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DECEMBER 8TH AT ROBIN PARK ARENA IN LAS WIGAN

Frank Maloney was a happy man on Saturday evening when he walked away with 4 new champions in Gary Woolcombe , Chris Edwards , Jason Booth and Craig Watson who stopped the VIP fighters having a clean sweep on the evening - we finished 5 – 1 for the night :-

ALI NUUMEMBE – Our only looser of the night when the referee stopped the contest in the 9th round due to the constant bleeding of a cut above the left eye of Ali. This was caused by a head clash in the 3rd round and the corner failed to stem the bleeding which was a constant stream and hampered the performance of Ali ,who was constantly being bumped with head clashes that saw the referee speak with Watson but take no action – at the risk of being sore loosers we would question the stoppage which came as the fight was beginning to swing towards Ali who took both the 7th and 8th rounds clearly , the cut was no worse than in the 4th , 5th and 6th rounds which Watson was winning - Ali had the championship experience and it was starting to tell !!

BRIAN ROSE - Moved to 7-0 with a 3rd round stoppage win over the normally durable Sean Falmer who came to fight but was just not in the class of the former stand out English amateur who will be looking for titles in 2008 who shown he can fight as well as box.

ALEX MATTVIENKO – Had his opponent changed at the weigh inn and despite giving nearly a stone away in weight gave his normal all out attacking performance to win all the rounds ,moved to 9-0-2 and will be looking for an area belt in 2008.

GARY SYKES - The former ABA Champion moved to 7-0 with a comfortable 6 round points win over Carl Allen ,although it was not one of his better performance there was still flashes of the speedy, varied and accurate punch combinations that make Gary exciting to watch.

MARK MORAN - Another ABA champion who is finally settling down to the Pro ranks with a 2nd stoppage on the bounce, chopping his opponent in half with a great body shot in the 3rd round. Mark puts this down to a combination of moving up to Super-bantamweight and fighting regularly,he is another VIP fighter that will be competing for titles in 2008.

JACK ARNFIELD - Beat Ben Hudson on points over 4 entertaining rounds as the old stager used all his tricks to survive the non stop attacks of the 18 year old from Blackpool who is now unbeaten in 3 after turning Pro only 2 months ago.

I HOPE FRANK MALONEY GIVES ALI NUUMEMBE A REMATCH WITH WATSON NEXT YEAR THEM THE WINER FIGHTS MARK THOMPSON.

Jack Arnfield is being trained by Anthony Farnell, is he not? Farnell is building a good little camp there. Crolla won again on Saturday.

Terry D wrote:

Sammy Mendelson wrote:Jack Arnfield is being trained by Anthony Farnell, is he not? Farnell is building a good little camp there. Crolla won again on Saturday.

He is trained by Bobby Rimmer.

I stand corrected. Is Gomez training again yet or has he retired?

Sammy Mendelson wrote:Jack Arnfield is being trained by Anthony Farnell, is he not? Farnell is building a good little camp there. Crolla won again on Saturday.

Anthony Bellew, Anthony Crolla, Steven Bell and Kallum De'ath.

Thats Arnie's stable as far as i know.

The quiet man 2004 wrote:

Sammy Mendelson wrote:Jack Arnfield is being trained by Anthony Farnell, is he not? Farnell is building a good little camp there. Crolla won again on Saturday.

Anthony Bellew, Anthony Crolla, Steven Bell and Kallum De'ath.

Thats Arnie's stable as far as i know.

Cheers. Does Bellew prefer being called Anthony or Tony?

Dont think it bothers him. He gets called Bomber most of the time.

Didn't think the cut deserved a stoppage, thought Ali was getting back into the fight.

I always look at the Docherty vs. Abdul Malik Jabir as his cut was terrible and flowed all night, but the ref let it go and Docherty came and ground the win out.

I think fights sometimes get stopped prematurely on cuts.

Whats the worst cut anyone has seen where the fight wasn't stopped and should it have been? Did it hinder the fight and fighter?

That Jack Arnfield is supposed to be a decent little prospect. I saw him lose handily in a Junior ABA final to Birmingham’s Thomas Costello, who is 3-0 (1) as a pro and has just signed to allegedly, in Huddersfield in 2004.

A rematch down the road, perhaps?

Dirk Kelly wrote:Didn't think the cut deserved a stoppage, thought Ali was getting back into the fight.

I always look at the Docherty vs. Abdul Malik Jabir as his cut was terrible and flowed all night, but the ref let it go and Docherty came and ground the win out.

I think fights sometimes get stopped prematurely on cuts.

Whats the worst cut anyone has seen where the fight wasn't stopped and should it have been? Did it hinder the fight and fighter?

Haton against Thaxton mate. That was a real nasty one. Micky Vann always said if it wasn't for Hatton he would've.

PS It's Alex MATVIENKO with one T.......it's spelt wrong everywhere! Does his head in.... :)

Decent night of boxing, was gutted for Ali...

gomez had two bad cuts when he fort YOUSSEF AL HAMIDI & CARL JOHANNESON.

ME TO I WAS GUTTED FOR ALI BUT THEY COULD NOT STOP THE CUT IN THE CORNER LETS HOPE THEY GET REMATCH.

What about the kid De'ath? According BN he looked good on the Oldham show recently and was a good amateur if i recall the write up. One for the future?

Read about him, am hoping to get to that Oldham show in Feb to see him fight....

Captain Hook wrote:PS It's Alex MATVIENKO with one T.......it's spelt wrong everywhere! Does his head in.... :)

Decent night of boxing, was gutted for Ali...

No it's not, it's Alex Mattttvienko "AKA Bolton's 1 man riot"!!

It is now officially alex fatvienko got breasts like cocker spaniels ears

There was a rumour it was going to be Martinibianco....

or Drank-me-Kenco.....