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Liam Taylor vs Tyrone Nurse British welterweight title eliminator will be free to watch on vipboxing.tv



Promoter Steve Wood has pulled a terrific headliner out of the bag for his November 17, Victoria Warehouse show, with Middleton's Liam Taylor facing Huddersfield's Tyrone Nurse in a British Welterweight Title eliminator.

“The Board have just signed this fight off, and I’m delighted,” explained VIP Promotions’ head, Wood. “It’s a cracking match that’s worthy of TV coverage, so it’s great for boxing fans that we’ll be showing it live and completely free on vipboxing.tv.”

Taylor and Nurse are no strangers - the pair squared off in 2015, with the experienced Yorkshire fighter eking out a points win after Taylor took the fight at short notice.

Since then, 'Dynamo' has won eight on the bounce to move to 19-1 (10) – while Tyrone has won and lost the British Super Lightweight Title; beating good fighters like Tommy Coyle and Willie Limond in the process, before losing the belt to world rated, Jack Catterall.

Despite Nurse, 35-4-2 (7), coming into this rematch on the back of two defeats - the Catterrall loss, and a contentious reverse to Jack Brubaker in Australia - Liam says he doesn't believe his opponent is in decline, and is preparing for a hard, even encounter.

“I took the fight at two days notice last time, but learned from the experience,” said Liam, who once challenged for the Commonwealth title against Tommy Langford. “I learned how to do the distance, and the difference between a six-round fight and a ten-round fight. It was a good learning fight and wasn't really a bad loss.

“This time we’ll both have the same notice so it’s going to be different. We’re both more experienced, but I’ve been over in America training with Terry Flanagan for four weeks and I’m more than ready.

“On paper, anyone might think he’s on the slide because he’s lost his last two, but Jack Catterall is a quality fighter, and although he lost in Australia, from what I’ve read he got ripped off. So, I don’t think he’s on the slide, he’ll be the same sort of fighter I fought over three years ago. I don’t think he’s changed massively, but I’ve changed a lot, and that will be the difference.

“It will probably be nip and tuck some of the rounds. It will be a close fight, but I’ll be better this time. I see it as a genuine 50-50; some people might sway towards him because of his experience but I believe I’ll win it. I definitely think I can get revenge.”

Whoever comes out on top will face the new British Welterweight king, Johnny Garton. The Peckham man lived up to his ‘Pexican’ moniker on October 10th when he battled Gary Corcoran to a standstill to take the vacant crown in a fight of the year contender. Despite it promising to be a very tough assignment, Taylor says facing Garton is exactly the type of fight he’s interested in now, and that he is ready to test himself amongst Britain’s best.

“I've wanted the Garton fight for over a year, and I want it even more now,” said the 27-year-old. “I watched the highlights of his fight with Corcoran, everyone I've spoken to said it was a great fight, but I think I'd outbox both of them.

“Garton is a very tough, game fighter, and he's probably overachieved what he thought he would do. It's a top story, he’s going to give anyone a hard fight because he doesn’t stop coming forward, but I actually thought Corcoran would stop him, so he proved me wrong.

“All I want now is the big fights. I'm 20 fights into my career, I’m ready to test myself to see how ready I am, and if I'm not ready now then I'm never going to be ready for domestic level. At the moment though I’m thinking about no one apart from Tyrone Nurse.”

“The first fight between Liam and Tyrone was a good one, but it came too early for Liam and with such short notice he was always up against it,” assessed Wood. “I think this time it will be even better, both need to win – I’m not sure where Tyrone goes if he loses, and Liam has been asking for a big fight, and now’s the time for him to make his mark.”

VIP Promotions presents an evening of boxing at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse on November 17. Headlining will be Middleton’s Liam Taylor and Huddersfield’s Tyrone Nurse in a British Welterweight Title eliminator.

Also appearing will be Salford’s Luke Evans and Luke Vaughan; Manchester’s Charlie Schofield, Brad Rea and Kane Gardner; Delph’s Andy Kremner; Leeds’ Bob Ajisafe; Rochdale’s Muhammad Ali; Oldham’s Joe Eko; and Liverpool’s Adam Farrell.

Tickets priced at £35 (general), £60 (ringside) are available from all boxers, or at vipboxing.tv

The show will also be streamed live and free at vipboxing.tv

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Ahead of the contest, the pair both spoke to Lee Hogan from VIP TV.

Nurse: “I’m excited for it. I can’t wait; it’s just nice to get back in the ring and get active again. It’s a great show and a good line up on the undercard.”

Taylor: “The first fight was exciting. Everyone who knows boxing, knows we’re both good fighters. It’s a 50-50 fight, and the people who come to watch it are going to enjoy it. If I stick to my plan, it’s going to be a close fight, but it’s one I believe I can win.”

Fancy Taylor on points here. Good fight.

I’ve gone the other way. I fancy Nurse on Points.

Nurse is so frustrating.
You could put together a highlights video where he looks a million dollars. Got everything, except one-shot power, (and that's rare even in the elite fighters). He never puts it all together though.

He got robbed in his last fight in OZ.

Need to find my scorecard. But the rounds seemed easy enough to score, and I’m sure I had Nurse a few to the good.

skanksta wrote: ↑14 Nov 2018, 09:51 Nurse is so frustrating.
You could put together a highlights video where he looks a million dollars. Got everything, except one-shot power, (and that's rare even in the elite fighters). He never puts it all together though.

Exactly!
I forgive him the late notice fight, and sympathise the decision in Australia. But heck, I see really decent flashes of true talent, and then...

Anyone gna tune into this??

watching now, 8-0 luke evans outboxing 3-3 cheeseman lookalike lee gunter. evans solid skills and speed but seemingly no pop. one of my knocks on the smaller shows is you tend to get a lot of fights involving guys who get very few stoppages vs outclassed guys who rarely get stopped. lots of drama less 40-36 or 60-55 type fights that you could tell 30 seconds in would go that way

gunter tbf is game and coming forward, not just going into some shell and obviously trying to spoil and survive

evans wins 60-54. seems a pretty smooth boxer for that level, not sure how hell do vs better opposition though with seemingly no power

well done to VIP for putting this online live, the picture quality is spot on

JimJim2009 wrote: ↑17 Nov 2018, 16:31 well done to VIP for putting this online live, the picture quality is spot on

It’s bang on mate.

Like Hobson putting boxing on FreeSports.

i love the VIP shows, and the "as it is" commentary. always enjoy Machaj on them, just looked him up he hasn't fought for 18 months since he beat Tom Dallas, a shame as he can be lively and entertaining.

well done to liam taylor tonight, he did well (split decision win over nurse).

YTaylor picks up a split decision win. I had him just shading it. Good win for him

Really enjoyable night of boxing, great pictures and great camera work.

Hope VIP stream more cards like this. Good to see these shows instead of hearing about them.

Now that was a fight!
I enjoyed the first one, and could easily be drawn in to watch a trilogy
Something with these two guys just makes it really decent.
felt for Nurse regarding the cut, it was bothering him.

I was ringside tonight and that main event was a cracker with very little between the two fighters.

Fights like this really should be on the tv promoting the sport in the best possible way . It put to shame some of the one sided dross we punters put up with on PPV shows and regular tv shows . Real Credit to both fighters and VIP promotions for putting on great competitive British title eliminator on a small hall show-great stuff !
I hope that Taylor is now rewarded with a Title shot- he’s certainly earned it tonight.

Impressive performances from a couple of lads on the undercard too.
Bradley Rea only 20 and in his second fight looks a handful as did “sugar” Kane Gardner .
Special mention to Luke Evans , a Local Salford lad who’s been out for quite some time following an horrific attack in the street and very much on the comeback trail -he’s another one to watch.