After 12 years and 38 professional fights European champion Brian Magee will finally achieve his ‘dream’ at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada on Saturday night when he challenges Lucian Bute for his IBF super-middleweight crown.

Trainer Bob Shannon has hailed protégé Denton Vassell for his incredible gym hunger.

Former WBO Middleweight champion Chris Pyatt believes Jahmaine Smyle has the perfect style to claim Prizefighter trophy at Liverpool Olympia on March 23.

Amir Khan headlines on Saturday, April 16 when he returns home to defend his WBA Super Lightweight Title against Paul McCloskey at the M.E.N Arena in Manchester.

Darren Barker returns to the ring on April 30 to face Domenico ‘Volcano’ Spada for the vacant European Middleweight title at London Olympia.

By Andrew Wake: While the opponent tag doesn’t sit well with Crawley’s Robin Deakin, the 24-year-old would love to take part in the much talked about Prizefighter tournament for Britain’s journeymen.

By Kieran Gallagher: It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when boxing regressed into the minority sport it is today. Such changes are usually subtle and gradual, a bit like the ageing process, but there can be no question that domestic interest peaked in 1990 when Nigel Benn faced Chris Eubank for the WBO middleweight title.

By Dewi Powell: Sheffield prospect Richard Towers targets 2011 to be his year to establish himself amongst Britain’s ever growing pool of domestic talent in the heavyweight division.

Joe Ainscough will return to big-time boxing in the Prizefighter Super-Middleweights II tournament in his hometown of Liverpool on March 23, just two years after a stabbing appeared to end his career.

Hatton Promotions cruiserweight Matty Askin faces Neil Dawson for the vacant Central Area cruiserweight title next week in a South Yorkshire derby being settled in Lancashire.

By Tom Gray at ringside: Olympic gold medallist and British super middleweight champion James DeGale used Alpay Kobal as a mobile punching bag before the referee called a halt to the bout midway through the fifth of a scheduled eight round contest in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday night.

By Tom Gray at ringside: Ricky Burns successfully defended his WBO super featherweight title for the second time when Joseph Laryea retired in his corner after the seventh round on Saturday. The Ghanaian challenger claimed a serious injury to his right hand forced his retirement.

Carl Dilks says he will banish the memory of his cruel semi-final defeat in his last Prizefighter outing when he lines-up in the Super-Middleweights II in Liverpool’s Olympia on March 23.

African warrior Bethuel Ushona is ready to end Denton Vassell’s Commonwealth welterweight title reign in the Mancunian’s first defence.

“I, Alex Morrison, manager of WBO super-featherweight champion Ricky Burns, wish to disassociate myself from recent comments in the media by Ricky’s trainer, Billy Nelson

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Ricky Hatton is tipping Denton Vassell to become Hatton Promotions latest welterweight success story.

Following the faliure to officially announce a date for the British super-middleweight title bout between champion James DeGale and George Groves promoter Frank Warren has had no choice but to add DeGale to this Saturday night’s bill featuring Ricky Burns defending his WBO super-featherweight title against Joseph Laryea.

Former IBO super-middleweight champion Adrian Dodson is ready to make his boxing comeback for Prizefighter Super-Middleweights II – and could face his 1992 Olympic teammate Robin Reid in the March 23 showdown in Liverpool.

Mitchell Balker is set to face recent Prizefighter - Light Heavyweights semi-finalist Menay ‘The Emperor’ Edwards at York Hall on Friday 18th March, 2011.

Leon ‘Solid’ Williams is set for his second outing of the year when he faces David Vicena from Czech Republic on the Steve Goodwin Promoted ‘Essex Eruption’ card at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, on 19th March 2011.

Mitchell Promotions have secured home advantage for Matt Hainy when he challenges Nicky Blackwell for the English middleweight championship on an action-packed bumper bill of Bank Holiday action.

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: Saturday night , at York Hall, Bethnal Green in London, was the first of two events to celebrate Steve Goodwin’s first year as a boxing promoter.

WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has confirmed that he will face IBF/WBO and IBO king Wladimir Klitschko in the ring on either June 25 or July 2, probably in Germany.

Undefeated Mexican star Saul Alvarez grasped the vacant WBC junior middleweight world championship on Saturday night with a decisive unanimous points victory over a massively out-gunned Matthew Hatton at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA.

WBA heavyweight champion David Haye says he now hopes to face IBF and WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko in July after the May date with mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev apparently fell through.

WBA junior-welterweight king Amir Khan has confirmed that he will never fight ‘friend’ and stablemate Manny Pacquiao.

By Daley James Francis : Sometimes a fighter comes along who captures the imagination of a city or region and reinvigorates interest in the sport of boxing in their area. In the nineties, ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed created a surge of interest in his native Sheffield and more recently, Ricky Hatton revitalised Manchester’s fighting scene.

Leeds’ Adil “The Platinum Kid” Anwar is now the proud owner of the International Masters title after He pitched a stunning display at Elland Road on Saturday night (February 26).

Carshalton’s Ricky Boylan returned to the Ultrachem TKO Gym in Canning Town this week in order to prepare for his upcoming showdown against Kristian Laight on Marxh 19.

Rendall Munroe will return to action in April, in his first contest since challenging for the WBC super-bantamweight title.

Former pro Graham Earl is set to promote his second boxing event of the year, ’Fists of Fury’ at the Nugent Hall at in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Saturday 2nd April 2011.

Dave ‘Rocky’ Ryan claimed another belt on a Mitchell Promotions’ show at the Heritage Hotel in Derby on Sunday.

By Dewi Powell at ringside: Belgian, Ermano Fegatilli produced a career best performance to dethrone European super-featherweight champion Stephen Foster Jr in his first defence of the title.

World ranked junior welterweight Jesus Pabon ko’d Americo Santos to claim the vacant WBO Latino title at the Palm Bay Community Center in Palm Bay, Florida on Friday night.

By Tom Gray: Ricky Burns makes the second defence of his WBO super featherweight title against hard punching Ghanaian, Joseph Laryea at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on March 12th.

Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli is reportedly moving down to light-heavyweight in an attempt to revive his career.

The latest edition of the Prizefighter Podcast is available to download for free on iTunes via www.prizefighter.co.uk – with Robin Reid talking about the Super-Middleweights II and Eddie Hearn revealing a possible rule change.

Two time European Middleweight Champ, Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin has landed a high profile Las Vegas showdown with the legendary Ronald "Winky" Wright on April 9th.

Promoter Frank Warren has made an offer for new British junior-welterweight champion Ashley Theophane to defend his title against unbeaten Birmingham boxer Frankie Gavin.

British And Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora took time off from training for his April 30 heavyweight title showdown with Wladimir Klitschko return fire on fellow unbeaten Britain Tyson Fury.

By Dewi Powell at ringside: Despite several late pull outs and changes Oliver Harrison Promotions, in association with Johnney Roye’s gym, were able to bring boxing back to Preston with an exciting card.

Tottenham’s Michael Grant is set to return to the ring, after a year long sabbatical from the sport, on the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘UNLEASH THE FURY’ event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, on Saturday 5th March 2011.

Darren Barker is aiming to fight for the World Middleweight title in 2011 after signing a promotional deal with Matchroom Sport.

The Cruiserweight clash between Toks Owoh and JJ Ojuederie, at the Steve Goodwin promoted ’Unleash The Fury’ show at York Hall in London on Saturday 5th March 2011, is off following Ojuederie pulling out, due to an injury sustained in training.

Londoner Ryan Toms forced a sixth round stoppage over Craig Windsor Jr at the Tolworth Recreation Centre in south London on Saturday night to claim the International Masters Middleweight title.

Former WBC junior-welterweight Junior Witter’s opportunity to resurrect his career one last time took a severe nosedive Saturday night at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada when he was out-pointed by Victor Lupo over 10 rounds.

By Tom Gray: Ashley Theopane came from behind to outpoint Lenny Daws via unanimous decision in an action packed main event which saw him lift the British light welterweight title on Saturday.

John O’Donnell and Craig Watson both made the weight ahead of their British welterweight title fight at the Wembley Arena Saturday(Feb 19) night.

Mexican warrior Fernando Montiel may be the WBC and WBO bantamweight champion but he will the underdog when he defends his titles against ‘Filipino Flash’ Nonito Donaire at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Prizefighter winner and former British title challenger Michael Lomax has stepped in to face unbeaten lightweight prospect Frankie Gavin at the Yourk Hall in Bethnal Green Saturday night.

Local southpaw Ty Mitchell has been handed an extra incentive to dazzle in Derby next week.

Promoter Frank Warren has been forced to scrap Saturday’s top of the bill clash between unbeaten Birmingham prospect Frankie Gavin and Welshman Jason Cook at the York Hall in London.

WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has confirmed that he will fight just twice more before he hangs up his gloves for good in October. The good news is the British boxer wants to face Wladimir Klitschko in September.

Former world featherweight boxing champion Naseem Hamed has been fined over £1,000 after pleading guilty to driving offences.

Every morning when he wakes up, Matty Tew sees what he’s fighting for.

Promoter Clifton Mitchell reckons he can turn nice-guy Carl Baker into a heavyweight wrecking machine by scaring him.

Unbeaten Manchester heavywieght Tyson Fury will face Brazilian puncher Marcelo Luiz Nascimento at the Wembley Arena in London on Saturday night, subject to the approval of the British Boxing Board of Conrol.

Frankie Gavin will now headline at London’s York Hall this Saturday after headliner Tony Bellew withdrew because of a hand injury.

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: On Saturday night former IBO Junior Welterweight Champion Colin Lynes made his welcome return to the ring, against former British and Commonwealth Champion Bradley Pryce.

London based Irishman John O’Donnell is ready willing and able to deal with Craig Watson when the pair meet for the Commonwealth welterweight title at the Wembley Arena on Saturday night.

By Tom Gray: The rapid growth and excitement within Scottish boxing continues with the professional debut of cruiserweight, Stephen Simmons on March 12th.

Promoter Miranda Carter returns to York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on 20th February for another instalment of her popular Sunday afternoon shows. With her new matchmaker, Jim Evans, she is aiming to repeat her formula of a well-mixed line-up of bouts.

By Dewi Powell at ringside: A disciplined Colin Lynes out-pointed Bradley Pryce over eight rounds as the Welshman’s hopes of securing a British welterweight title shot were dealt a heavy blow at the Liverpool Olympia on Saturday night.

Nathan Cleverly, WBO interim light-heavywieght champion, will challenge will challenge full titleholder Jurgen Braehmer, his promoter Frank Warren has confirmed

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By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: Former European junior welterweight Champion Colin Lynes is set to make his welcome return to the ring this coming Saturday, the 12th February, against Bradley Pryce on the Matchroom Sports promoted show headlined by John Watson againt Anthony Crolla at Olympia, Liverpool.

According to reports Dave Coldwell for Hayemaker Promotions has secured the right to stage the highly anticipated British super-middleweight title grudge match between champion James DeGale and challenger George Groves.

Britain’s favourite boxing son Ricky Hatton believes WBA junior-welterweight champion Amir Khan can be the best pound for pound boxer in the world.

On Saturday night Stoke Newington junior middleweight Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng easily secured his sixth win, albeit not in his usual all action style.

By Teddy Stenmark: Word from Finland is that Stuart Green from Glenrothes, Scotland, will be in the opposite corner of undefeated Finnish lightweight prospect Edis Tatli in Helsinki March 4th.

IBF/WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has again challenged David Haye to face him in a heavyweight unification bout on July 2. The 34 year-old, who is scheduled to face British champion Derek Chisora, has also said he is prepared to fight anywhere to make the fight happen.

By Tom Gray: In his most recent outing John Simpson produced an impeccable display to hand the highly rated Martin Lindsay his first defeat and claim the British featherweight title for the second time.

Kreshnik Qato vs Marcen Gierke headline Miranda Carter’s ‘The Force Of Destiny Card’ at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on February 20 (Sunday afternoon).

Rick Hatton believes that Sheffield KO king Adam Etches is one of Britain’s hardest punching prospects.

By Dewi Powell at ringside: George and Dragon promotions returned to the Newport Centre for their second promotion named ‘Double Trouble’ with two title fights.

By Dewi Powell at ringside: Newport’s Justyn Hugh continued his winning run at the Recreation Centre in Newport, Wales on Saturday night. Hugh produced a disciplined performance to defeat debutant Jody Meikle over 6x2’s at light-heavyweight.

Amir Khan has announced that he has reached an agreement to fight undefeated European champion, Paul McCloskey, at the Manchester Evening News Arena on Saturday April 16th.

Stephen Foster Jr is waking up every morning and forgetting that he will be defending his European super-featherweight championship later this month.

Just a week after saying he can no longer make 140lbs, former WBC junior-welterweight champ Junior Witter, has changed his mind and is ready to challenger for Amir Khan’s WBA title.

Former IBF Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title challenger Toks Owoh is set to begin his second campaign for championship glory in earnest, albeit this time in the Cruiserweight division.

Northolt’s Ryan Toms vs Terry Curruthers headlines the ‘Tolworth Tear Up’ show at the Tolworth Recreation Centre in Surbiton, south London on February 19.

Promoter Mickey Helliet promises ‘Blood, Sweat and Drama at Club Oceana’ on Southampton’s next big fight night.

British super-bantamweight champion Jason Booth will be having his 20th major title fight when he boxes Commonwealth king Jamie Arthur.

Craig Watson believes sparring with two of British boxing’s leading prospects will earn him sweet revenge over John O’Donnell.

David Price is to spend two weeks sparring with Odlanier Solis to help the Cuban boxer prepare for his showdown against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.

Legendry American trainer Emanuel Steward believes Britain’s undefeated heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury could develop into the next heavyweight superstar.

Hatton Promotions boxer Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla will challenge John Watson for the vacant British lightweight title in Liverpool on Saturday February 12.

By David Boyle: The ultimate Irish warrior Oisin Fagan, was back on familiar hunting-ground on Sunday when he impressively dismantled Hungarian veteran, Karoly Lakatos, at the City West Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland.

Post fight quotes from Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander following their junior welterweight unification battle in Pontiac, Michegan on Saturday night.

Saturday night’s Prizefighter Light Heavyweights II live on Sky Sports 1, HD1 and 3D from Olympia, London promises to be a volatile affair after tensions ran high at today’s weigh-in.

Team Khan is extremely disappointed with the recent press release sent out by Paul McCloskey’s promoter, Barry Hearn, accusing Amir Khan of using the Irish fighter to get a cheap title defence.

In this week’s Ask The Editor SecondsOut readers ask the question, should the referee have stopped the recent Michael Kadsidis’s fight against Juan manuel Marquez, how great is Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr and much more.

David Price will have his first 10 round contest when he tackles Osborne Machimana next week in a Commonwealth heavyweight title eliminator.

Leon ‘Solid’ Williams gets his first outing, under the Frank Maloney promotional banner, when he faces Blackpool based Slovakian Richard Turba at Brentwood Leisure Centre, Essex on Saturday 5th February 2011.