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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — Zak Miller and Zach Parker produced contrasting decisions, the former winning featherweight gold in an upset, during Queensberry’s first card of 2025. Elsewhere, Jack Rafferty served Southern Area champion Reece MacMillan a reality check to retain his British and Commonwealth 140-pound titles. Read below for the undercard fight recaps… Continue reading “Chisora-Wallin undercard: Rafferty stops MacMillan, Miller edges Abdulah in thriller”
George Liddard believes he’s matured exponentially, both physically and mentally over the past year-and-a-half as the Billericay man seeks to prove why he’s Britain’s best at 160lbs. The 22-year-old must first get past Derrick Osaze this weekend in his first main event matchup on Matchroom’s NXTGN bill. Continue reading “George Liddard embracing pressure before Derrick Osaze step-up in O2 headliner”
Denzel Bentley will get a second crack at world championship gold in 2025 after outboxing Brad Pauls to defend his #1 WBO world ranking, snatching the British middleweight strap – as well as two other titles – after a tense 12-round affair, headlining a busy night’s action as Queensberry took their fruitful Magnificent Seven concept down to the nation’s capital three weeks before Christmas. Continue reading “Three-time! Bentley drops Pauls in UD12 win, reclaims British middleweight gold”
Cornwall’s Brad Pauls was deemed merely a plucky challenger first time around six months earlier when the Birmingham bill was announced as Nathan Heaney’s first British middleweight title defence. English champion at the time but having fallen short against Tyler Denny on a big TV spot with Sky Sports a year prior, history would likely repeat itself. Brad refused to let that happen. Continue reading “Brad Pauls became British champion the hard way, and now can reap the rewards”
Brad Pauls’ persistence saw him score two knockdowns and swarm Nathan Heaney to become the new British middleweight champion. Chantelle Cameron was classy in her Queensberry debut while Andrew Cain’s concussive power saw him unify bantamweight titles – after Ekow Essuman’s thrilling comeback knockout against Owen Cooper to win WBO European welterweight gold. Continue reading “Pauls overwhelms Heaney to claim British middleweight title in Birmingham rematch”
Britain’s Hamzah Sheeraz faces the toughest test of his pro career tonight, as he captains Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions in their heavily-anticipated 5v5 duel with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom stable from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He’ll face unbeaten American southpaw Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams, with big things tipped for the victor given the existing landscape at middleweight. Continue reading “Hamzah Sheeraz interview: Queensberry captain before tonight’s 5v5 promotional show in Riyadh vs. Ammo Williams”
Six months removed from his surprise defeat by Nathan Heaney, former British middleweight champion Denzel Bentley exercised patience and punishment in equal measure to stop former sparring partner Danny Dignum after a trio of knockdowns inside two rounds as the 29-year-old marked his return in style. Continue reading “Too sharp! Denzel dices Dignum in two rounds, wipes slate clean on 160lb return”
Nathan Heaney is still British middleweight champion, but only just after a hard-fought split draw over twelve rounds against English titlist Brad Pauls in their Birmingham headliner overnight. Elsewhere, Liam Davies wasted no time seizing IBO world gold at 122lbs with another fast finish after big wins for Pierce O’Leary and Dennis McCann among others on a busy undercard. Continue reading “Pauls holds Heaney to split draw after Davies wins IBO world title in Birmingham”
Billed as a crossroads clash, this quickly proved anything but. Rising middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz wasted no time scoring a marquee maiden main event win and let his boxing talk for him, needing less than a full round to complete a stunning demolition job against former world title challenger Liam Williams as a shocked Copper Box Arena crowd watched on. Continue reading “Sheeraz swarms Williams, scores two knockdowns en route to fantastic R1 finish”
Much has been placed on Hamzah Sheeraz’s shoulders as the rising middleweight faces his toughest test to headline the Copperbox Arena this weekend, but Frank Warren has a clear plan of action involving him and a highly motivated Anthony Yarde. So, will all go to plan? Continue reading “Frank Warren eyes Heaney-Sheeraz, Buatsi-Yarde if his plans prove successful”
Newly-crowned British middleweight champion Nathan Heaney is eyeing a world title shot against unified world titlist Janibek Alimkhanuly this time next year, after detailing his three-fight plan for 2024 – including headlining Stoke’s football stadium in the summer after making a defence of the Londsale belt. Continue reading “British middleweight champion Heaney eyes Janibek in three-fight plan for 2024”
It was an unforgettable night for the travelling Stoke faithful, as their hometown hero Nathan Heaney did the unthinkable at Manchester’s AO Arena: outboxing, outsmarting and absorbing world title challenger Denzel Bentley’s best punches en route to a majority decision win to crown a new British middleweight champion after big wins for Nick Ball and Liam Davies prior. Continue reading “Heaney outboxes, dethrones Bentley to cap a night of frantic upsets in Manchester”
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