Hammond set to bounce back from small hall classic defeat

Carl Greaves will be featuring local fighters at his upcoming ‘The Boyz Are Back In Town’ event at the Grove Leisure Centre in Newark, Notts on Saturday 20th November.

Headlining the show will be former International Masters light-middleweight champion Kevin Hammond, who will be looking to turn round a three-fight loss run, against Luke Osman.

Hammond, following winning his former title had two tough fights with recent British title challenger Martin ‘Immaculate’ Concepcion for the Midlands Area title.  Hammond came close to winning both and even sent Concepcion to the canvas on their second meeting; in each case only one point was the difference between the two.

In his most recent bout against Kurt Bromberg for the British Masters middleweight title (labelled a small hall classic by many who saw it - Ed.) again Hammond fought hard and was unlucky not to get the decision. Again, the difference was just a single point.

There will be five exciting match-ups supporting the Hammond v Osman bout. Co-feature fight sees Newark’s Andrew (A.A.) Lowe take on tough Bristol based Turk Rocky Chakir in a six round welterweight contest. Next up, and possibly deserving of headline status, is highly popular Bulwell cruiserweight/heavyweight Shane McPhilbin who will face a stern test against the highly experienced Brummy bruiser Hastings Rasani in a four round cruiserweight clash. McPhilbin recently stole the limelight from his more experienced competition at the Sky televised Prizefighter - Heavyweights 4 tournament, after stopping the previously unbeaten Declan Timlin after just fifty seconds of the second round. McPhilbin then went on to face eventual tournament winner Michael Sprott in one of the most exciting action packed bouts of the evening.

Rounding out the show will be two debut bouts, the first at light-heavyweight, featuring Newark’s Jamie Norkett against new boy Ian Jenkins and Danny Gerrard gets his maiden outing against the highly experienced Ryan Clark.

The final listed bout features Sneinton's Terry Maughan in a middleweight contest against a yet to be named opponent.

The Carl Greaves Promoted ‘The Boyz Are Back In Town’ event will be at the Grove Leisure Centre, Balderton, Newark. NG24 3AL on Saturday 20th November 2010.

Doors open 7pm - First bell 8pm Tickets: priced £15 (Under 15’s), £30 (unreserved) and £40 (ringside) are available now on-line at http://carlgreavespromotions.co.uk/