Johnny Eames and Derek Grainger’s London ‘Fight Factory’, the Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym, is set to start the new boxing season with a bang, having no less than six of their boxers in action this coming Saturday at Steve Goodwin’s ‘It’s Personal’ title double header event, at The York Hall, Bethnal Green in East London.
Heading up the list of fighters, on the ‘It’s Personal’ show, that are trained at Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym, are co-headliners Mark ‘The Flash’ Alexander and ‘Phat’ Pat McAleese, who are both challenging for championship honours - Alexander for the vacant International Masters Lightweight title and McAleese for the vacant British Masters junior middleweight crown.
Alexander, who is trained at the Canning Town gym by Barry Smith, will be facing a stern test as he locks horns with former English Super Featherweight Champion Ryan Barrett.
Alexander stole the headlines, back in April, with his clinical destruction of, the man being touted as the ‘New Ricky Hatton’, Michael ‘Simply’ Devine, which was Alexander’s first fight since switching his training base to Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym and taking Smith on board as coach.
The co-headline features gym mate ‘Phat’ Pat McAleese, who claims the event title ‘It’s Personal’ also directly relates to his fight with old foe Lee Noble.
The only blemish on McAleese’s otherwise perfect record came when the pair faced each other, on the Ricky Hatton promoted show at Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, back on the 26th March.
McAleese, who by his own admission was not at his best that night having fought just 13 days previous, was sent reeling when the referee Richie Davies scored the contest a 58-58 points draw.
Following the surprise result McAleese said, "A lot of people in the crowd gave me five out of the six rounds, and I thought I won four out of the six, and drew the last, if not winning it." then adding, “I’ll hopefully get a rematch and set the record straight.”
Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng is also in action at York Hall on the 11th September and will be facing the highly experienced Latvian Alex “Pit Bull” Spitko. In sparring Ochieng has been looking seriously sharp and is rightly confident, of adding Spitko’s scalp to his growing collection, following his excellent victory over Curtis Valentine in ‘The Battle of the Undefeated’ back in May.
Another rising star, from the Ultrachem TKO stable, who will be participating on the ‘It’s Personal’ show is Belvedere Featherweight talent ‘Saint’ George Jupp.
Back in May this year, at the ‘Oakey’s Last Stand’ event at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth,19 year old Jupp put on a superb boxing display to secure victory, over the very tough Peter Barney, by a 40-37 points margin.
On the 11th September ‘Saint’ George will be facing another tough challenge as his opponent is the Latvian hardman Pavels Senkovs.
Disappointingly, the eagerly awaited debut of female fighter Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston has had to be rescheduled to later this year.
Marston, who was discovered by the legendary Heavyweight Champion of the World Smokin’ Joe Frazier, had been due to face the experienced Welsh battler Lana Cooper. It is expected that Marston vs Cooper will now be supporting Yassine El Maachi’s title challenge on the Goodwin Promotions December 4th show at York Hall.
On receiving the news of the fight being off Marston’s manager, Johnny Eames, swiftly negotiated for another his fighters, Redhill’s ‘Dynamo’ Daryl Setterfield, to replace her on the show.
On September 11th Setterfield will be up against Nottingham’s highly experienced Matt Scriven.
‘It’s Personal’, at York Hall on September 11th, also features Light Middleweight prospect, Michael Norgrove, also looks to extend his perfect record. Norgrove, whose record is 2-0, has his hardest test to date when he faces Finchley’s Ian Eldridge.
Unbeaten prospect Tony "The Conqueror" Conquest is set to face one of the most experienced Cruserweight’s around, Hastings Rasani, who has fought the best the division
Tickets for ‘It’s Personal’ at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London on Saturday 11th September 2010 are priced £35 (Unreserved) or £60 (Ringside).
For tickets call: 07960 850645, book on-line at www.tickets.justlisten2this.com or in person at The Ultrachem TKO Gym, Gillian House, Stephenson Street, Canning Town, London E16 4SA.
September 6, 2010
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