whicker]

yes good one. so why the f**k are we served up such shit nowadays, ?

I think the simple answer- because they can. Crowds seem to be generally very good, so why put on a top quality card when they can sell out an arena with one "main" fight, a good second attraction and a limited undercard.

What worries me is the next "logical" step will be to do without the good second attraction.

[DG.]

New London Arena, Millwall, London, United Kingdom View
Robin Reid W Giovanni Pretorius KO7 12
Steve Collins W Frederic Seillier TKO 5 12
Jacob Matlala W Mickey Cantwell SD 12 12
Tom Johnson L Naseem Hamed TKO 8 12
Harry Simon W John Bosco KO 2 8
Anas Oweida W Chris Vassiliou PTS 4 4
Darren Ashton L Paul Bowen PTS 4 4
Paul Carr L Dean Barclay PTS 4 4
Michael Carruth W Paul Dyer PTS 4 4
Danny Williams W Shane Woollas KO 2 0
Jason Matthews W Ernie Loveridge KO 5 0

[Dirk Kelly]

Its sad that I could never afford to watch live boxing whilst at Uni and now that I can and go reguarly that I've never witnesses any bill half as good as the ones you have listed.

Shame

[Poncey]

Its sad that I could never afford to watch live boxing whilst at Uni and now that I can and go reguarly that I've never witnesses any bill half as good as the ones you have listed.

Shame

Same here.

[DG.]

HitmanHatton1 has NEVER been to 1 event - the armchair Hatton bumming homo!

[BAMBI]

New London Arena, Millwall, London, United Kingdom View
Robin Reid W Giovanni Pretorius KO7 12
Steve Collins W Frederic Seillier TKO 5 12
Jacob Matlala W Mickey Cantwell SD 12 12
Tom Johnson L Naseem Hamed TKO 8 12
Harry Simon W John Bosco KO 2 8
Anas Oweida W Chris Vassiliou PTS 4 4
Darren Ashton L Paul Bowen PTS 4 4
Paul Carr L Dean Barclay PTS 4 4
Michael Carruth W Paul Dyer PTS 4 4
Danny Williams W Shane Woollas KO 2 0
Jason Matthews W Ernie Loveridge KO 5 0

nas vs boom boom was the undercard ??

[DG.]

New London Arena, Millwall, London, United Kingdom View
Robin Reid W Giovanni Pretorius KO7 12
Steve Collins W Frederic Seillier TKO 5 12
Jacob Matlala W Mickey Cantwell SD 12 12
Tom Johnson L Naseem Hamed TKO 8 12
Harry Simon W John Bosco KO 2 8
Anas Oweida W Chris Vassiliou PTS 4 4
Darren Ashton L Paul Bowen PTS 4 4
Paul Carr L Dean Barclay PTS 4 4
Michael Carruth W Paul Dyer PTS 4 4
Danny Williams W Shane Woollas KO 2 0
Jason Matthews W Ernie Loveridge KO 5 0

nas vs boom boom was the undercard ??

No - Just the running order!

[rhino222]

i remember the reid KO of pretorious, it was a cracking hook if i can remember..

[E]

Well strictly speaking it was prob this bill thpough I don't actually have particularly warm memories of it.

The best live fight I saw (because of action, passion and how close to the ring i was) was Paul Ingle - Colin McMillan

Nynex Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Robin Reid W Henry Wharton MD 12 12
Naseem Hamed W Billy Hardy TKO 1 12
Ronald Wright W Steve Foster TKO 6 12
Mickey Cantwell W David Coldwell PTS 8 8
Harry Simon W Nick Odore KO 5 8
Chris Pyatt W Maurice Forbes PTS 8 8
Martin Jolley L Pascal Collins PTS 6 6
Michael Gomez L Chris Williams PTS 4 4
Anthony Farnell W Lee Molyneux PTS 4 4
Mark Winters W Jimmy Phelan PTS 4 4
Danny Williams W Albert Call TKO 4 0
Anas Oweida W Tony Smith TKO 1 0

[rhino222]

so why not warm memories then ??

[BAMBI]

how were the Tyson cards when he came to the UK?????

i remember the machester one with Judah fighting Whitter, unfortunately the rain made the damn Ring wet and slippery..kinda ruined it!!!

[Matt W]

Your favourite was Wigan, December 8th wasn't it Terry?

[E]

so why not warm memories then ??

Well the HAmed fight was a quick blow out, I was a Wharton fan but I thought he was v disappointing and Foster lost (although predictably.)

Seats were OK but not great.

[jim wright]

As well as the first two bills on this thread that i was lucky enough to be at, also during that 2-3 year period some of my highlights include;


Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, England
Mark Winters W PTS 12 Carl Wright Light-Welterweight
British Title
Paul Ingle W RTD 8 Jonjo Irwin Featherweight
British Title
Jason Matthews W RSF 7 Darren Dorrington
Pele Reid W KO 9 Eli Dixon Heavyweight
WBO Intercontinental Title
Johnny Nelson W RSF 1 Dirk Wallyn Cruiserweight
European (EBU) Title
Stefy Bull L RSF 11 Dean Pithie Super-Featherweight details
WBO Intercontinental Title
John (Buster) Keeton L RSF 8 Kelly Oliver Cruiserweight
WBO Intercontinental Title
Ryan Rhodes W RSF 2 Yuri Epifantsev Middleweight
Joe Calzaghe W UPTS 12 Chris Eubank Super-Middleweight details
WBO Title
Naseem Hamed W KO 7 Joe Badillo Featherweight


Another good one,
WBO Title Metro Radio Arena (Telewest Arena), Newcastle, England
Junior Witter W RSF 2 Malcolm Melvin Light-Welterweight
Title
Alex Moon L PTS 12 Jonjo Irwin Featherweight
British Title
Vincenzo Nardiello L RSF 6 Richie Woodhall
Eddie Haley W RSF 6 Ian Toby
Paul Wesley L PTS 8 Geoff McCreesh
Michael Gomez W PTS 6 David (Dave) Hinds Featherweight
Stephen Oates L PTS 6 Delroy Pryce
Patrick Halberg W PTS 4 Bruno Foster
Steve McCready W KO 2 C J Jackson
Ole Klemetsen W RSF 1 Danny Juma


Also,
London Arena, Millwall, England
Clinton Woods W RSF 3 Greg Scott-Briggs Light-Heavyweight
Bradley Pryce W RSF 1 Gary Flear
Wladimir Klitschko W RSF 7 Monte Barrett
Jan Jensen W RSF 1 Steve Hanley
Scott Harrison W UPTS 12 Tom Johnson
Lennox Lewis W RSF 2 Francois Botha Heavyweight
WBC Title
Adrian Stone W RSF 6 Geoff McCreesh Light-Middleweight
Noel Wilders W PTS 12 Paul Lloyd Bantamweight
IBO Title
Ian Napa W PTS 4 Jamie Evans
Johan Thorbjoernsson W PTS 4 Geoff Hunter

And,
Olympia, Kensington, England
Naseem Hamed W KO 4 Vuyani Bungu Featherweight
WBO Title
Micky Ward W RSF 8 Shea Neary Light-Welterweight
WBU Title
Juan Carlos Ramírez W RSF 11 Steve Robinson Featherweight
WBO Intercontinental Title
Darren Bruce D PTS 6 Mark Ramsey
Albert Sosnowski W PTS 4 Luke Simpkin Heavyweight
Tony Dodson W PTS 4 Paul Bonson
Jamie Yelland W PTS 4 Chris Emanuele
Mark Hobson W RSF 3 Nikolai Ermenkov
Michael Jones W RTD 3 Alan Gilbert
Iain Eldridge W RSF 2 Peter Dunn

Finally,
MEN Arena, Manchester, England
Naseem Hamed W KO 11 Paul Ingle Featherweight
WBO Title
Richard Evatt L RSF 11 Junior Jones Featherweight
IBO Title
Derek Roche W RSF 7 Charlie Kane Welterweight
British Title
Bernard Paul L TD 8 Paul Burke Light-Welterweight
Darren Corbett L RSF 9 Stephane Allouane Cruiserweight
IBO Intercontinental Title
Julio Aquino L RSF 4 Steve Tuckett
Donovan Smillie W RSF 1 Sean Pritchard

And no, I don't think they make them like they used to!
Jim

[Podmore_Birmingham]

Really enjoyed the two Michael Brodie-In-Jin Chi bills. Jamie Moore, as always, was involved in a couple of crackers: Gary Logan (Brodie-Chi I) and the better-than-expected Adam Katumwa (Brodie-Chi II).

Michael Jones-Darren Rhodes and Mihaly Kotai-Derek Roche are ones that really stuck out on the second Brodie-Chi bill.

I was also there for the super-bill with Hamed, Reid and Winky at the Nynex.

18/10/2003
M.E.N Arena, Manchester.

Michael Brodie D12 In-Jin Chi – vacant WBC featherweight
Jamie Moore RSF5 Gary Logan – British/Commonwealth light-middleweight
James Hare RSF10 Jozsef Matolcsi – WBF welterweight
Mihaly Kotai RSF1 Jozsef Brayer
Michael Jones Pts6 Ojay Abrahams
Colin Lynes Pts4 Brian Coleman
Garry Hibbert Pts6 Anthony Maynard
John Murray KO1 Matthew Burke

10/04/2004
M.E.N Arena, Manchester.

In-Jin Chi KO7 Michael Brodie – vacant WBC featherweight
Jamie Moore RSF5 Adam Katumwa – Commonwealth light-middleweight
Michael Jones RSF3 Darren Rhodes – British light-middle title eliminator
Agnieszka Rylik UD10 Eliza Olsen – WIBO/WIBF light-welterweight
Mihaly Kotai RSF11 Derek Roche – WBF light-middleweight
Ali Nuumbembe Pts6 Peter Dunn
Albert Sosnowski Pts4 Paul King
Alan Page Pts4 Darren Stubbs
Wayne Pinder Pts4 Howard Clarke.