Ashley Theophane will now risk his British light-welterweight title against Darren Hamilton this weekend, after turning down a defence against Adil Anwar, according to Frank Maloney.

Hamilton, 33, has stepped in at four days’ notice to challenge Theophane (11-2), who was left without an opponent when Steve Williams pulled out on Monday. Theophane (31-4-1) will win a Lonsdale belt outright if he defeats Hamilton at Aintree racecourse.

On June 1st, Scotland’s Prospect Boxing is holding their second professional card of the year at the Rivals Gym, Wishaw. Speaking about the card, former referee turned promoter Paul Graham is looking forward to it.

Scouse rivals Paul Edwards and Kevin Satchell have a big fence to clear at Aintree racecourse this Saturday (April 19) – each other!

Their fight will now be for the vacant Commonwealth flyweight championship, which has been relinquished by Chris Edwards.

I know I’m not in a minority when I make the following confession, and in all honesty I’m not completely ashamed to admit to it. But my first proper exposure to the world of professional boxing was not watching a pay-per-view heavyweight championship match in the early 1990s. Nor was it watching the sport live. I met the then undefeated middleweight Nigel Benn in McDonald’s in Bethnal Green when I was five, but I was too young to really know who he was and, frankly, I don’t even remember it. My Mum tells me that she didn’t have a piece of paper so the Dark Destroyer sportingly signed a napkin. I also had a cat called Tyson when I lived in Bethnal Green but Tyson ran away when I was four-ish and I doubt I understood the significance of his name anyway.

No, the first time I remember watching boxing, understanding it, becoming interested in it and wanting to participate was the first time I saw the film Rocky. I’m not sure how old I was but I reckon about seven or eight.

From Istres, where Haitian hardman Jimmy 'The Pitbull' Colas (who once lost to Yassine El Maachi) knocked out Frank Haroche Horta (who never got to fight Frankie Gavin), all the way over to Pasig City where Brian Viloria Hawaiian punches his way through Omar Nino Romero in the ninth to stay superfly WBO champ. Behind the results with Eric Armit.

Over the past few years Miranda Carter has been quietly promoting a series of Sunday afternoon shows at York Hall in Bethnal Green.

In the past these bills have featured maybe six or seven bouts. However her latest offering, which takes place this coming Sunday, is far from a low key affair, instead entering the mega-event zone with a fourteen bout card. The event, titled ‘Rolling Thunder’, heavily features fighters from Johnny Eames’ famous Canning Town stable.

Carl Froch believes his loyal fans with be the extra edge he needs when the Nottingham man takes on IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute at the Capital FM Arena in his home city on May 26, live on Sky Sports.

Irish heavyweight champion Tyson Fury believes that Dereck Chisora will beat David Haye if the clash between the pair comes off. The charismatic giant also had a few choice words for British title challenger, David Price.

Gary Cornish felled his Hungarian opponent in the second round of his seventh professional outing in the luxurious surrounds of the Drumossie Hotel, Inverness on Friday evening, as professional boxing made its second visit to the capital city of the Highlands.