The shots bouncing off Sam ran into double figures, a left hook jarring his head backwards. Also on the card will be exciting middleweight prospect Michael Hennessy Jr. from Sevenoaks, Kent, in his fifth professional bout in a six round contest. Lomachenko: Lopez Jr. Is Excellent Puncher, Has High Boxing IQ, Joshua Buatsi Rallies To Stops Marko Calic in Seventh, Chantelle Cameron Wins WBC Title, Dominates Araujo, Alen Babic Breaks Down, Stops Kennedy in Third. Birmingham boxer Sam Eggington has a world ranking as the new owner of the WBC International Silver welterweight belt. There’s too much professionalism within the sweat shop’s walls to allow that oversight. The construction work following this defeat is major and may have to begin at the very foundations. I’ve done everything asked of me, fought my mandatories, lost some of the mandatory fights when I could have vacated the title, I’ve fought everyone asked of me. Yet there was nothing wrong – no weight issues, no training issues, no injuries. * British Welterweight Title For further information go to www.hennessysports.com or social media: Facebook @HennessySports, Twitter @HennessySports and Instagram @hennessysports and join the conversation at #PittersRichards His coach and mentor, Jon Pegg, was slightly more upbeat about a performance that opened eyes throughout the busy welterweight division. Promoters will pay a lot of money to get his ranking.”. One of his most high profile nights was when he ended the career of former Two-Time World Champion Paulie Malignaggi with a devastating eighth round KO in March 2017. This will be the second time that Eggington has fought in Coventry with an early career visit to the city in his third pro fight resulting in a four-round points wins over Andrew Hardy at the Hilton Hotel. In the ring, Mwakinyo didn’t get lucky: this was not a case of Sam being unhinged by a punch out of the blue. Povetkin vs. Whyte: What About The Winner? The 25-year-old Fil…, The Fight of the Year may well have been decided with the knockdown-filled brawl between Jose ‘Chon’ Zepeda 33-2 (25) and Ivan ‘The Beast’ Baranchyk 20-2 (13) at ‘The Bubble’ at the MGM Grandin Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night. Time will tell if we’ve see the best of Eggington – and at his best, Sam was a breath-taking box office draw. Anthony Joshua MBE will face Rafael Zumbano Love in his Midlands debut at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on May 9, live on Sky Sports. A top quality undercard features some great Midlands match ups that includes a feisty Coventry derby between welterweights Jordan Cooke and Michael Green over six-rounds; Birmingham’s Ishmael Ellis takes on Walsall’s Shaun Cooper over six rounds at lightweight; Coventry’s Dilly Singh against Birmingham’s Matt Sen at cruiserweight over six rounds; Coventry light-middleweight River Wilson Bent in a four-round contest; Birmingham lightweight Tom Collins in a four-round contest; Birmingham super-featherweight Lewis Coley in a four-round contest; Leamington Spa lightweight Danny Quartermine makes his pro-debut in a four-round contest. He managed to stumble to centre ring, but Mwakinyo simply unleashed blow after blow. “But the important thing was that he stuck to the game-plan. * IBF International Super-Welterweight Title, Matchroom Boxing, I don’t believe he or his gym looked beyond Mwakinyo, as stated in the media. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Dave Allen rates Oleksandr Usyk as good as Tyson Fury, Tyson Fury advises Anthony Joshua to ditch the WBO belt, What can Deontay Wilder do differently in third fight with…, Anthony Joshua set to spar Joe Joyce to prepare for…, Anthony Joshua says Tyson Fury should be retiring soon, Manny Pacquiao short-priced favourite to defeat Conor McGregor in boxing…, Is Manny Pacquiao vs Conor McGregor really happening?