Maloney Promotions Press Release

kevin · Post by **kevin** » 13 Jul 2006, 09:06

The rebirth

David Haye said from his training camp yesterday that he was looking forward to fighting in what is the fight capital of British boxing, Manchester.

Manchester has seen many great fights over the past few years and has taken the shine away from London for boxing. Haye tops the bill on 21st at the Altrincham Leisure and the show sees the start of a new generation of Manchester fighters looking to establish themselves and keep Manchester in forefront of boxing, alongside boxers like Ricky Hatton, Anthony Farnell, Michael Gomez and Michael Brodie.

Altrincham Leisure Centre sees Manchester newest prospect Mark Thompson stepping up to his first six threes. In his last fight he stopped Alex Stoda in one round. Stoda was the man who stopped London prospect Sam Webb at the end of May.

Thompson who has quickly progressed to 7-0 is looking to establish himself among Britain's leading welterweights and light-middleweights and will be keeping an eye on London's Anthony Small who is also on the bill.

Also stepping across the county lines is Yorkshire's rising star John Fewkes who will be bringing an army of Yorkshiremen to Lancashire with him looking to follow in the footsteps of Paul Ingle, Naseem Hamed and Herol Graham.

The rest of the undercard is made up of some of Manchester brightest young prospects.

And having his second pro fight on the bill is Chris Pacy, former ABA champion and star of Army boxing known as 'Soldier Boy' and the eagerly awaited debut of 2005 ABA welterweight champion Brett Fourney who hails from the Brian Hughes' gym in Collyhurst that has produced many top Manchester fighters.

David Haye is backed up by British light-middleweight champion Jamie Moore who has fully recovered and is looking to put on a sparkling performance to answer his critics and come the end of the summer he will topping the bill himself against Matthew Macklin in an eagerly awaited British light-middlweight title clash.

Haye was quoted as saying yesterday "On the 21st July just before the majority of people go on holiday, I am going to give the British fans something to cheer about after a bad few months of British sport for football and cricket fans out there. I am going to show that British fighters are number one and I will put a smile on their faces as they chill out on the beaches.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jul 2006, 09:42

No mention of opponent Kev? Those PR boys eh?

kevin · Post by **kevin** » 13 Jul 2006, 09:46

Opponent for who?

Full card as at today can be found at

http://www.britishboxing.net/schedules-UK.html

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jul 2006, 10:16

Haye's opponent doesn't seem to get a mention.

tea · Post by **tea** » 13 Jul 2006, 13:02

HAYES OPPONENT ISNT WORTH A MENTION,HE GOT HAMMERED ROUND AFTER ROUND BY MACCARANELLI 18 MONTH AGO.....SOME EUROPEAN TITLE THIS ONE HAYES GOT,ROSSITO ON 3 DAYS NOTICE,THAT CLOWN LAST TIME....I CANT EVEN REMEMBER HIS NAME....AND NOW ABDOUL....WHO NEARLY WON A ROUND AGAINST MACCA WHEN LAST OVER HERE....ALL BULLSHIT AS USUAL....

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 13 Jul 2006, 15:32

I have to agree with Tea there - I was so chuffed that Haye took on Gurov, but his moment since gaining the EBU title has slowed. His opponents haven't been great.

Who is the EBU mandatory, and when is it due?

kevin · Post by **kevin** » 13 Jul 2006, 15:36

The mandatory challenger is Cantatore but I very much doubt they will meet as Haye wants that World title!

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 13 Jul 2006, 15:40

Kevin wrote:The mandatory challenger is Cantatore but I very much doubt they will meet as Haye wants that World title!

I hope they don't either, Haye vs Cantatore wouldn't be a great one. Yes, better than his defences but Cantatore isn't mister invincible.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 13 Jul 2006, 15:52

stujones wrote:
Kevin wrote:The mandatory challenger is Cantatore but I very much doubt they will meet as Haye wants that World title!
I hope they don't either, Haye vs Cantatore wouldn't be a great one. Yes, better than his defences but Cantatore isn't mister invincible.

He floored and really hurt Nelson though, which means he could certainly KO Haye if he caught him right!