Few years ago we had Channel M giving exposure to local fighters in Northwest but since it went defunct not many fighters get exposure till now with Lee Vincent hogan interviewing local talent etc.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=61jyL-iB2Ks Here he interviews Luke blackledge who is about to box in his 1st bout since losing to Rocky Fielding.
Luke come from a kickboxing & unlicensed background and has done it the hard way boxing away from home beating likes of Phil Fury, Matthew Barney, Mads Larsden (former world title challenger), Erik skoglund at light heavy losing dubious decision (1 judge 1 point to Erik another just 2 points) etc