MARK WAS BORN IN NUNEATON 30TH JANUARY 1975 AND NOW LIVES IN THE ATHERSTONE AREA, MARK MADE HIS DEBUT 22ND FEBRUARY 1993 AGAINST JOHN DEMPSEY AS A RAW 18 YEAR OLD HE WON BY WAY OF A K.O. FIRST ROUND MARK FOUGHT ELEVEN TIMES IN 93 AND 94 WINNING ALL ELEVEN FROM 1995 TO 1998 HE ONLY HAD FIVE BOUTS THE LAST ONE IN 1998 WAS AGAINST CLINTON WOODS IN MANCHESTER MARK LOST T.K.O. ROUND SEVEN.  MARKS ONLY FIGHT IN 1999 WAS AGAINST JUAN NELONGA PEREZ FOR THE W.B.A. LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MARK LOST T.K.O. ROUND SIX,  FOUR WINS IN 2002  ALTHOUGH MARK HAD NO FIGHTS IN 2003 HIS RECORD IS STILL VERY IMPRESSIVE WON 19 (KO'S 7) AND ONLY LOSING 2  AND HE IS STILL IN THE TOP TEN CRUISER WEIGHTS IN THE COUNTRY.
MARKS OPPONENT DENZIL BROWNE HAS NOW HAD TO WITH DRAW AND HIS NEW OPPONENT IS
LINCOLN'S 27 YEAR OLD LEE SWABY WHOSE RECORD STANDS WON 18 (KO'S 8) LOST 13 DRAWN 2 TOTAL 33 HIS U.K. RANKING IS 11TH HE COMES INTO THIS FIGHT WITH FIVE STRAIGHT WINS TO HIS CREDIT
IF ANYTHING THIS LOOKS LIKE MARK IS IN FOR A HARDER FIGHT THAN BEFORE ALTHOUGH LEE HAS BEEN BEATEN ON POINTS BY MARK HOBSON AND OUR OWN ROB NORTON LEE'S CLAIM TO FAME IS A THIRD ROUND K.O. AGAINST ENZO MACCARINELLI 12TH MAY 2000.