Featuring:
Nasser Al-Harbi v Jamie Ball
Terry Carruthers for the British Masters Middleweight Title
On the Undercard: Callum Cooper, Craig Cunningham, Adam Corbett, Rizwann Rasool.
Undefeated
Birmingham
@ The New Bingley Hall
Friday 16th March 2012
Doors 7pm
Ringside Tickets: £50
Unreserved Tickets: £30
Nasser Al-Harbi and Jamie Ball collide in a 10-round eliminator for the English light-middleweight championship in a fight that is the biggest Birmingham v Black Country derby since Dudley 'Bodysnatcher' Darren McDermott challenged British middleweight champion Wayne Elcock in June, 2008.
Birmingham triumphed that night after McDermott was stopped on a cut – and Al Harbi is planning another victory for the Second City on the value-for-money Coldwell Promotions' show after putting together a punch-perfect 13-fight record.
Al-Harbi is from the same Yemeni stock as former world featherweight champion Prince Naseem Hamed – and has been tipped to follow Hamed to the top of the world.
Richie Woodhall, the former WBC super-middleweight champion and television pundit, used to train Al-Harbi and has predicted the 22 year-old can be Birmingham's next boxing superstar.
Al-Harbi will have home advantage in the big fight, but Ball, from nearby Coseley, is one of the Midlands' biggest ticket sellers and has given his fans plenty to cheer in his 14-fight unbeaten career.
Ball, trained by uncle and former unbeaten professional Shaun Cooper, has won his last three fights by knock out and captured the Midlands Area 11-stones belt to set up the biggest fight of his career.
Coldwell is currently putting together the rest of the bill – and it includes a fighter rated the most exciting in Britain by veteran fight manager Jim Evans.
Peter Vaughan, known as 'The Banbudy Bull,' has ended Phill Fury's unbeaten record and reached the semi-finals of the light-middleweight 'Prizefighter' with his non-stop attacks and tough-guy Terry Carruthers should provide more thrills when he battles for a belt in front of his home crowd
Al-Harbi Is One Fed Up Boxer
Nasser Al-Harbi says he’s sick of being boxing’s best-kept secret.
Champions Lee Purdy, Adnan Amar and Nick Blackwell last year all turned down the chance to fight Al-Harbi - and ringside scribes have forgotten about the Second City slickster tipped to rule the world by former trainer Richie Woodhall.
All that will change if the 22 year-old beats Jamie Ball on Dave Coldwell’s ‘Undefeated’ show on Friday, March 16 at Birmingham’s New Bingley Hall, a couple of miles from Al-Harbi’s home in Perry Bar.
Al-Harbi and Ball clash in an eliminator for the English light-middleweight championship that brings together a pair of unbeaten fighters.
Their fight will be top-of-the-bill after Curtis Woodhouse was forced out of his make-or-break battle with Jason Cook through a family illness.
Promoter Dave Coldwell has reduced the price of ringside tickets to £50 and Al-Harbi promises fight fans will see him turn on the style.
“I’ve been ignored for too long,” said Al-Harbi, “and I can’t wait to show everyone what I’m about.
“I spent most of last year trying to get a big fight. But all the champions from welterweight to middleweight either wanted too much money or they just didn’t want to fight me.
“I’ve finally got the chance to show my skills.
“I know this fight is a big step up for me, but Jamie isn’t at my level and I’m going to prove it to him. He’s a bit predictable, while I’ve got fast hands, fast feet and can throw punches from all angles.”
Al-Harbi models his boxing on Sugar Ray Leonard – “I watch his fights on DVD, then try things out in the gym” he said – and could be heading for a massive battle of Birmingham.
Max Maxwell challenges Brian Rose for the British 11-stones belt in Blackpool on Saturday, March 31 and if Max can land the right hand that flattened Rose when they boxed in May, 2010, the former gym mates could meet for the Lonsdale belt.
Al-Harbi says he plans to wear the Lonsdale belt by the end of the year – and is also exploring other routes.
He is being lined up to challenge Patomsuk Pathumpothong for his WBC Youth 11-stones title.
Pathumpothong, from Thailand, is currently ranked No 30 by the WBC and Al-Harbi has given up his studies to target titles in 2012.
He was set to study for a Business Studies degree at University, but said: “There wasn’t going to be enough time for me to study and train.
“If I want to achieve my boxing ambitions, I have to be training three times every day. I can go back to my degree after I’ve achieved all I want in boxing.”
More details about the show are available from www.coldwellboxing.com and twitter @davidcoldwell.
Al-Harbi Is One Fed Up Boxer
Nasser Al-Harbi says he’s sick of being boxing’s best-kept secret.
Champions Lee Purdy, Adnan Amar and Nick Blackwell last year all turned down the chance to fight Al-Harbi - and ringside scribes have forgotten about the Second City slickster tipped to rule the world by former trainer Richie Woodhall.
All that will change if the 22 year-old beats Jamie Ball on Dave Coldwell’s ‘Undefeated’ show on Friday, March 16 at Birmingham’s New Bingley Hall, a couple of miles from Al-Harbi’s home in Perry Bar.
Al-Harbi and Ball clash in an eliminator for the English light-middleweight championship that brings together a pair of unbeaten fighters.
Their fight will be top-of-the-bill after Curtis Woodhouse was forced out of his make-or-break battle with Jason Cook through a family illness.
Promoter Dave Coldwell has reduced the price of ringside tickets to £50 and Al-Harbi promises fight fans will see him turn on the style.
“I’ve been ignored for too long,” said Al-Harbi, “and I can’t wait to show everyone what I’m about.
“I spent most of last year trying to get a big fight. But all the champions from welterweight to middleweight either wanted too much money or they just didn’t want to fight me.
“I’ve finally got the chance to show my skills.
“I know this fight is a big step up for me, but Jamie isn’t at my level and I’m going to prove it to him. He’s a bit predictable, while I’ve got fast hands, fast feet and can throw punches from all angles.”
Al-Harbi models his boxing on Sugar Ray Leonard – “I watch his fights on DVD, then try things out in the gym” he said – and could be heading for a massive battle of Birmingham.
Max Maxwell challenges Brian Rose for the British 11-stones belt in Blackpool on Saturday, March 31 and if Max can land the right hand that flattened Rose when they boxed in May, 2010, the former gym mates could meet for the Lonsdale belt.
Al-Harbi says he plans to wear the Lonsdale belt by the end of the year – and is also exploring other routes.
He is being lined up to challenge Patomsuk Pathumpothong for his WBC Youth 11-stones title.
Pathumpothong, from Thailand, is currently ranked No 30 by the WBC and Al-Harbi has given up his studies to target titles in 2012.
He was set to study for a Business Studies degree at University, but said: “There wasn’t going to be enough time for me to study and train.
“If I want to achieve my boxing ambitions, I have to be training three times every day. I can go back to my degree after I’ve achieved all I want in boxing.”
More details about the show are available from www.coldwellboxing.com and twitter @davidcoldwell.
Nasser Al Harbi V Jamie Ball build up
Re: Nasser Al Harbi V Jamie Ball build up
Sorry about the repeats computer faultsafeerah wrote:Featuring:
Nasser Al-Harbi v Jamie Ball
Terry Carruthers for the British Masters Middleweight Title
On the Undercard: Callum Cooper, Craig Cunningham, Adam Corbett, Rizwann Rasool.
Undefeated
Birmingham
@ The New Bingley Hall
Friday 16th March 2012
Doors 7pm
Ringside Tickets: £50
Unreserved Tickets: £30
Nasser Al-Harbi and Jamie Ball collide in a 10-round eliminator for the English light-middleweight championship in a fight that is the biggest Birmingham v Black Country derby since Dudley 'Bodysnatcher' Darren McDermott challenged British middleweight champion Wayne Elcock in June, 2008.
Birmingham triumphed that night after McDermott was stopped on a cut – and Al Harbi is planning another victory for the Second City on the value-for-money Coldwell Promotions' show after putting together a punch-perfect 13-fight record.
Al-Harbi is from the same Yemeni stock as former world featherweight champion Prince Naseem Hamed – and has been tipped to follow Hamed to the top of the world.
Richie Woodhall, the former WBC super-middleweight champion and television pundit, used to train Al-Harbi and has predicted the 22 year-old can be Birmingham's next boxing superstar.
Al-Harbi will have home advantage in the big fight, but Ball, from nearby Coseley, is one of the Midlands' biggest ticket sellers and has given his fans plenty to cheer in his 14-fight unbeaten career.
Ball, trained by uncle and former unbeaten professional Shaun Cooper, has won his last three fights by knock out and captured the Midlands Area 11-stones belt to set up the biggest fight of his career.
Coldwell is currently putting together the rest of the bill – and it includes a fighter rated the most exciting in Britain by veteran fight manager Jim Evans.
Peter Vaughan, known as 'The Banbudy Bull,' has ended Phill Fury's unbeaten record and reached the semi-finals of the light-middleweight 'Prizefighter' with his non-stop attacks and tough-guy Terry Carruthers should provide more thrills when he battles for a belt in front of his home crowd
Al-Harbi Is One Fed Up Boxer
Nasser Al-Harbi says he’s sick of being boxing’s best-kept secret.
Champions Lee Purdy, Adnan Amar and Nick Blackwell last year all turned down the chance to fight Al-Harbi - and ringside scribes have forgotten about the Second City slickster tipped to rule the world by former trainer Richie Woodhall.
All that will change if the 22 year-old beats Jamie Ball on Dave Coldwell’s ‘Undefeated’ show on Friday, March 16 at Birmingham’s New Bingley Hall, a couple of miles from Al-Harbi’s home in Perry Bar.
Al-Harbi and Ball clash in an eliminator for the English light-middleweight championship that brings together a pair of unbeaten fighters.
Their fight will be top-of-the-bill after Curtis Woodhouse was forced out of his make-or-break battle with Jason Cook through a family illness.
Promoter Dave Coldwell has reduced the price of ringside tickets to £50 and Al-Harbi promises fight fans will see him turn on the style.
“I’ve been ignored for too long,” said Al-Harbi, “and I can’t wait to show everyone what I’m about.
“I spent most of last year trying to get a big fight. But all the champions from welterweight to middleweight either wanted too much money or they just didn’t want to fight me.
“I’ve finally got the chance to show my skills.
“I know this fight is a big step up for me, but Jamie isn’t at my level and I’m going to prove it to him. He’s a bit predictable, while I’ve got fast hands, fast feet and can throw punches from all angles.”
Al-Harbi models his boxing on Sugar Ray Leonard – “I watch his fights on DVD, then try things out in the gym” he said – and could be heading for a massive battle of Birmingham.
Max Maxwell challenges Brian Rose for the British 11-stones belt in Blackpool on Saturday, March 31 and if Max can land the right hand that flattened Rose when they boxed in May, 2010, the former gym mates could meet for the Lonsdale belt.
Al-Harbi says he plans to wear the Lonsdale belt by the end of the year – and is also exploring other routes.
He is being lined up to challenge Patomsuk Pathumpothong for his WBC Youth 11-stones title.
Pathumpothong, from Thailand, is currently ranked No 30 by the WBC and Al-Harbi has given up his studies to target titles in 2012.
He was set to study for a Business Studies degree at University, but said: “There wasn’t going to be enough time for me to study and train.
“If I want to achieve my boxing ambitions, I have to be training three times every day. I can go back to my degree after I’ve achieved all I want in boxing.”
More details about the show are available from http://www.coldwellboxing.com and twitter @davidcoldwell.
Al-Harbi Is One Fed Up Boxer
Nasser Al-Harbi says he’s sick of being boxing’s best-kept secret.
Champions Lee Purdy, Adnan Amar and Nick Blackwell last year all turned down the chance to fight Al-Harbi - and ringside scribes have forgotten about the Second City slickster tipped to rule the world by former trainer Richie Woodhall.
All that will change if the 22 year-old beats Jamie Ball on Dave Coldwell’s ‘Undefeated’ show on Friday, March 16 at Birmingham’s New Bingley Hall, a couple of miles from Al-Harbi’s home in Perry Bar.
Al-Harbi and Ball clash in an eliminator for the English light-middleweight championship that brings together a pair of unbeaten fighters.
Their fight will be top-of-the-bill after Curtis Woodhouse was forced out of his make-or-break battle with Jason Cook through a family illness.
Promoter Dave Coldwell has reduced the price of ringside tickets to £50 and Al-Harbi promises fight fans will see him turn on the style.
“I’ve been ignored for too long,” said Al-Harbi, “and I can’t wait to show everyone what I’m about.
“I spent most of last year trying to get a big fight. But all the champions from welterweight to middleweight either wanted too much money or they just didn’t want to fight me.
“I’ve finally got the chance to show my skills.
“I know this fight is a big step up for me, but Jamie isn’t at my level and I’m going to prove it to him. He’s a bit predictable, while I’ve got fast hands, fast feet and can throw punches from all angles.”
Al-Harbi models his boxing on Sugar Ray Leonard – “I watch his fights on DVD, then try things out in the gym” he said – and could be heading for a massive battle of Birmingham.
Max Maxwell challenges Brian Rose for the British 11-stones belt in Blackpool on Saturday, March 31 and if Max can land the right hand that flattened Rose when they boxed in May, 2010, the former gym mates could meet for the Lonsdale belt.
Al-Harbi says he plans to wear the Lonsdale belt by the end of the year – and is also exploring other routes.
He is being lined up to challenge Patomsuk Pathumpothong for his WBC Youth 11-stones title.
Pathumpothong, from Thailand, is currently ranked No 30 by the WBC and Al-Harbi has given up his studies to target titles in 2012.
He was set to study for a Business Studies degree at University, but said: “There wasn’t going to be enough time for me to study and train.
“If I want to achieve my boxing ambitions, I have to be training three times every day. I can go back to my degree after I’ve achieved all I want in boxing.”
More details about the show are available from http://www.coldwellboxing.com and twitter @davidcoldwell.