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Ted Cheeseman To Return, York Hall

‘The Big Cheese’ will box on a JDNXTGEN card at Bethnal Green’s famous York Hall venue, exclusively live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN Stateside.

A win for Cheeseman will line-up another defence of his Lonsdale belt against current WBA International champion at the weight Scott Fitzgerald.



Craig Richards will face Andre Sterling on the card at York Hall, while it is expected that Shannon Courtenay, Charles Frankham – who will debut on May 10 at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham – and Commonwealth middleweight champion Felix Cash will also feature among others.

Anyone know about this Fin that Benn is fighting?Jussi Koivula 24-6-1.

KiwiRider wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 16:05 Anyone know about this Fin that Benn is fighting?Jussi Koivula 24-6-1.

Another Peynaud for Benn possibly?

he got dropped by a 2-20 guy a few fights ago, though tbf from a look at his record he seems like overall a decent opponent for benn. and hes fought at 147 and 154 regularly so not a midget coming up

no real notable wins, but lost a split to sammy vargas , won some rounds vs minoume and some other ebu-ish types. challenged for ebu vs bundu though got stopped in 9. good experience.

if benn totally mugged him it would be a good result

Well done to Conor Benn.

Headlining his first show.

Benn (14-0, 9 KOs) follows in the footsteps of his father Nigel, a former two-weight World champion, who headlined against Robbie Sims at the famous East London venue back in 1991, and ‘The Destroyer’ is promising to deliver another explosive performance when he meets the 24-6-1 Fin over ten rounds.

“It’s a blessing to be headlining a show this early on in my career,” said Benn. “This is the biggest fight of my career to date and it’s definitely a sign of progress. I’m ready to put on an entertaining performance for all of my fans. Everyone knows what my last couple of fights were like at York Hall, it was madness and there’s going to be fireworks again.

“It’s a legendary East End venue. When you’re in there as a fighter it feels like a jungle. Everyone is packed in and they all want to see blood. There’s no other energy like it, it’s on you and you feel like a gladiator. This is about putting on another performance for my supporters and that’s exactly what I’m going to do on June 21.

“It isn’t going to get much worse than the first Peynaud fight, that was an absolute nightmare. It was scarring. I went through the trenches and I’ve never felt anything like that – the heat and fans screaming – it’s like they’re in your corner. I’m ready to go again and put on a beautiful display this time around.”

Bermondsey Super-Welterweight Ted Cheeseman (15-1, 9 KOs) returns to make the first defence of his British title after suffering a tough first career loss to European champion Sergio Garcia earlier in the year. ‘The Big Cheese’ is determined to bounce back with a win as he eyes a huge domestic showdown with Preston’s Scott Fitzgerald.

Crystal Palace Light-Heavyweight Craig Richards (14-1, 8 KOs) settled his long-standing feud with Jake Ball in February, clinically stopping his rival in three rounds at The O2 after flooring the Surrey man in each round on his way to claiming the WBA Continental title.

‘Spider’ jumps straight back into another tasty domestic showdown as he takes on undefeated former Southern Area champion Andre Sterling (10-0, 4 KOs) in an intriguing all-London Final Eliminator for the prestigious Lord Lonsdale Light-Heavyweight belt.

Crowthorne Super-Featherweight Charles Frankham (1-0) looks to make if two wins from two fights after making a winning start to life in the professional ranks last week, outpointing Tzemal Xouseinoglou on his long-awaited debut at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham.

Fast-rising Watford Bantamweight talent Shannon Courtenay (2-0) steps up to take part in her first six round contest after racking up wins against Cristina Busuioc at the Copper Box Arena and Roz Silyanova at The O2 last time out.

Former Commonwealth Super-Featherweight champion Reece Bellotti (13-2, 11 KOs) steps through the ropes for the first time since his British title loss to Ryan Walsh on the Dillian Whyte vs. Derek Chisora 2 undercard in December determined to return to winning ways.

Ohio Lightweight prospect Otha Jones III (1-0) takes part in his second professional contest after outpointing Giorgi Gelashvili on his pro debut at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York in March.

jamamb wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 17:07 he got dropped by a 2-20 guy a few fights ago, though tbf from a look at his record he seems like overall a decent opponent for benn. and hes fought at 147 and 154 regularly so not a midget coming up

no real notable wins, but lost a split to sammy vargas , won some rounds vs minoume and some other ebu-ish types. challenged for ebu vs bundu though got stopped in 9. good experience.

if benn totally mugged him it would be a good result

Thanks for that Jammy
Appreciated. So a step up from Paynard, and with more experience. The Vargas result is pretty decent. I didn't see that one, but all the fights I've seen of Sammy, he gives it a jolly good go despite his 'limitations' that have prevented career advancement.
Should be good.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 17:49 Well done to Conor Benn.

Headlining his first show.

Bit of a blow for Cheese though
One loss, and Conor bloody Benn is taking top spot

didnt this courtney chick have no am fights and simply died her hair blond and trained near aj, thats how shes now being billed for matchroom tv cards? lol

jamamb wrote: ↑31 May 2019, 19:32 didnt this courtney chick have no am fights and simply died her hair blond and trained near aj, thats how shes now being billed for matchroom tv cards? lol

She did win couple of local amateur titles - I doubt Booth would take her in his gym if she wasn’t decent - he doesn’t usually keep huge amount of fighters.

KiwiRider wrote: ↑24 May 2019, 19:20 Bit of a blow for Cheese though
One loss, and Conor bloody Benn is taking top spot

Totally agree with ya

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Only 4 seated tickets remaining at £149 each.

9 unresevered seates available at £46 each.

Fabio Wardley should be on this bill , needs to be more active .

Conor Benn displayed his imposing physique at a bad-tempered JD NXTGEN weigh-in as Joshua Buatsi was involved in a backstage bust-up.

The unbeaten welterweight comfortably made the limit, coming in at 10st 6lbs 2oz, but opponent Jussi Koivula had to return to the scales after he was marginally over 10st 7lbs for Friday's bill-topping fight at York Hall in Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports.

Tempers had flared when Buatsi crossed paths with light-heavyweight rival Andre Sterling, who also exchanged heated words with Craig Richards as they faced off in front of the cameras.

Richards was slightly heavier at 12st 6lbs 4oz, while Sterling was also inside the limit at 12st 5lbs 3oz.

Ted Cheeseman appeared in peak condition at 10st 12lbs 7oz ahead of his British super-welterweight title defence against Kieron Conway, who came in at 10st 13lbs 4oz.

Shannon Courtenay also returns to action, weighing in at 8st 8lbs 7oz, and Charles Frankham tipped the scales at 9st 9lbs for his second professional fight.

an imposing 5'7 147