By Gary Reilly: The month of December sees a busy month for Scotland’s title holders. Probably the worse kept secret in UK boxing at the moment but Ricky Burns is fighting Kevin Mitchell on the undercard of Amir Khan/Dimitry Salita, December 5.
The fight will be a unification for both the Commonwealth and British super-featherweight titles, however it could also be used as some sort of eliminator for the WBO crown as both fighters are ranked highly by the WBO. Expect this to be announced formally soon next week.
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Also in action on the same night(Dec 5) is Greenock’s John Simpson. Defending his Commonwealth belt he will return to England’s north east for a second defence against Andy Bell. This fight was signed previously however it didn’t go ahead due to injury.
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Glasgow Pavilion is the venue which will play host two Scottish title fights on 15th November: Gary Young v Gary McMillan (welterweight) and Cairan Duffy v Paddy Pollock (junior welterweight).The undercard includes Willie Limond ,Santiago Caruana and Craig Windsor. Tickets are reasonably priced starting from £20 -£40 and are available from 01413321846.
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After deposing of Charlie King I understand that Aberdeen’s Commonwealth champion Lee McAllister next defence will be in Glasgow ,probably at the Kelvin Hall or Bellahouston sports centre. Previous talk about European title shots to me seems a bit premature however seems to rest a lot on the provision of a Sky Sports slot.
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Kenny Anderson is back in action at the end of November .The bout is being used to shake off any ring rust that the Edinburgh fighter may have accrued over his lay off. After this fight he will then move onto a British Title eliminator in January. This fight will be the first fight with new trainer Kevin Maree in his corner.
November 2, 2009
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