South Moreton Boxing Club

Many thanks to all who attended or took part in Rumble V on Saturday night. We had 9 fantastic fights, topped off by Nick “The Kiwi” Wills Capturing the vacant W.C.B.O. Cruserweight Title in a classic with Stuart “The Gunslinger” Wilson, and Tim “The Guv’nor” Absolom winning a close one with Jon “Legal Eagle” Alder to capture the W.C.B.O. Heavyweight Title.

It was a sweltering night, but the crowds still came, and our special guests Julius Francis and local M.P. Ed Vaizey gave us great support. All the receipts and tickets sales are yet to come in, but it looks like we raised a couple of thousand for Footsteps, which will take this years Charity donations for the club to over 5K, which is fantastic when things are pretty tough out there.

Rumble VI is on December 5th.

First of all, congratulations to Roman for winning his CFC Cage Match last night. A last minute opponent change meant Roman was facing an undefeated fighter in Wayne Weaver, but Roman got him in an Arm-Bar at 1minute 30seconds of the fight and the referee stopped the bout in Romans favour.

Next up, our own Micky Steeds is taking part in the exciting Prizefighter series. For any of you not familiar, the format of Prizefighter is that 8 fighters take part in 3×3 minute round fights, and box off until there is one winner to take the Prizefighter title, and a £25,000 prize. All the action takes place over a few hours, it’s fast and furious entertainment! You can find out more about this competition, and the other 7 guys Mick is up against at http://theprizefighterseries.com/prizefighter-cruiserweights-set-to-be-best-event-yet/

The competition takes place on Tuesday the 19th of May at Earls Court. A coach will be leaving the club at 6pm and tickets are £25 Unreserved Stalls or £50 Reserved Ringside. Please let me know asap, especially if you want Ringside, as the tickets are going fast.

Our own Roman Ship fights in his second Cage Fight on a CFC card at The Circus Tavern in London on Saturday the 25th of April. Roman’s opponent is a step up from his last outing. Thiago Borges is an outstanding Brazillian Jiu Jitsu practitioner making his cage fighting debut against Roman, who is coming of a devastating knockout victory in his own Cage Debut last year. Should be a fascinating and explosive battle. Tickets are £30 and we will have a coach leaving from the club Saturday afternoon.

Let me know if you want to come.

Mick has a fight lined up for Saturday 28th of February in New Brandenburg, Germany.

It’s a tough fight against a German based Cuban, Yoan Pablo Hernandez. He represented Cuba at the 2004 Olympics and has won 17 of his 18 starts. He has been stopped though, by Wayne Braithwaite, and been down a few times. Mick is training hard, with Aynsley for conditioning, and is sparring here and at The Peacock and is well up for it. If he wins, he will become only the third British boxer to beat a Cuban in a Professional Ring.

I am planning to fly out to the fight on the Saturday morning and return on the Sunday. If anyone fancies coming along give me a shout.

Many thanks to all who attended or took Part in Rumble at The Regal IV on the 6th of December. Another sell-out crowd saw a fantastic night of boxing. Special congratulations to Kriss Manclark and Tim Hulse for winning Fight of the Night and Grant Moreton for winning the Best Boxer award. In all we managed to raise over £3000 on the night for The Footsteps Foundation.

We will be holding a Nutrition Seminar at the club on Saturday 22nd of November at 2pm. Should last about 45 minutes, including Q&A.

The Seminar will be taken by Aysley Fry. Many of you will know Aynsley from his work down at the club, but for those that don’t, Aynsley runs Gecko Fitness (www.geckofitness.com) and has worked with many leading sportsmen in various fields, including helping our own Micky Steeds drop nearly three stone to compete successfully at Cruiserweight instead of Heavyweight. Whether it’s Nutrition for performance, weight loss/gain, Aynsley should have some helpful tips for you.

The Seminar is free of charge and open to all club members, and I thought anyone boxing on the upcoming Rumble may find it particularly useful.

Well, unfortunately Mick lost his British Title Challenge on points to a very experienced opponent. Great trip up, 51 of us went in the end, just a shame we didn’t get the result. Mick is up-beat though and looking now to get back in the ring before Christmas, and at English Title Challenge early in the new year. He is back at the club full-time from the 20th of October.

Next up is Rumble IV on December the 6th, this is going to be our busiest and best show yet, look out for more announcements soon.

First of all conratulations to Roman, he made his cage debut at an FX3 promotion in Reading on Saturday night. The fight was stopped at 106 seconds after Roman had put his man down with a right hand and then gone for the “ground and pound”, as they put it in Cage Fighting, very impressive.

Next up is Mick, fighting for the vacant British Cruiserweight Title against Rob Norton on Friday the 3rd of October. The fight is going to be at the Meadowside Leisure Centre, Burton-on-Trent. Tickets are £30 Standard and £50 Ringside. We will organise a bus from the club on that day, leaving at 5pm. The fight will be live on Friday Night Fight Night, Sky Sports 1 at 9:30pm.

Let me know if you need tickets.

From the 8th of September Mickey Steeds will be in training camp for his British Cruiserweight title shot on October the 3rd and will not be doing any more 1-2-1’s until after that. During this 4 week period Mick’s trainer, Mark Roe, will be avaliable for 1-2-1 coaching at the club. Many of you will know Mark from previous visits to the club, and he is a vastly experienced and greatly respected trainer in the world of boxing. A great chance to pick up some tips.

Many thanks to all who attended or boxed on Rumble III, a fantastic night and great fun. Well done to Dan “Nobby” Nobes and Mark “The Hammer” Hancox for winning the Fight of the Night award, and Costa “The Bear” Sapavolov for winning the Best Boxer Award. Our special guest, former British Heavyweight Champion Julius Francis, boxed a great exhibition with Head Coach John Houston, and we managed to raise over £2,000 for local charities.

Also congratulations to our own Mickey Steeds (pictured) who boxed Radcliffe Green on Friday night, forcing a retirement after the fourth round. Mickey boxes again on July 18th, and has secured a shot at the British Cruiserweight title in September.