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31 - 2 - 1


Tomasz Adamek

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Tyson Fury

21 - 0 - 0


FIGHT DIARY

20 Thursday, Jun

The Deck, Essington, Pennsylvania: Yordenis Ugas v s/o; Tim Witherspoon Jnr v s/o; Joey Tiberi v s/o. (Promoter: Champions of Tomorrow).

Club Defensores de Villa Lujan, San Miguel, Argentina: Carlos Ruben Dario Ruiz v Diego Luis Pichardo Liriano.

Maadi Sar Youth Center, Cairo, Egypt: Adel Faragaly v Ahmed Saed. (Promoter: Louaa Boxing Promotion).

21 Friday, Jun

Dynamo Palace of Sports in Krylatskoye, Moscow, Russia: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (holder) v Rakhim Chakhkiev (WBC cruiserweight title). (Promoter: FK Boxing & DRS Promotion).

Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (ESPN2): Rances Barthelemy v Fahsai Sakkreerin; Caleb Truax v Don George; Jeremy McLaurin v Tony Lee; Charles Meier v Tyler Hultin; Mohammed Kayongo v Brandon Baue; Joey Abell v Maurenzo Smith. 

22 Saturday, Jun

East of England Showground, Peterborough: Danny Butler (holder) v Cello Renda (English middleweight title); Jordan Gill v s/o. (Promoter: Robert Waterman).

Town Hall, Hove: Ben Jones v s/o; Paddy McDonagh v s/o; JJ McDonagh v s/o; Lee Jenman v Joe Walsh; Ben Butler v s/o; Marcus Eaton v s/o; Aaron Balmer v s/o; Jay Morris v s/o; Nicky Jenman v Didier Blanch. (Promoter: Assassin Promotions. Tel: 07803 744109).

Clifton Leisure Centre, Nottingham: Leigh Wood v Ian Bailey; Jason Booth v Ryan McNicol; Shane McPhilbin v James Oliphant; Adrian Gonzalez v Pavels Senkovs; Terry Maughan v Rick Boulter; Chris Goodwin v Youssef Al Hamidi. (Promoter: P.J Rowson & Jason McClory).

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York (BoxNation & Showtime): Paul Malignaggi (holder) v Adrien Broner (WBA world welterweight title); Sakio Bika v Marco Antonio Periban (vacant WBC super-middleweight title); Johnathon Banks v Seth Mitchell; Julian Williams v s/o; Juan Dominguez v Brad Patraw; Marcus Browne v s/o; Rau’shee Warren v s/o; Jamel Herring v Calvin Smith. (Promoter:Golden Boy Promotions).

 

 General Alvear, Argentina: Juan Carlos Reveco (holder) v Ulises Lara (WBA world flyweight title); Gumersindo Lucas Carrasco v s/o. (Promoter: O.R. Promotions).

 

Hotel Azul Ixtapa, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico: Fernando Montiel v Jaderes Padua (vacant WBC International super-bantamweight title); Jorge Cota v s/o; Arturo Santos Reyes v s/o; Adrian Verdugo v s/o; Eduardo Escobedo v s/o. (Promoter: Promociones del Pubelo & Kochul Montiel Producciones).

28 Friday, Jun

Olympia, Liverpool (BoxNation): Frankie Gavin v Denton Vassell (for Gavin’s British welterweight title and Vassell’s Commonwealth welterweight title); Paul Butler v s/o; Stephen Smith v s/o; Liam Smith v s/o; Joe Murray v s/o; Joe Selkirk v s/o; Ronnie Heffron v s/o; Rhys Roberts v s/o; Craig Evans v s/o; Matty Fagan v s/o. (Promoter: Frank Warren. Tel: 0844 2491000).

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World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE: Xiong Zhao Zhong (holder) v Denver Cuello (WBC strawweight title); Sofiane Sebihi v Sunday King Hammer; Said Ouali v s/o; Faruq Saleem v Ali Adams. (Promoter: Lion Heart Boxing Productions).

 

Veteran’s Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida (ESPN2): Grzegorz Proksa v Sergio Mora; Patrick Teixeira v Marcus Willis.

29 Saturday, Jun

Bolton Arena, Bolton (Sky Sports): Gavin Rees v Anthony Crolla; Tony Dodson v Paul Smith (vacant British super-middleweight title); Brian Rose v s/o; Thomas Stalker v s/o; Dale Evans v s/o. (Promoter: Matchroom Boxing. Tel: 0844 8478000). 

York Hall, Bethnal Green: Hari Miles v Menay Edwards; Lee Markham v Alastair Warren; Michael Lomax v Bradley Pryce; Joe Mullender v Gary Boulden; Kris Agyei-Dua v s/o; Michael Devine v Andrei Hramyka; Alan Higgins v Kieron Gray; Johnny Coyle v Dee Mitchell; Dominic Akinlade v Janis Ginters; Sohail Ahmad v Kristian Laight; Myles Cash v s/o; Leon McKenzie v s/o; Isaac Dogboe v s/o. (Promoter: Goodwin Promotions).

 

Civic Hall, Grays: John Wayne Hibbert v s/o; Ryan Taylor v s/o; Billy Wooders v s/o; Shaun Hussein v s/o; Lee Martin v s/o; Micky Steeds v s/o. (Promoter: Carl Greaves Promotions).

The Institute, Birmingham: Jason Welborn vs s/o; Warren Sinden vs s/o; Michael Mooney vs s/o; Andy Harris vs s/o. (Promoter: It's A Bout Boxing).

 

MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut (HBO): Gennady Golovkin (holder) v Matthew Macklin (WBA world middleweight title); Thomas Oosthuizen v Brandon Gonzales; Willie Nelson v Luciano Leonel Cuello; Danny O’Connor v Hector Munoz; Will Rosinsky v s/o; Luis Rosa v s/o; Tony Harrison v s/o; Dusty Hernandez Harrison v s/o. (Promoter: DiBella Entertainment & K2 Promotions).

06 Saturday, Jul

Echo Arena, Liverpool (BoxNation): David Price v Tony Thompson; Darren Hamilton (holder) v Adil Anwar (British light-welterweight title); Kevin Satchell (holder) v Iain Butcher (British flyweight title). (Promoter: Maloney Promotions).

 

Doncaster Dome, Doncaster: Gavin McDonnell (holder) v Ross Burkinshaw (Central Area super-bantamweight title); Wayne Reed (holder) v Stuart Brookes (Central Area super-middleweight title); Andy Townend v Danny Wallace (vacant Central Area super-featherweight title). (Promoter: Stefy Bull Promotions).

 

Civic Hall, Wolverhampton: Ryan Aston v s/o; Joe Costello v s/o; Ricky Summers v s/o. (Promoter: First Team Promotions. Tel: 07976 283157).

 

Sport Palace, Kiev, Ukraine: Zaurbek Baysangurov (holder) v Demetrius Andrade (WBO light-middleweight title); Andriy Rudenko v Denis Bakhtov; Umar Salamov v Ravshan Djabbarov. (Promoter: K2 Promotions Ukraine).

12 Friday, Jul

North Kesteven Centre, North Hykeham: Bobby Jenkinson v s/o; Rick Boulter v Vaclav Skromach; Mitch Mitchell v Jody Meikle. (Promoter: Carl Greaves Promotions).

13 Saturday, Jul

Craven Park Stadium, Hull (Sky Sports): Kell Brook v Carson Jones; Tommy Coyle v Derry Mathews (vacant Commonwealth lightweight title); Rocky Fielding (holder) v Martin Concepcion (English super-middleweight title); Lee Selby v Viorel Simion; Luke Campbell v s/o; Curtis Woodhouse v s/o; John Ryder v s/o; Jason Cunningham v s/o. (Promoter: Matchroom Boxing).

Bristol: Lee Haskins (holder) v Josh Wale (British bantamweight title). (Promoter: Jamie Sanigar).

York Hall, Bethnal Green: Richard Commey v Paul Truscott; Philip Bowes v Joe Elfidh; Ian Lewison v Colin Kenna; Ricky Boylan v s/o Tom Dallas v s/o; Liam Shinkwin v s/o. (Promoter: Goodwin Main Events. Tel: 01525 851150).

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York (Showtime): Bernard Hopkins (holder) v Karo Murat (IBF light-heavyweight title); Gary Russell Jnr v s/o. (Promoter: Golden Boy Promotions & Sauerland Event).

Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco: Khabib Allakhverdiev (holder) v Souleymane M’baye (WBA world light-welterweight title); Max Bursak (holder) v Prince Arron (European middleweight title); Dmytro Kucher (holder) v Ilunga Makabu (WBC International cruiserweight title); Edwin Rodriguez v Denis Grachev. (Promoter: Golden Gloves Promotions & DiBella Entertainment).

19 Friday, Jul

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada: Ishe Smith (holder) v Carlos Molina (IBF light-middleweight title).

20 Saturday, Jul

Wembley Arena, Wembley (BoxNation): Dereck Chisora v Malik Scott; Carl Frampton v s/o; Gary O’Sullivan (holder) v Billy Joe Saunders (WBO International middleweight title); Paul Butler v s/o; Frank Buglioni v s/o; Tom Baker v John Dignum; Steve O’Meara v s/o; Bradley Skeete v s/o; Callum Johnson v s/o; Bradley Saunders v s/o; Mitchell Smith v s/o; Gary Corcoran v s/o; Joey Taylor v s/o; Billy Morgan v s/o. (Promoter: Frank Warren). 

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