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VIP Fighters sold out Wigan last Friday evening and came through unbeaten in another great night of boxing

JAMIE MOORE – Retained his British title with a 11th round stoppage of the awkward Andrew Facey in what proved to be a testing contest as expected. It will have done Jamie no harm as he tuned up for his next fight ,which will be for the European title.

MARK THOMPSON – Won a tough 8 round battle against French man Frank Horta who shown why he had never been stopped taking every punch of Mark and just coming back for more , it will be interesting to see if any other welterweight prospects bring him back over. It was a hard fought win and will have helped educate Mark for his future British title eliminator challenge.

MARK MORAN - Moved to 7 unbeaten with a win over Gavin Reid who came to fight and made it a great fight to watch , the quality of the home fighter proved decisive as Mark picked and mixed his punches up very well.

MARTIN MURRAY – Shown why many people believe he is one of the best prospects in the country with a 1 round stoppage of Phil Nicholson

CARL DILCS - Gained his first stoppage win with a TKO in round 4 over Lee Nicholson who came to fight but was outclassed and was stopped in the last round after visiting the canvas 2 times.

JACK ARNFIELD - A very impressive debut for the 18year old who stopped the normally durable Louise Byrne in the first round. Jack showed maturity above his years with a great variety of punches landing before the stoppage. which maybe was a little premature.

NEWS ON ANOTHER GREAT SHOW WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK !

What was mark like after the fight, did you have any thoughts on his performance and what it was like to be in with such a tough operator? Very testing and tiring fight that will do him the world of good in the future.

Dirk ,

Mark was OK after the fight but knew he did not box as well as he can and does in the gym.

Considering that he was to fight a British eliminator,then a CA title and only 1 day before lands a very hard and capeable Frenchman that we knew nothing about ,he did very well indeed.

The experience will have furthered his ring education and help him prepare for the final eliminator with Kell Brook which has to happen before the end of March 2008.

Cheers...SW

I'm looking forward to the Kell Brook fight, but i see that Brook is lined up to fight Gary Young in December, which is not a foregone conclusion for Brook.

Whoever wins , hopefully Mark will get the winner.

It was a tough fight for him last Friday, but a good learning process. Horta is a toughman, he would be a test for any of the young welters coming through.