South Moreton Boxing Club

Our own Mickey Steeds fights Radcliffe Green in a Cruiserweight contest over 8 x 3 minute rounds at The Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth this Friday, 13th June. Top of the bill is Tony Oakey (British Light Heavyweight Champion) V Dean Francis (Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Champion) plus a very decent undercard.

Tickets are £35 Open or £75 Ringside and are available from the club. We will also be organising a minibus, leaving the club about 5pm. Please drop me a mail if you would like me to reserve you a ticket.

Thanks to all of you who turned out for the Club Open Day on the 3rd. We were blessed with the weather, and a great crowd.

Mananged the 100 rounds, just, and we raised £754 for the Pre-School. Special thanks to all the ladies from the Pre-School who helped out on the day.

On the 3rd of May we will be having an Open Day to celebrate opening the new club extension. This will give us a second Boxing Ring, and improved Cardio and Weights areas. Mickey Steeds will also be joining the club on that date as a full-time Personal Trainer.

The open day will run from 8am to 6pm. From 9am to 1:16pm I will be doing a sponsored Spar-athon. This will involve boxing 100 rounds of 2 minute duration with a 30 second break between each round. We will have a core team of boxers doing the rounds with me, but all club members are welcome to join in, whether you just want to jump in for one round or stay and try and pick me off late!

There will also be a Barbie running, beers, Tea and Coffee etc. and plenty of activities for the kids. We are doing the Open Day in conjunction with South Moreton Pre-School and all proceeds from the day will go to their appeal for funds to build a new play area.

Should be a real fun day out.

Our own Mickey Steeds is fighting on a bill at The York Hall in Londons East End on Friday the 18th of April. Victory here should set Mickey up for a shot at the British Cruiserweight Title.

There are a number of other great fights on the bill. Tickets are £80 Ringside or £40 Standard. A minibus will be leaving the club at 5:30pm that day, so if you want a ticket let me know.

Also, as part of his preparations, Mickey will be training here next Thursday and Friday (10th and 11th). A great chance to come and watch the pros training and pick up tips, and Mickey is also avaliable for 1-2-1 sessions. If you want to book in let me know.

Our own Costa “The Bear” Sapavolov boxes on a Real Fight Club show in
London this Thursday the 28th. He has an experienced opponent, but has
been looking very sharp in the gym of late, so should be a good bout.
There are 10 other bouts on the show, which is at The Village
Underground EC2.

We will be leaving the club at 4:30pm on Thursday. If you fancy coming
up, give me a shout.

A friend of mine is putting on an evening with two Ring Legends, Arturo “Thunder” Gatti and “Irish” Mickey Ward, at The DeVere Hotel Swindon on Thursday 24th of April.

Tickets are £70 per person, to include a three course meal and photo and autograph opportunities. Should be a great night, mini-bus will leave the club at 6:30pm, returning about 12pm.

We have hired the back room at The Bear for Saturday the 8th of March.

The big screen will be showing the full boxing bill from the O2 Arena, culminating in the fascinating showdown between Enzo Maccarinelli and David Haye. We will lay on a buffet about 9pm. All club members,
friends and family welcome.

A friend of mine, Rob Pilger, has just launched a site called BoxingPerformance.com The site is a fantastic resource for anybody interested in boxing training, coaching and conditioning.

Rob has pulled together a wide variety of experts from around the world on the site, to provide top insights, not only on boxing training, but also on strength conditioning, nutrition, cardio
training and a wide diversity of health and fitness tips. This is really cutting edge stuff, and truly chimes in with our clubs philosophy of Sports Science Meets The Noble Art.

I have contributed a number of articles and will continue to
contribute as the site grows.

Well worth checking out.

All the figures are in now from The Rumble II, and I’m pleased to say we raised more than last time out. In an amazingly generous move Total Employment, the main sponsor of The Rumble II, have stepped in and said they will match all the money we raised! This has enabled us to make the following donations: British Red Cross £5,000, Diabetes UK £3,000, Helen and Douglas House £2,500 and All Our Children £2,500. It is tremendous to be able to make this level of donation, particularly at this time of year, and thanks again to all who attended or took part in The Rumble II. This brings the total the club has donated to charity this year to £17,400. Lets hope we can top this next year!

We will be having a Premire of the Rumble II DVD this Sunday (23rd) at The Bear from 4pm onwards. Buffet and drinks, all club members, friends and family welcome. Hope to see you down there.

Well, what a fantastic night of entertainment and boxing Rumble II turned out to be. Once again a sell out crowd, and a great atmosphere, and thanks to all of you who attended, sponsored or took part in the event. Special congratulations to Sholto “Both Barrels” Brotherton Radcliffe on winning the Best Boxer award and Jon “The Sweeny” Pennycook and Dene “Stitch Em Up” Taylor for giving a thrilling display to win Fight of the Night. Rumble III coming up on June the 14th!