Saturday, May 20, 2006
Boxing: Magee rises to challenge of rebuilding his career
RICKY HATTON’S performance in edging past Luis Collazo for the WBA welterweight title in Boston, Massachusetts, last weekend was an eyeopener for Eamonn Magee. The Belfast boxer is the only man to have put Hatton on the floor in his career. Now Magee fancies a rematch.
“I think Collazo was the first really fit young man Hatton had faced, apart from me, and it showed,” Magee said. “I’d love to face him again.”
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Like Hatton, Magee finds himself as a natural lightwelterweight boxing in a higher division. Tonight, at the King’s Hall, Belfast, Magee — who came back against the odds a year ago when his leg had been smashed by baseball bats in a street attack — defends his lightly regarded WBU welterweight title against Takaloo, full name Mehrdud Takalobigashi, a refugee from Iran who grew up in Kent.
Danny Williams, the Commonwealth heavyweight champion, warms up for his rematch with Matt Skelton on July 8 when he faces Adnan Serin, 30, a Turk based in Germany who has lost four times in 15 bouts.
Amir Khan will have an 1lb weight advantage as he aims for his seventh win as a professional against Laszlo Komjathi, a former European title challenger from Hungary.
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“I think Collazo was the first really fit young man Hatton had faced, apart from me, and it showed,” Magee said. “I’d love to face him again.”
NI_MPU('middle');
Like Hatton, Magee finds himself as a natural lightwelterweight boxing in a higher division. Tonight, at the King’s Hall, Belfast, Magee — who came back against the odds a year ago when his leg had been smashed by baseball bats in a street attack — defends his lightly regarded WBU welterweight title against Takaloo, full name Mehrdud Takalobigashi, a refugee from Iran who grew up in Kent.
Danny Williams, the Commonwealth heavyweight champion, warms up for his rematch with Matt Skelton on July 8 when he faces Adnan Serin, 30, a Turk based in Germany who has lost four times in 15 bouts.
Amir Khan will have an 1lb weight advantage as he aims for his seventh win as a professional against Laszlo Komjathi, a former European title challenger from Hungary.
www.secrets-of-boxing.com
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