LYNES TAKES PURDY’S TITLE IN YORK HALL THRILLER
Hornchurch man becomes oldest British Welterweight champ Colin Lynes produced a fantastic display against Lee Purdy to take the British Welterweight title with a majority decision in a York Hall classic. The 33 year-old is the oldest British champion at the weight and belied the nine-year age gap between him and the title holder by […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-23-11)
Sometimes you really need to look beyond MMA’s hype SI.com This plays into the second main critique of Overeem, which is that his kickboxing accomplishments are irrelevant in MMA because the two are different sports. K-1 bouts take place in a ring between competitors wearing large gloves who don’t have to … See all stories on this topic […]
Colin Lynes on Prizefighter
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Recently I undertook an interview with former IBO Light welterweight World Champion Colin Lynes on his career to date. With the news that Colin is to take part in the Matchroom Sports excellent Prizefighter – Welterweights II on June 7th I took the opportunity to catch up with Colin again, […]
Williams In Confident Mood Ahead Of Vicena Clash On 19th March
Southern Area Cruiserweight Champion Leon ‘Solid’ Williams is set for his second outing of the year when he faces Czech Republic hardman David Vicena at the Steve Goodwin Promoted ‘Essex Eruption’ quadruple headline super show at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, Essex on Saturday 19th March 2011. Leon will be looking to get back […]
Leon ‘Solid’ Williams Teams Up With Johnny Eames
Ahead of his upcoming title defense BBBofC Southern Area Cruiserweight Champion Leon ‘Solid’ Williams has switched his training base to the Ultrachem TKO Gym in Canning Town following his recent signing with Johnny Eames to head up his new training team. The highly popular 27 year old from Streatham, who secured the Southern Area title […]