South Moreton Boxing Club

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!

Mickey Steeds is with us again this Saturday (24th) and is available to do 1-2-1 training sessions between 9am and 3pm. As most of you will know, Mickey was Southern Area Heavyweight Champion and has now dropped to Cruiserweight and is soon to challenge for the British Title. So if you want to pick up some tips from the Pro’s, drop me a line and book yourself in.

The New York Trip over the weekend of 8th - 12th November was a great success, the Cotto V Mosley fight at Madision Square Gardens was exiting, and the whole show was fantastic. Six of us went in the end. Highlight for me was meeting legendary trainer Emanual Stewart and IBF World Welterweight Champion Kermit Cintron after the fight. Lots of other great characters as well. Looking forward to the next trip already…

A friend of mine is putting on an evening with the legendary Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran on Saturday 6th October at the Premier Club in Swindon.

For anyone who doesn’t know, Roberto compiled a professional record of 103 (70 KOs) wins and 16 losses in a career which started in 1967 and ended in 2002. During that time he won world titles at Lightweight, Welterweight, Light-Middleweight and Middleweight. His duels with Sugar-Ray Leonard, Thomas “Hitman” Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler during the 1980’s are the stuff of Ring legend.

Roberto will be joined by ex-opponents Ken Buchanan (ex-WBA Lightweight Champion) and Jimmy Batten (ex- British Light-Middleweight Champion). The evening will be hosted by Mark Peters, and will include a 3 course meal, auction, raffle and photo and autograph opportunities. Tickets are £75 per person.

We will be leaving from the club at 6:30pm that evening and returning about 12pm. Let me know if you would like me to reserve you a ticket.

The club has given away £4,400 to six Oxfordshire charities in the last few months. Representatives from the charities came in yesterday
to take part in a photo-op for the local paper, I’ve attached the picture.

We gave £1000 to Helen and Douglas House, £1000 to kids Enjoy Exercise Now, £1,200 to AFC Wallingford, £500 to South Moreton Church, £500 to South Moreton School and £200 to Marie Curie Cancer Research (this was to help sponsor Natalie Jenkins to climb Mount Kilamanjaro, her and her team went on to raise over 164K in the sponsored climb).

The money came from our charity dinner in November and The Rumble in March. Many thanks to all of you who helped us in this, and particularly to all the guys who boxed on The Rumble.

Massive thanks also to Charlie Paine and his company Total Employment. Their sponsorship of both events made a lot of it possible.

Should be raising a lot more money over this year, raising the last lot was great fun!

Our own Kev “Feel the Burn” Hearn boxes on a Real Fight Club show at
Kensington Town Hall on the 28th June. Tickets are £25 and mini-bus
leaves the club at 6pm on the day. Should be a great show, let me know
if you want to come.

Our own Mickey Steeds is making his debut at Cruiserweight on a show at the Excel Arena this Friday (18th). Minibus is leaving the club at 4:30pm. Should be a great night, in addition to Mickey there is a British Light Heavyweight Title fight (Tony Oakey V Steve Spartacus) and fights with Lenny Daws, Dave Walker, Peter Haymer and George Hillyard among others (8 fight card).

Should be a cracking night!

We will be having a Premier for the DVD of the Rumble at The Regal. The back room of The Bear is booked and we will be laying on some food. A great chance to re-live a classic night, or see it for the first time! All club members and friends welcome, screening kicks off at 6pm.

The club has a table of 10 booked for an evening with Joe Calzaghe at The Premier Club in Swindon on 28th April. Ticket price of £65 per person includes 3 course meal, photo opportunity with Joe, raffle and auction. Richie Woodhall will also be speaking. Minibus will leave from the club at 6pm, let me know if you want a ticket.

Congratulations to everyone who took part in The Rumble at The Regal on 31st March. A sell-out crowd and a fantastic atmosphere helped make the night one to remember, together with some great boxing. Special congratulations to Stuart “Gunslinger” Wilson for winning the Boxer of the Night Award and Kev “Feel The Burn” Hearn and Stevie “Braveheart” Kelly who got the Fight of the Night Award. We’ll be back at The Regal on December 8th, Rumble II, The Christmas Bash!