HALL OUT TO WIN LONSDALE BELT OURIGHT
STUEY HALL will be bidding to win a Lonsdale belt for keeps when he returns to action on April 9.
The popular Darlington fighter (10-0-1) will make the third defence of his British bantamweight title against John Donnelly at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring on Saturday April 9.
Hall, 31, shocked Ian Napa last June to become domestic king and showed great promise in subsequent defences against former champions Martin Power and Gary Davies.
A few years ago Hall was living a playboy life in Ibiza after growing disillusioned with amateur boxing, but regained his appetite after joining trainer Michael Marsden.
He said: “It is just down to hard dedication and Mick. I went off one life and come onto another.
“Mick has changed my life. I got lucky meeting him and he is one of the most straight up persons you’ll ever meet. He is a really nice bloke and knows so much.
“I turned pro and spoke about a Lonsdale belt. That became the target and nothing else mattered.
“Mick was able to give me one-to-one attention and so much of my success is down to him.”
Liverpool’s Donnelly, 26, has been beaten just once in 13 fights and will start an underdog, but he and trainer Dave Tonks are confident of causing an upset.
The battle of the little big men will be screened live by Sky Sports and is expected to draw a 2000 sell-out crowd.
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Marsden is a proper mush like. Genuine man who loves the sport. Him and Neil Fannan live and breathe the game. Good luck to Stuey Hall he on a roll at present. Don't f$ck with tha bald head!!
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Marsden is a businessman first,mate.TheGoods wrote:Marsden is a proper mush like. Genuine man who loves the sport. Him and Neil Fannan live and breathe the game. Good luck to Stuey Hall he on a roll at present. Don't f$ck with tha bald head!!
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pro boxing is all buisness i use to think people were doin things for nothin but soon found out people dont do nothin for nothin but mick looks after his fighters and i agree a great man thats why john murry chose him to b his manager knows the game inside out and stu hall breathin fresh air into the northeast i c stu late stoppage winmickey1975 wrote:Marsden is a businessman first,mate.TheGoods wrote:Marsden is a proper mush like. Genuine man who loves the sport. Him and Neil Fannan live and breathe the game. Good luck to Stuey Hall he on a roll at present. Don't f$ck with tha bald head!!
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As you say,nobody does anything for nothing and that includes Mick.He certainly knows the game and has the contacts but apart from your Stuey Hall's and Paul Trusscott's he gets his lads some very hard fights.tear up wrote:pro boxing is all buisness i use to think people were doin things for nothin but soon found out people dont do nothin for nothin but mick looks after his fighters and i agree a great man thats why john murry chose him to b his manager knows the game inside out and stu hall breathin fresh air into the northeast i c stu late stoppage winmickey1975 wrote:Marsden is a businessman first,mate.TheGoods wrote:Marsden is a proper mush like. Genuine man who loves the sport. Him and Neil Fannan live and breathe the game. Good luck to Stuey Hall he on a roll at present. Don't f$ck with tha bald head!!
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Darlington's Stuart Hall bids for a Lonsdale Belt outright when he defends his British bantamweight title against Liverpool's John Donnelly in a 12-rounder at Houghton-le-Spring near Sunderland on April 9.
The unbeaten Hall has proved a prolific champion since lifting the Belt in a big upset last June by stopping Hackney's established Ian Napa in eight rounds, seeing off exceptional challengers Martin Power and Gary Davies within a few months - both also by stoppage. Hall must be close to a shot at Doncaster's Jamie McDonnell and his European bantamweight belt.
Firstly, the tall, box-fighting Hall needs to get past the once-beaten Donnelly, who has bounced back from that defeat to Redcar's capable, bigger and more experienced Gavin Reid in May 2008, moving down to bantamweight and reeling off six wins, including a three-round retirement stoppage of Nottingham's seasoned Andy Bell last time out and a solid decision over Spain's Carlos Ruiz, who went on to fight for the Spanish bantamweight title.
At 12-1 (3), Donnelly is largely unsung and has never done more than six rounds but that all makes him a 'sleeper' as they say in the trade, with everything to train for and nothing to lose. "Hall is expecting an easy fight," says Donnelly, who knows that Hall is trained by Michael Marsden, who also trains that man Reid, but "Dangerous" Donnelly bangs to the body and is stocky and strong for bantamweight, fighting way above the 118-pound limit in the past.
Hall also boils down and you wonder how he does it at his height (5ft 8ins) and his age (32 by the time of the fight; Donnelly is 26). Nevertheless, the champion outlasted the magnificently brave Power in 10 cracking rounds and picked off the heavy handed and much-fancied Davies in seven, a man who is now sparring Donnelly, so maybe "Stuey" can get away with it for as long as Ricky Hatton did. How many times were Ricky's weightmaking issues raised before he went out and routinely destroyed light-welterweight opponents at the MEN Arena?
Donnelly is no slouch, yet another of those tough, aggressive Liverpool fighters springing up everywhere. He will have seen Scouser Paul Edwards upset the odds in winning the British flyweight title recently, so we can expect a mighty effort from the challenger, before the experience, the height and reach, and the better boxing of Hall bring home the majestic Lonsdale Belt.
The unbeaten Hall has proved a prolific champion since lifting the Belt in a big upset last June by stopping Hackney's established Ian Napa in eight rounds, seeing off exceptional challengers Martin Power and Gary Davies within a few months - both also by stoppage. Hall must be close to a shot at Doncaster's Jamie McDonnell and his European bantamweight belt.
Firstly, the tall, box-fighting Hall needs to get past the once-beaten Donnelly, who has bounced back from that defeat to Redcar's capable, bigger and more experienced Gavin Reid in May 2008, moving down to bantamweight and reeling off six wins, including a three-round retirement stoppage of Nottingham's seasoned Andy Bell last time out and a solid decision over Spain's Carlos Ruiz, who went on to fight for the Spanish bantamweight title.
At 12-1 (3), Donnelly is largely unsung and has never done more than six rounds but that all makes him a 'sleeper' as they say in the trade, with everything to train for and nothing to lose. "Hall is expecting an easy fight," says Donnelly, who knows that Hall is trained by Michael Marsden, who also trains that man Reid, but "Dangerous" Donnelly bangs to the body and is stocky and strong for bantamweight, fighting way above the 118-pound limit in the past.
Hall also boils down and you wonder how he does it at his height (5ft 8ins) and his age (32 by the time of the fight; Donnelly is 26). Nevertheless, the champion outlasted the magnificently brave Power in 10 cracking rounds and picked off the heavy handed and much-fancied Davies in seven, a man who is now sparring Donnelly, so maybe "Stuey" can get away with it for as long as Ricky Hatton did. How many times were Ricky's weightmaking issues raised before he went out and routinely destroyed light-welterweight opponents at the MEN Arena?
Donnelly is no slouch, yet another of those tough, aggressive Liverpool fighters springing up everywhere. He will have seen Scouser Paul Edwards upset the odds in winning the British flyweight title recently, so we can expect a mighty effort from the challenger, before the experience, the height and reach, and the better boxing of Hall bring home the majestic Lonsdale Belt.