Small Hall promoters admit they have to stage better fights to survive – and the signs from this coming weekend’s offerings are good, writes Matt Bozeat
Sam Eggington rolls on
Reporting from ringside, Andy Whittle saw the teak-tough Carlos Molina succumb on points to Sam Eggington
BOXING returned to the Skydome for the first time since 2010 on Saturday (May 22) and the fans were allowed in too – albeit limited in number to just 400. But it is another step in the right direction. Mexico’s 37-year-old former IBF super-welterweight titlist
Carlos Molina proved game enough in the 12-round bill-topper against the always-watchable Stourbridge middleweight
Sam Eggington. However, the visitor was unable to prevent Eggington registering a wide unanimous points victory.
Bettered for the most part, yet firing back whenever the opportunity arose, Molina was an immovable object, despite Sam’s best attempts. With an eye on future title tilts, Eggington had to content himself with picking his shots as he worked away, often from a distance, behind the jab.
Mick Hennessy on Carl Froch, Tyson Fury and promoting in a pandemic
Mick Hennessy opens up about the breakdown of his relationships with
Carl Froch and Tyson Fury, why they changed his promoting philosophies and the challenge of guiding his fighting son. By Don McRae
“I DON’T think I’ll ever be at peace with it,” Mick Hennessy says quietly in the deserted Sevenoaks Boxing Club in Kent. The walls and floor around the ring are covered in laminated photographs of boxing’s evocative past. We are surrounded by hundreds of familiar faces from Jack Dempsey and Muhammad Ali to Sugar Ray Leonard and Mike Tyson. It is the perfect setting for Hennessy’s love of boxing to pour out of him. There is hope, too, as he looks ahead with a new stable of boxers and a Channel 5 deal which offers fresh impetus.