it may be a gimmick, but i bet the winner of Prizefighter at welterweight will get a big picture and a write-up in the tabloids, when was the last time the British welterweight champion got that.
All publicity is good publicity.
Welterweight Prizefighter
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celerygolf
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Re: Welterweight Prizefighter
the last two fighters confirmed are Scott Conway and craig dickson.
Re: Welterweight Prizefighter
About a month away and I can't find anything about tickets.
Anyone know when/ where they go on sale?
Do Matchroom use ticketmaster?
Anyone know when/ where they go on sale?
Do Matchroom use ticketmaster?
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I would like to see Hillyard in this but I don't think he'll make Welterweight.
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If anyone is after tickets, you can get them from here: http://matchroomsport.com/
Tickets are from £30 and can be bought by calling 01277 359900
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Excellent got some £40 tickets on the balcony. I've never known the balcony and floor tickets to be priced differently before. Ah well sure to be worth it.
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celerygolf
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Re: Welterweight Prizefighter
Neil sinclair no longer fighting due to injury, Nigel wright has taken his place apparently.
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Wright a good addition, but Sinclair would have been entertaining.
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TerribleTerry
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Shame. Sinclair could have produced some highlight reel KOs (either by Koing or being Ko'ed!)celerygolf wrote:Neil sinclair no longer fighting due to injury, Nigel wright has taken his place apparently.
Dunno if the sprint distance will suit Wright in all fairness, although he is a quality replacement
Re: Welterweight Prizefighter
Prizefighter welterweight tournament, York Hall, October 24:
Nigel Wright
Southpaw Wright has campaigned largely at light-welterweight but holds a good-looking first-round win over Kevin McIntyre, the Scot who recently held the British welterweight title, and was one of the rare British successes in the Contender challenge between the UK and the USA last year in Newcastle, where he stopped Oklahoma City's Jonathan Nelson in two.
The part-time lifeguard from Crook in County Durham has height, reach, good boxing skills, decent power - he can fight a bit at 18-4-1 (9) and took world-ranked Nigerian threat Ajose Olusegun 12 hard rounds earlier this year. He needed just one punch to blow away the aforementioned McIntyre (in Glasgow).
Never been stopped.
Ted Bami
Bami took on David Barnes for the British light-welterweight title earlier this year in Manchester and was outscored in a surprisingly dour encounter. The stocky Brixton barber, a former European light-welterweight champ, is usually quite punishing, exciting and classy but came back with a decent win over southpaw Midlander Stuart Elwell in seven rounds in April to prove there is life in the old dog yet.
Ted is now into his thirties and went through a messy divorce recently but if he is 'up' for this, he poses a threat to anyone. Bami spent much of his early career fighting successfully and destructively at welterweight, and takes a shot. He looks to be one of the front-runners.
Ross Minter
Ross "The Boss" has lost his last two but Michael Jennings and solid American Freddy Curiel turned the trick late on in real wars, and the smooth-boxing, sharp-hitting Minter starts as one of the tournament favourites. A natural welterweight, Minter has held Southern Area and English titles at the weight and challenged Jennings for the WBU bauble last time out in February at the cavernous ExCel Arena, and was stopped in nine thrilling rounds. The 29-year-old Crawley man busts up like his famous father but brings talent, experience and good support, although he could have done with a sharpener going into this.
George Hillyard
Hillyard is a smaller version of heavyweight John McDermott - a man with plenty of boxing ability but questionable fitness and desire. The loose-fleshed Canning Town stylist has boxed only once this year - a second-round win over Danny Goode - but won his last four and picked up the British Masters light-middleweight title with a close 10-round decision over Tooting's David Wakefield last year. Always well-supported, Hillyard will not enjoy boiling down to welterweight but it might bring out the best in him.
Uneniably talented, he looks to be improving at 23.
Craig Dickson
Dickson challenged fellow Scot Kevin Anderson for the Commonwealth welterweight title back in March 2006 and gave it a good go before he was stopped in seven. The 29-year-old Glasgow box-fighter enjoys mixing it but walked on to a Franny Jones right-hander with 18 seconds remaining of their six-rounder in December 2006 and was stopped a second time (Dickson was ahead on points). Dickson has also been outscored by tough Midlander Darren Gethin, although he outscored Gethin in a rematch (narrowly), and by fellow Prizefighter entrant Michael Lomax. Craig is 'big' for the weight and will get stuck into his opponents but lacks possibly that extra bit of class needed to win this.
Has been badly cut in the past.
Mark Lloyd
Lloyd, a plumber from Telford, is the reigning Midlands Area welterweight champion, a title he won last time out in June in Wolverhampton with an eight-round stoppage of Newark's Andrew Alan Lowe. In 12 fights Lloyd has lost only to the slippery Adnan Amar on a 10-round decision for the English welterweight title in Nottingham in May. He gave it a good go that night, without ever really getting his nose in front. The Shropshire man is strong, well-conditioned and gritty and but lacks genuine power and to me genuine quality.
A pro just three years, he looks durable, however.
Michael Lomax
Southpaw Lomax, "The Look", is a former ABA champion who streaked to 10 straight wins after turning pro in 2003 before he was held to an incongrous draw by Nigerian journeyman Silence Saheed and then suffered his only defeat (in 13) at the capable hands of Manchester's Craig Watson - now the Commonwealth welterweight champion - in Wigan last year on an eight-round decision. Michael bounced back with a January points victory over Glasgow's Craig Dickson.
The brash Chingford stylist also holds a points win over tough Scot Jamie Coyle (when Coyle was unbeaten) and is rangy and slippery, if not a banger. He is a 'bleeder'.
Steve Conway
Conway, from Dewsbury, went from super-featherweight to light-middleweight almost overnight to prove that Guillermo Jones doesn't have the copyright on Incredible Growing Men. Southpaw Steve found Alex Arthur painfully easy to hit in a brief but exciting crack at the British super-featherweight title in 2002 (he was stopped in four), gave world class lightweight Yuri Romanov a bruising eight-rounder in 2003 (outpointed), and then turned his good losing form into good winning form as he twice outscored Hungarian light-middleweight star Mihaly Kotai in 12-rounders in displays of real grit, skill and durability
Kotai called it a day after the second go.
The slick, 31-year-old Conway also ended the career of Steve Robinson back in the day, and has duked it out with Junior Witter. Make no mistake, the Yorkshireman can look after himself - at any weight. Welterweight just may suit him.
Nigel Wright
Southpaw Wright has campaigned largely at light-welterweight but holds a good-looking first-round win over Kevin McIntyre, the Scot who recently held the British welterweight title, and was one of the rare British successes in the Contender challenge between the UK and the USA last year in Newcastle, where he stopped Oklahoma City's Jonathan Nelson in two.
The part-time lifeguard from Crook in County Durham has height, reach, good boxing skills, decent power - he can fight a bit at 18-4-1 (9) and took world-ranked Nigerian threat Ajose Olusegun 12 hard rounds earlier this year. He needed just one punch to blow away the aforementioned McIntyre (in Glasgow).
Never been stopped.
Ted Bami
Bami took on David Barnes for the British light-welterweight title earlier this year in Manchester and was outscored in a surprisingly dour encounter. The stocky Brixton barber, a former European light-welterweight champ, is usually quite punishing, exciting and classy but came back with a decent win over southpaw Midlander Stuart Elwell in seven rounds in April to prove there is life in the old dog yet.
Ted is now into his thirties and went through a messy divorce recently but if he is 'up' for this, he poses a threat to anyone. Bami spent much of his early career fighting successfully and destructively at welterweight, and takes a shot. He looks to be one of the front-runners.
Ross Minter
Ross "The Boss" has lost his last two but Michael Jennings and solid American Freddy Curiel turned the trick late on in real wars, and the smooth-boxing, sharp-hitting Minter starts as one of the tournament favourites. A natural welterweight, Minter has held Southern Area and English titles at the weight and challenged Jennings for the WBU bauble last time out in February at the cavernous ExCel Arena, and was stopped in nine thrilling rounds. The 29-year-old Crawley man busts up like his famous father but brings talent, experience and good support, although he could have done with a sharpener going into this.
George Hillyard
Hillyard is a smaller version of heavyweight John McDermott - a man with plenty of boxing ability but questionable fitness and desire. The loose-fleshed Canning Town stylist has boxed only once this year - a second-round win over Danny Goode - but won his last four and picked up the British Masters light-middleweight title with a close 10-round decision over Tooting's David Wakefield last year. Always well-supported, Hillyard will not enjoy boiling down to welterweight but it might bring out the best in him.
Uneniably talented, he looks to be improving at 23.
Craig Dickson
Dickson challenged fellow Scot Kevin Anderson for the Commonwealth welterweight title back in March 2006 and gave it a good go before he was stopped in seven. The 29-year-old Glasgow box-fighter enjoys mixing it but walked on to a Franny Jones right-hander with 18 seconds remaining of their six-rounder in December 2006 and was stopped a second time (Dickson was ahead on points). Dickson has also been outscored by tough Midlander Darren Gethin, although he outscored Gethin in a rematch (narrowly), and by fellow Prizefighter entrant Michael Lomax. Craig is 'big' for the weight and will get stuck into his opponents but lacks possibly that extra bit of class needed to win this.
Has been badly cut in the past.
Mark Lloyd
Lloyd, a plumber from Telford, is the reigning Midlands Area welterweight champion, a title he won last time out in June in Wolverhampton with an eight-round stoppage of Newark's Andrew Alan Lowe. In 12 fights Lloyd has lost only to the slippery Adnan Amar on a 10-round decision for the English welterweight title in Nottingham in May. He gave it a good go that night, without ever really getting his nose in front. The Shropshire man is strong, well-conditioned and gritty and but lacks genuine power and to me genuine quality.
A pro just three years, he looks durable, however.
Michael Lomax
Southpaw Lomax, "The Look", is a former ABA champion who streaked to 10 straight wins after turning pro in 2003 before he was held to an incongrous draw by Nigerian journeyman Silence Saheed and then suffered his only defeat (in 13) at the capable hands of Manchester's Craig Watson - now the Commonwealth welterweight champion - in Wigan last year on an eight-round decision. Michael bounced back with a January points victory over Glasgow's Craig Dickson.
The brash Chingford stylist also holds a points win over tough Scot Jamie Coyle (when Coyle was unbeaten) and is rangy and slippery, if not a banger. He is a 'bleeder'.
Steve Conway
Conway, from Dewsbury, went from super-featherweight to light-middleweight almost overnight to prove that Guillermo Jones doesn't have the copyright on Incredible Growing Men. Southpaw Steve found Alex Arthur painfully easy to hit in a brief but exciting crack at the British super-featherweight title in 2002 (he was stopped in four), gave world class lightweight Yuri Romanov a bruising eight-rounder in 2003 (outpointed), and then turned his good losing form into good winning form as he twice outscored Hungarian light-middleweight star Mihaly Kotai in 12-rounders in displays of real grit, skill and durability
Kotai called it a day after the second go.
The slick, 31-year-old Conway also ended the career of Steve Robinson back in the day, and has duked it out with Junior Witter. Make no mistake, the Yorkshireman can look after himself - at any weight. Welterweight just may suit him.
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Old bones Ian
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Re: Welterweight Prizefighter
Nigel Wright is a good pick there, he throws alot of punches, and has a good chin. Over the shorter distance that should help him. Maybe his size might be against him, but i'm going to stick a tenner on him to win.
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Wright is a quality replacement for Sinclair but I was looking forward to seeing Sinky involved. Great lineup and a refresher after the disappointing heavyweight show last time.
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I hear this is completely sold out already.
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Am I the only one who finds the use of a former European champion and leading British title contenders and ex-amateur stars, and so on, obscene in a format such as this? The big boys don't bother me, but the likes of Bami, Wright, Conway, Minter reduced to this.
Nah!
Nah!
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celerygolf
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Re: Welterweight Prizefighter
For those who are interested, the draw for next weeks prizefighter will take place Monday evening at the boxing awards, live on skysports news. Not sure about the time.
Re: Welterweight Prizefighter
i fancy wright in this , its more suited for a Boxer than a puncher
He did have Great amateur career aswell
He did have Great amateur career aswell