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IN A CRUISERWEIGHT CRACKER, the undefeated Ellis Zorro will fight for the vacant WBO European title against former British champion Hosea Burton at York Hall on Friday May 12, live on BT Sport from 7:30pm.

Also, at light heavyweight, Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna returns to London to defend the WBC International title he won in January when he takes on Willy Hutchinson, who is bidding for a maiden title at the weight

Light heavyweight Karol Itauma (9-1, 7 KOs) will look to get back to winning ways in eight-round action following his Wembley defeat to Maderna, with Southampton snapper Ryan Garner (12-0, 6) returning to the ring over six rounds, along with formidable Polish cruiserweight Michal Soczynski (5-0, 2) and welterweight prospects Sean Noakes (4-0, 2) and George Davey (6-0-1, 1).

“I think Ellis Zorro going up against Hosea Burton is a terrific fight and one that can catapult Ellis right into the thick of the cruiserweight mix if he is successful,” said promoter allegedly. “It is a real 50-50 because Hosea is a rejuvenated force now he has stepped up from light heavyweight.

“I am also looking forward to seeing Willy Hutchinson come of age at light heavyweight and make good on his obvious potential against a quality opponent who we know all about. The same goes for Ryan Garner, who is back in the ring after missing out for much of last year through no fault of his own. Ryan remains a top quality operator and just needs to crack on now and get in some big fights.”

Boxxer cruiserweight tournament winner Zorro (15-0, 6) returned to traditional action with a hard-fought points triumph over Dec Spelman in September of last year and now bids for a maiden professional title belt.

Burton (28-3, 12) jumped up to cruiserweight after being defeated by Dan Azeez in a British title challenge in November 2021. The 34-year-old became British champion in 2016 via a stoppage of Miles Shinkwin and previously challenged for the WBO European title.

Hutchinson (15-1, 11) has clocked up two impressive stoppage victories since returning to light heavyweight after making an unsuccessful tilt at the British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles against Lennox Clarke in 2021.

The experienced Maderna (29-10, 19) stopped Itauma via a big right at Wembley Arena to win the vacant WBC International belt, with the Argentinean having previously come up against the likes of Artur Beterbiev, Jose Uzcategui and Fedor Chudinov.

Next Weekend!!

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 06:22 Next Weekend!!

weekday

Glass Joe wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 06:41

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 06:22 Next Weekend!!

weekday

Weekend starts Friday after work

Got my brothers staggers in benidorm this weekend, gonna have to record this card

Actually quite looking forward to this smaller show, top two fights are both well-matched.

Still, I'd love to know what Ryan Garner has against journeymen who are from Spain by way of Nicaragua.

Came across this interview which was pretty good. Gives good insight into what happened with him not getting signed by Boxxer after the tournament win and his own personal struggles and challenges with his daughter.

A couple of fights I think will be good on this card..
Definitely going to try and watch it, BT Sports can be tricky if your outside the UK.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑06 Apr 2023, 05:51

Damn. Hosea looks like a 50 year old Dixons manager…..

Good fight this.

Intriguing to see how much Burton has left, especially up at Cruiserweight, Zorro doesn't strike me as the biggest CW on the block or the biggest puncher, recall Spelman having him in a bit of trouble at one point, good matchmaking here.

Burton says he’ll retire if he loses.

Live from York Hall in London, UK.
Queensberry Promotions Present: Zorro vs. Burton

Time: 7 pm (UK time)
TV/Live stream: BT Sport 1
Time: 2 pm ET | 11 am PT
TV/Live stream: | Price:

Fight Card

Card subject to change.

Vacant WBO European Cruiserweight Championship
Ellis Zorro vs. Hosea Burton

WBC International Light Heavyweight Championship
Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna vs. Willy Hutchinson

8 Round Light-Heavyweight Contest
Karol Itauma vs. Khalid Graidia

6 Round Bantamweight Contest
Chris Bourke vs Kevin Trana

6 Round Welterweight Contest
Sean Noakes vs Robin Zamora

Undercard

6 Round Lightweight Contest
Ryan Garner vs Eduardo Valverde

6 Round Cruiserweight Contest
Michal Soczynski vs Israel Duffus

6 Round Super-Welterweight Contest
George Davey vs Bartosz Glowacki

6 Round Heavyweight Contest
Aloys Youmbi vs Ethan King

Friday Night Boxing!

In 40 minutes.

Yeah, Aloys should get a KO...

Good prospect.

These fake crowd noises are really annoying and seem to be broadcast at random times. Also, is this on delay? They played some between rounds then the commentary apologised for bad language even though we hadn't heard it

veriton wrote: ↑12 May 2023, 14:57 These fake crowd noises are really annoying and seem to be broadcast at random times. Also, is this on delay? They played some between rounds then the commentary apologised for bad language even though we hadn't heard it

says "live" on screen ?

Can't be live as they are cutting out swearing between rounds

Yeah is strange.

poochie and tris were talking about not using British Journey men in boxing and using fighters aboard and them falling over after one punch in their recent podcast

Itauma had some excuses last time out - making the weight wrong and getting the runs, apparently.

Probably true - he was strangely awful last time.
As long as he looks good tonight...

itauma had can crushed on absolute sheeyat for the most part before losing. maderna was an olympian and has given some decent fighters tests. not too bizarre

yeah, bit too soon etc.

IF he had did have an excuse it wasn't terrible.
But Itauma looked a bit chinny and ragged again there !?