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Leigh Wood vs Michael Conlan has all the makings of a very close fight, writes Declan Taylor

Leigh Wood makes a maiden defence of his WBA featherweight title against Michael Conlan in Nottingham on Saturday, live on DAZN.

Victor Rabei can American Dream again, as he is finally set to make his American debut next month. The O’Rourkes

MTK Global We got something of an upset earlier today in Bolton, England, as Ricardo Sandoval stopped Jay Harris in the eighth round, winning their IBF flyweight eliminator and moving into position for a shot at the title held by Sunny Edwards. Sandoval (19-1, 14 KO) certainly wasn’t a huge underdog, but he was less tested than Harris (18-2, 9 KO), and going on the road as a 22-year-old. But he had a good strategy of implementing body work — saying after that he saw in Harris’ loss to Jul...

MTK Fight Night returns with clash of flyweight contenders

Lewis Crocker made a successful first defence of his WBO European welterweight title in Bolton last night, but was made to work for it by an extremely game challenger in Deniz Ilbay.

Lewis Crocker takes on the tough Deniz Ilbay. Photo Credit: Scott Rawsthorne / MTK Global MTK promoted another busy night of action at the Bolton Whites Hotel, with a pair of continental title fights topping the bill. The nominal head of the bill came at Welterweight, where Lewis Crocker defended his WBO European strap with a dominant, yet entertaining points win against the teak tough Deniz Ilbay. Crocker was making the first defence of the belt that he won last time out, with a seventh round ...

Lewis Crocker wins a cracker against Deniz Ilbay BELFAST welterweight Lewis Crocker topped MTK’s bill at the Bolton Whites Hotel and maintained his 100 per cent record. The wide margin of victory over Cologne’s Deniz Ilbay at the conclusion of 10 highly entertaining rounds, though, fails to fully tell the story and certainly doesn’t reflect the toughness of an opponent who just wouldn’t succumb. After a close couple of early rounds, Lewis looked to have made the breakthrough late in t...

Lewis Crocker risks his perfect record against Deniz Ilbay Lewis Crocker takes on Deniz Ilbay in Bolton on Friday THIS Friday (March 12) at the Bolton Whites Hotel, Belfast’s Lewis Crocker risks his spotless 12-0 (7) ledger in a welterweight 10-rounder against visiting German Deniz Ilbay, 22-2 (10), live on iFL TV (UK) and ESPN+ (US). The fight represents a marked step up in class for Crocker, whose most notable wins so far have come at domestic level against John Thain and Louis Greene – b...

Lewis Crocker takes on the tough Deniz Ilbay. Photo Credit: Scott Rawsthorne / MTK Global Friday night at the Bolton Whites Hotel sees another MTK promoted card packed full of talent. IFL’s YouTube channel in the UK, and ESPN+ in the USA, are the places to see another busy bill. There are two bill toppers, with a pair of WBO European titles on the line, both over ten rounds.  At Welterweight, Belfast’s Lewis Crocker (12-0, KO7) defends his 10st 7 belt for the first time, as he takes on con...