ON THIS PAGE NEIL SIMPSON STEVIE BENDALL ROB NORTON CARL WRIGHT JOE McCLUSKEY RICHARD MAZUREK HUGHIE DOCHERTY NEIL TIDMAN

Carl Wright who boxes out of Rugby will always be a big favourite with Coventry fans the 27 year old cruiser-weight is a fearsome warrior standing at 6 feet 1 inch with the southpaw stance he is rated 11th in the u.k. by seconds-out and has a record that reads won 10 (2 K O'S) drawn 1 from 11 bouts. Carl goes in for his second title after winning
the Midlands Title at the sports centre Coventry 17/12/2004 against the Lincoln man Tony Dowling. This fight on the 18th june at the Skydome against Nathan Joseph who is 25 and boxes out of Bradford will be for the vacant British Masters Cruiser-weight title. Carl says he is really up for this and he expects a big crowd I remember the first time carl fought at the AT7 centre his second fight he must have brought at least 200 fans with him and yes Carl I think you are right if all the advertised bouts come off with what looks like eight top class fights there will certainly be a very big crowd on the night. I think this will be the biggest night of boxing in Coventry since June 2003 when you look back to the year 2000-2001 we had some great shows at the Skydome lets hope this is the first of many more.Getting back to Nathan Joseph he is rated at 34 in the UK record is W5 L6 D1 he will probably come out with all guns firing for the first couple of rounds but with Carls class and speed he will soon tire and Carls superior skills will take him out.


Neil Simpson Coventry's favourite son in action against the world classed Peter Oboh. "Simmo"will be in action on Shakespeare Promotions big event at Coventry's Skydome Arena fighting Paul Bonson the 33 year old cruiser-weight from Castleford We have all seen Paul boxing in Coventry he is a good solid honest fighter who has gone in with a lot of top men including our own Rob Norton  Carl Wright and Mark Smallwood plus several top 10 ranked fighters in the U.K. he is still rated 21st in the U.K with a record of won 19 (1 KO) Lost 77 drawn 6.  Although Paul will come to try and win and put up a good show we take Neil to get a good win. Neil who is now 34 has a lot of good fights left in him he has been pleasing the Coventry fans with his skills and courage for the last eleven years "SIMMO" has always been number one with the fans and will still be number one for a few more  years. "simmo" record W 20 (9 ko's) |  L 15 | D 0 | Total 35 still rated 11th in UK.


It will be good to see Stevie Bendall back in a coventry ring after a three year absence once again no named opponent at the moment but you will get details as soon as I do it will be nine months since Stevie fought when he had his shot down in Plymouth against Scott Dann. As Stevie said he was a bit out of sorts when he fought Scott Dann and believe me Scott went after Steve from the first bell and Scotts body punching was vicious this man is a worthy champ Stevie will be the first to admit he didn't stick to his plan and paid the price on the night I have been to Stevie's last four fights and the one against Scott was the worst, against Qato at Bethnall Green Stevie was a bit disappointed but he did enough who cares what any body says, the fight before that against Mike Algoet the Belgian street fighter at  Fountain Leisure Centre, London, Brentford, again it was close but after 12 gruelling rounds after being butted and a few other dirty tricks Stevie got eight stitches and the verdict (you earned it that night)  like you say Stevie forget those three fights and get back to the way you were on the night you demolished the then highly rated Lee Blundell inside two rounds at Fountain Leisure Centre, London, Brentford, on June 18th thats the Steve Bendall we want to see. Steve's record W21(10 ko's) | L1 | D0 | Total 22 rated 5th in UK
Steve will now be fighting Ismael Kerzazi the 25 year old from France his record is Won 7 (KOs 3)  Lost 5  Drawn 0  Total 12, two of his losses were by way of TKO'S, Kerzazi will be having his first fight since May 2004 he doesn't seem to be in any French Ratings although he has stopped three of his opponents he has also been stopped twice. Stevies record speaks for it'self he has only been stopped once and that was by Scot Dann British champion and top class fighter. Stevie will be really up for this and I can not see it going past three or four rounds.

 

Rob Norton the 33 year old southpaw Cruiser-weight who boxes out of Stourbridge can be one of the most exciting fighters you will see in a Coventry ring on his night he is capable of beating most of the top men his record speaks for itself even to watch Rob training and sparring is an experience like a few of the other lads he has had to get over a few hurdles but he is now on the way back to the top his record is W26 (16 ko's) L 3 D 1  Total 30 and he is rated 5th in the UK Rob's opponent Jesper Christiansen has pulled out and they are now looking for another opponent. Robs new opponent is Konstantin Schvets from the Ukraine This 29 year old boxer seems like a worthy opponent for Rob, Schvets record reads Won 18(KOs 11) Lost 3  Drawn 2  Total 23 with 11 Ko's to his name it looks like he can punch a bit Schvets alias is "Knuckle Duster" and he is rated 5th in the Ukrainian Light Heavy-weight division records. Looking at all the fights on the card this is definitely the closest and it has the makings of a great bout Rob being the great fighter that he is should be able to handle Schvets.
 
 

NO FIGHT FOR ROB ON BIG SHOW


Neil Tidman the 27 year old amateur from Bulkington has now signed for Owen Delargy and makes his Pro debut on the Shakespeare Promotions Show at the Skydome Arena June18th 2005. Neil started his amateur career when he was eleven years old and had 69 bouts winning 49. Neil won the class "C" 71 kilo's Title at the Grovenor Hotel London beating Andrew Larkins in the final 1997, he was awarded the Freddie Mills award for most courageous boxer of the night presented by the great Harry Carpenter. Neil was in the army for three years and had 27 bouts losing only 2 it looks like Owen Delargy has another good prospect here good luck to Neil in his Pro career. It looks like new boy Neil Tidman is going in against our old friend Leeroy Williamson the 31 year old Light Middle-weight who boxes out of Worcester Leeroy's record is Won 12 (KOs 3) Lost 52  Drawn 3 Total 67.  Leeroy is another boxer out of the Nobby Nobb's stable who's kit bag is always packed ready to travel anywhere he is no stranger to the Coventry fans he was beaten twice on points over six rounds in 2003 and all time favourite Andy Egan beat him over the same distance June 2003. This bout will be a good starter for Neil against the hardy Leeroy go out and box him and dont take him to lightly and show the coventry fans what you can do.
The second of Owen's boxers on the show is the highly promising welter-weight Joe McCluskey  the 27 year old from Coventry goes in against Carl Allen the light welter-weight who boxes out of Wolverhampton. Joe has made a promising start to his career his record W 2 ( 2 ko's ) L 0 D 1 Total 3  although Joe only turned pro a year ago he is already climbing up the ratings and two or three more good wins will see him in the top 25. Joe will go into this fight looking for a good win but not to under estimate the 35 year old Carl Allen who is very experienced with a record ofW 18 (5 ko's)  |  L 42  |  D 5  |  Total 65 and he is rated 27th in the U.K. Carl has already fought in Coventry when he went in against local favourite Baz Carey but dont take to much notice of this result Baz had to retire in the second round with a badly injured leg. Carl has fought a lot of top boxers but has lost his last 11 fights.

Richard Mazurek the third of Owen's lads on the show was born and lives in Leamington and made his Pro debut 18 months ago on the Leofric Show winning on points over 6 rounds against  Neil Addis. Richard who is 28 years old and boxes as a middle-weight ( I wonder if he will get matched against any local lads plenty good middle-weights around here ) his record is WON 5  (2 ko's)  |  L 0  |  D 1  |  Total 6  Richard is already starting to climb the ratings charts and is now in the top 30's it is always good to see a middle-weight coming through with a good solid punch. Richard has now been matched against Cafu Santos a bit of an unknown quantity  some records say he has won 2 and lost 3 others won 2 and lost 2 I dont think it matters that much Richard go out there and keep your unbeaten record.

Hughie Docherty is a fighter  who boxed out of Wellingborough from the Kevin Sanders stable the Middle-weight who had three Pro fights between 2001 and the end of 2002 with a record of  W 3 (0 ko's)  |  L 0  |  D 0  |  Total 3 his last win being against old favourite Tony Booth. Hughie age 23 has a perfect Amateur record, winning all 25 of his outings and picking up NABC, ABA, Youth and ABA Junior titles with his two fisted onslaughts. Hughie and his 28 year old bother Francis were both very highly rated byKevin Sanders. Francis also had a first class amateur record he was a three time National schoolboy Champion and also claimed a pair of N.A.B.C Titles and an ABA welter-weight title in 2000 in the colours of the Kingsthorpe club from Northampton. Francis made his Pro debut 29/01/2001 and had his fourth bout 23/06/2001 winning all four fights 2 by way of T.K.O's
 

NO FIGHT FOR HUGHIE ??

GOOD LUCK TO JACK WEAVER AND OWEN DELARGY PLUS ALL THE LADS FOR A GREAT SHOW