April Hunter talks Bellew link-up, Marshall sparring, McCaskill
Hunter features for fourth time as a professional on Ritson-Ponce bill on Saturday
April Hunter alongside manager and former world champion, Tony Bellew Photo Credit: Instagram @aprilhunterboxing
In just 12 fights, Jessica McCaskill holds all four major belts at Welterweight and April Hunter is looking to follow suit in the coming years.
Hunter (3-0) is in a unique position as the first female professional boxer to hail from Newcastle and appears to have everything at her disposal to achieve those ambitions, ahead of her fourth professional outing on the undercard of Lewis Ritson’s IBF final eliminator with Jeremias Nicolas Ponce from the Eagles Community Arena on Saturday.
Joe Laws vows to bounce back after Rylan Charlton loss on Saturday
Laws returns against Adaway on Ritson-Ponce bill on Saturday
Joe Laws says he will come back stronger following his first professional defeat to Rylan Charlton in October Photo Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing
Joe Laws says he has learnt from his devastating defeat to Rylan Charlton and promises to come back stronger when he returns in Newcastle on Saturday.
Geordie favourite Laws (9-1, 5 KOs) suffered a first professional defeat in October when he was dropped and stopped by Charlton inside three rounds in Peterborough.
The ‘Benwell Bomber’ went through further heartache outside of the ring in December with the passing of his Grandma, but he admits he has turned a corner since then and is keen to prove himself again to the public as well as to himself.
WBO number one contender Zach Parker believes that he could cause Canelo Alvarez problems in a future clash Photo Credit: Queensberry Promotions/Michelle Farsi/Matchroom
Undefeated Super Middleweight Zach Parker believes he has the one-punch power to trouble Canelo Alvarez and is eager to secure a shot at the four-weight world champion.
Parker, the number one contender with the WBO who signed with Promoter Frank Warren in February is patiently awaiting his opportunity to face Mexican great, Canelo who ripped away the WBO title from Billy Joe Saunders with an eighth round stoppage last month, to add to his WBA ‘Super’ and WBC belts.