BoxRec

VIP RESULTS FROM LEIGHT – 6TH MAY

CHRIS JOHNSON – Retained his CA Welterweight title against Neil Beavers in a cracking contest which swung one way to the other. Neil came flying out putting a lot of pressure on Chris who absorbed it well and picked off some nice shots of his own , as the fight went on the punches of Chris became more frequent and harder eventually dropping the always advancing Beavers and then stopping him with the referees intervention.

TERRY NEEDHAM – Moved to 3-0 with a points win over Matt Seawright who hung on desperately in the last round.

CRAIG BOARDMAN – Beat the always live Carl Allen on points.

PHIL FURY – Had a points win over Lewis Byrne.

MAXINE McCARTHY – Remains unbeaten after a points victory over Belgium Zsofia Bido.

AARAN MICHEAL JNR – Did not box after a mix up at the doctors who forgot to take blood tests when having his medicals

MIKE STAFFORD – Was left fuming when opponent Lee Kellet withdrew on the afternoon of the show. Lees manager originally advised that his scan had not been approved at the board but this was wrong , Lee then said he now arranged to work in his shop and could no longer make it

Footage of all the fights will be available shortly on www.VIPBoxing.tv

billy bessey wrote:another tough one for Phil Fury i see. And some people wonder why pro boxing is on the slide

Poor stuff by Lee's team. I know a few lads who travelled down to find out Mike had no fight.

jBacca wrote:Poor stuff by Lee's team. I know a few lads who travelled down to find out Mike had no fight.

I presume you mean Stafford / Kellett ?

Kellett posted on this site mid-week that he was "in bed dying" and I was surprised they didn't find another opponent for a boxer who had sold tickets (not sure when VIP were told ?).

I am sure it was genuine, but Kellett does seem to pull out of quite a few fights at late notice.

VIP only got the phone call 90 minutes before the event started.

Stegsie wrote:VIP only got the phone call 90 minutes before the event started.

The thread has been pulled now, but I think Kellett posted the comment on Wednesday.

jBacca wrote:Poor stuff by Lee's team. I know a few lads who travelled down to find out Mike had no fight.

He said on here yesterday that he wasnt fighting&getting ready for Howard Daley on 28th
have a look..

Lee turned up at the venue and refused to box once last year! Any boxrec lads thinking of going to Preston should be careful.

Bripez/Tommy Gun ,

Been looking for the thread to see what had been said but can assure you if we knew then a replacement would have been found.

In the text from Lee he said Paul Morris would take the fight , we tried that avenue but it was to late in the day.

Shame for Mike , VIP and the punters who missed out on a fight.

STEVE WOOD

STEVE WOOD wrote:Bripez/Tommy Gun ,

Been looking for the thread to see what had been said but can assure you if we knew then a replacement would have been found.

In the text from Lee he said Paul Morris would take the fight , we tried that avenue but it was to late in the day.

Shame for Mike , VIP and the punters who missed out on a fight.

STEVE WOOD

The thread got deleted as it all went a bit mad.

Tommy Gunn13 wrote:

jBacca wrote:Poor stuff by Lee's team. I know a few lads who travelled down to find out Mike had no fight.

He said on here yesterday that he wasnt fighting&getting ready for Howard Daley on 28th
have a look..

I saw the post mate, but his team didn't say anything till just before the fight.