Alex Dilmaghani vs. Francisco Fonseca - 16 November 2019

[samwbr]

Good post teflon

[Colmohara]

Thanks for the update mate. Hope Alex gets sorted soon. Top man.

Cheers colm, hope anto is keeping well, and bowen is somewhere to be found for him to fight

Yip, Anto keeping well. Started camp. Got a date and venue. All announced soon. Just hope Bowen makes it to the ring

[Glass Joe]

The fight was doomed from the moment it got moved. Lucky VIP boxing had their fighters on the undercard to rescue it. Hopefully Dilmaghani can be back out in November.

[Glass Joe]

Dilmaghani back next month fighting on a york hall show. Hopefully, another strong opponent that turns up.

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Press Release

The IBO World title on now the line for the rescheduled clash on Saturday 16th November at the York Hall, live on Channel 5.

Fonseca’s brother Freddy makes it double-trouble when he takes on Irish star John Joe Nevin in WBA International title clash.

London, UK (18 October 2019) Hennessy Sports are delighted to announce that the salivating super-featherweight shootout between Alex Dilmaghani and Francisco Fonseca is back on!

The high-grade contenders collide over 12 rounds for the Vacant International Boxing Organisation World Title belt at London’s hallowed York Hall, Bethnal Green, on Saturday 16th November, in a fascinating contrast of styles that matches Crayford’s classy Dilmaghani with the nuclear hitting Nicaraguan.

Promoted by Mick Hennessy in association with Infinitum, Channel 5 and Mo Prior of Priority Promotions, Dilmaghani v Fonseca will be televised exclusively live in the UK on free-to-air Channel 5 and 5Spike.

Initially, the potent pair were primed to punch it out at the Bolton Whites Hotel late last month, only for Two-Time World title challenger Fonseca to fall ill prior to the ringwalk. On the advice of the doctors, Mick Hennessy had to make a compassionate call to pull the main event at the last minute and allow Fonseca to recover fully and reschedule for a later date.

But given the quality of this mouthwatering match-up, it was always going to be a case of better seven weeks late than not at all.

Dazzler ‘Dilma’, who enters on an incredible eight and a half year unbeaten streak and who earned lavish plaudits when he returned to Blighty from a five exile in North America, to slaughter Slovakian hard case Martin Parlagi in eight at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse in late May, finally faces the litmus test he has long coveted.

Two-time IBF World class title challenger Fonseca – from the nation that delivered ring legends Alexis Arguello, Ricardo Mayorga and ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez – has been bettered just twice in a 28 fight pro career and has sent 19 of his 25 victims for an early shower. Still only 25, the lethal Latino harbours big world title aspirations in his third world title attempt. It is a genuine world grade match-up.

A talent stacked 13 bout undercard is headed with an intriguing fight between Ireland’s highly decorated ex-amateur star John Joe Nevin, who is ambitiously matched with Fonseca’s equally combustible elder brother Freddy Fonseca for the Vacant WBA International Super-Featherweight Championship.

The magic man from Mullingar won European gold (2013, Minsk) and Olympic silver (London 2012) in the singlet, and has racked up a perfect 13 fight slate since entering the paid brigade in March 2014, sizzling in rings on the US East Coast as well as Ireland and mainland Britain. However, already 31, this mercurial talent needs to roll the dice if he’s to replicate past achievements as a pro.

Victory over Fonseca the Elder will provide Nevin with a short-cut to the major world titles but the savage Central American – world ranked until recently – has lost just four of 32 and 18 stoppage victories suggest he is a serious puncher. It’s certainly no formality.

Promoter Hennessy’s son, Michael Hennessy Jr, an all action, fast-rising, middleweight talent who is undefeated in three, features in a six rounder in what promises to be an unmissable fight night.

Mick Hennessy, CEO of Hennessy Sports, said, “I’m extremely pleased and relieved to finally to see this exciting match up back on and can’t wait to see Alex and Francisco get it on in the ring, I’m sure everyone will agree that it was a fight worth waiting for. Of course, it was very disappointing last time round that it had be cancelled at the very last minute, but we’ve battled hard to ensure that the fight remained on and will now headline at London’s famous and historic York Hall with the IBO World title on the line. A great chief supporting title fight on the card see Irish talent John Joe Nevin take on Francisco’s brother Freddy, they will be determined coming to London to make it a double family victory. With a great undercard also, this is a real fight card coming to the home of London boxing.”

A packed and top quality undercard also features: Bexleyheath super-flyweight Sammy Cantwell, son of Mickey, the former British Flyweight Champion; Stockwell welterweight Samuel Antwi; Welsh super-featherweight Rhys Edwards; Chelsea Lightweight Connor Marsden; two London based Romanians: super-welterweight Flavius Biea and heavyweight Lucian Atani; Tottenham super-lightweight Jeff Ofori; Basildon super-lightweight Lewis Smith; Islington middleweight Billy Underwood; Luton super-lightweight Jahid Munim and Islington featherweight Alizara Ghadiri.

Tickets are available from MyFightTickets: https://myfighttickets.com/shop-1?olsPa ... -york-hall

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Glad the fight is back on..

[Glass Joe]

Lucian Atani is a big lump, first of his two bouts on youtube. brings good support.

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Was previously for the WBA international super-featherweight title, now that same belt will be contested on the undercard.

Main event is now for the IBO world title.

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Alex Dilmaghani can’t wait to box on November 16

‘Some said Fonseca looked nervous at the weigh-in. Though he was perhaps half an inch taller, I looked bigger all round, far healthier, far stronger,’ claims ‘Dilma’ who is now undefeated in well over eight years and 15 starts, many of which took place in the brawl halls of Mexico where he served a brutal ring apprenticeship.

‘We know Fonseca is big at the weight but he’d had eight weeks to prepare and, in previous articles and interviews, he’d said he’d pretty much been ‘on weight’ for a few weeks.

‘I only learned the fight was off at about five to nine, after I was gloved up, warmed up. When the Board official approached, I just assumed it was to notify me that it was ‘Walk Out’ time. But I knew they’d not joke about something like that. I’m a big student of the sport but I’ve never come across anything remotely similar.

My initial emotion was ‘pissed off’. It messes with your mind. I wasn’t good to be around,’ disclosed Dilmaghani.

‘Making weight is not an issue for me – I could still make featherweight, if needed – but you think of all the heartache you’ve put yourself through in prep, the sacrifices you’ve made. You think about the plans you’d made to relax after the fight. You think about not getting the win, not being able to move on.

‘This was my long overdue break at crashing the major rankings, announcing myself on the world stage but there’s no point crying over spilt milk. It dawned there’s nothing I could do to change it. There’ll be many more fights. At least I got the experience of another full camp, press conferences, weigh-in etc. You just have to accept that, in this industry, fights can get called off at late notice…..just not THAT late.

‘I knew if I lost focus, it’d only harm me in the long run so I channelled the anger back into my training. The gym has always been where I go to vent my aggression and I was back there on the Monday (30th).

‘My philosophy is, I train all year round to improve. Similar to martial artists, I treat boxing as a craft that I need to master so I try to improve every day that I’m at the gym. Others might take time off after a fight and harm their bodies, going up and down in weight. Not me.

‘But I know my limits. There’s no risk I’ll go stale. I don’t ‘over push’ it. Sparring puts mileage on the clock so I only do that close to a fight, as a necessity. I took two weeks off sparring after the Sept 28th date but I’ve loads of good sparring recently.

‘I’m ready to go again right now or in three weeks. Nothing will deter me.’

Promoted by Mick Hennessy in association with Infinitum, Channel 5 and Priority Promotions, Dilmaghani v Fonseca will be televised exclusively live in the UK on free-to-air Channel 5 and 5Spike.

Chief support on the card features an exciting clash between Irish star John Joe Nevin v Freddy Fonseca for the WBA International Super-Featherweight Championship. A packed and top quality undercard also features: Fast rising Sevenoaks middleweight talent Michael Hennessy Jnr; Bexleyheath super-flyweight Sammy Cantwell, son of Mickey, the former British Flyweight Champion; Stockwell welterweight Samuel Antwi; Welsh super-featherweight Rhys Edwards; Chelsea Lightweight Connor Marsden; two London based Romanians: super-welterweight Flavius Biea and heavyweight Lucian Atani; Basildon super-lightweight Lewis Smith; Islington middleweight Billy Underwood; Luton super-lightweight Jahid Munim and Islington featherweight Alizara Ghadiri.

https://www.ringnews24.com/2019/10/29/a ... vember-16/

[Glass Joe]

I hope there's a stand-in opponent.

[handsofstone]

Bit of a gamble bringing Fonseca back over but its worth it assuming he can make weight safely, he'll be a good scalp for Dilmaghani,

[Ruthless-RKO]

Fight week.. AGAIN!

Probably just watch Farooq-McGregor TBH

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How Alex Dilmaghani's unusual boxing career could finally pay off

Nick Parkinson

Alex Dilmaghani has taken an unusual route in his boxing career, but he hopes his bold decision to move from the UK to Mexico and learn from the likes of Juan Manuel Márquez is about to pay off.

As a law graduate, Dilmaghani knows the value of a good education and believed spells based in Mexico in 2011, and from 2013 to 2016, to work with renowned trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristáin would be the best way to improve his boxing skills and knowledge.

Dilmaghani (19-1, 8 KOs), 28, from Surrey, England, sparred with the likes of four-weight world champion Márquez ahead of the Mexican's third fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2011, as well as with Jhonny González, a two-weight world champion, Juan Carlos Salgado and Rey Vargas, the reigning WBC junior featherweight world champion.

Dilmaghani, whose late father was from Iran, faces Francisco Fonseca (25-2-1, 19 KOs), of Nicaragua, for the fringe IBO junior lightweight title at the York Hall, east London on Saturday after refining his boxing skills in Mexico and Canada in recent years.

"After I finished university, I decided to take boxing seriously and I always loved Mexican boxers. I loved their hunger and their fight culture," Dilmaghani told ESPN.

"I impressed Nacho when I went out there, and he said he would get me fights and told me I could be a world champion.

"I went to Mexico for the experience, and was there for two or three years. I embraced the Mexican culture and I was like a sponge, I soaked up everything in the gym.

"Training in Mexico alongside all the great fighters, and with Nacho, showed me where I need to be.

"When I was sparring with Juan Manuel Márquez, he gave me some advice. I saw the way he trained, which was very efficiently, and I sparred with him for the Pacquiao fights. He had broken the jaw of a sparring partner and they were looking for another quick, southpaw sparring partner and I was in the gym.

"It was a mixture of emotions sparring Marquez: surreal, painful, and exciting. I was proud to be part of it all. Juan lost a majority decision to Pacquiao in their third fight but he knocked him out in their fourth fight the following year, and it's good to know I sparred with Juan Manuel Marquez at his best.

"I'm back training in the UK now but I'm still in contact with Nacho."

After eight pro fights in four years in the UK, Dilmaghani moved to Mexico City, and then on to Toronto. After five fights in Mexico, and seven in Canada, Dilmaghani is now based back in the UK where he has his second fight since returning this weekend.

Dilmaghani, who is now with English trainer Lee Wilkins in Crayford, is in action on UK free-to-air television on Saturday, with the plan being to gain more attention and improve his chances of big domestic fights against the likes of Josh Warrington, of Leeds, the IBF world featherweight champion, or former titlist Carl Frampton, of Northern Ireland.

"I will take what ever fight I can get at featherweight or junior lightweight, and at featherweight there are potentially some big fights for me in the UK," Dilmaghani said.

At the time of sparring with Marquez, Dilmaghani was also studying for a law degree at Southampton University.

"I'm not the first boxer with a degree," he added.

"Marquez was an accountant, and Juan Diaz had a degree and so did Nathan Cleverly. My mum instilled a great work ethic in me, and whether it was the degree or boxing I've always worked hard.

"For me, it's not about money, it's all about leaving a legacy."

[NoScoutingReports]

Dilmaghani 5/1 to get the stoppage this weekend, how do people see the chances of that? Not a big KO record but as covered above his stoppages have come in his 10 most recent outings which bodes well. Good to see him get some exposure on free-to-air TV also

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Full undercard is live from 6:30pm

[ILikeBeer]

How come the undercard isn't on Spike?

[Ruthless-RKO]

How come the undercard isn't on Spike?

I think it’s from 7

Just watch it above on youtube

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Live from York Hall in London, UK
Hennessy Sports, Channel 5 and Infinitum presents: Alex Dilmaghani vs. Francisco Fonseca
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Live on 5Spike: 7pm
Live on Channel 5: 9pm
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Main Event

Vacant IBO World Super-Featherweight Championship
Alex Dilmaghani vs. Francisco Fonseca

Undercard

Vacant WBA International Super-Featherweight Championship
John Joe Nevin vs. Freddy Fonseca

4 Round Middleweight Contest
Michael Hennessy Jr. vs. TBA

6 Round Super-Lightweight Contest
Connor Marsden vs. Craig Woodruff

Remainder of card

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[ILikeBeer]

How come the undercard isn't on Spike?

I think it’s from 7

Just watch it above on youtube

Spike seem to be showing a Sylvester Stallone movie.

[cutsman]

Dilmaghani 5/1 to get the stoppage this weekend, how do people see the chances of that? Not a big KO record but as covered above his stoppages have come in his 10 most recent outings which bodes well. Good to see him get some exposure on free-to-air TV also

7/1 skybet boost

[NoScoutingReports]

Dilmaghani 5/1 to get the stoppage this weekend, how do people see the chances of that? Not a big KO record but as covered above his stoppages have come in his 10 most recent outings which bodes well. Good to see him get some exposure on free-to-air TV also

7/1 skybet boost

[Ruthless-RKO]

I think it’s from 7

Just watch it above on youtube

Spike seem to be showing a Sylvester Stallone movie.

Just catch it on Youtube then until it’s on 5.