Showing posts with label York Hall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label York Hall. Show all posts

Friday, 3 September 2010

Prizefighter Heavyweight IV Draw

The draw for Prizefighter Heavyweight IV has been completed. Barry Hearn's tournament is hosted at York Hall on 9/10/10.

Five-time world champion Evander Holyfield completed the draw, which included a 'Wildcard'. Another participant will be announced sooner to the date and will take the 'Wildcard' fixture.

The fourteenth Prizefighter is live on Sky Sports and offers winnings of £32,000.

Audley 'No Hope' Harrison won the previous Heavyweight Prizefighter and gained the European title off Michael Sprott, a competitor in this edition of the eight-man tournament, in the final.

The Draw:

Michael Holden v Kevin McBride

Wildcard v Carl Baker

Michael Sprott v Danny Hughes

Matt Skelton v Ali Adams

Monday, 31 May 2010

'Big Bang' Casey Wins Prizefighter

Irish fighter Willie Casey won the Super-bantamweight Prizefighter competition at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London.

Casey beat Paul McElhinney on points in the final to claim the trophy and winner's cheque to the value of £32,000. McElhinney replaced Ricky Owen in the final after he was ruled out with a cut, as a wildcard.

'Who knows what the future holds?' Casey told Sky Sports after the fight, 'I might get a shot at the European title after winning Prizefighter. I'm very proud of everything I've done.'

Casey improved to 8-0 (5ko).

The Limerick based fighter was a replacement for Wayne McCullough, after the former WBC Bantamweight champion pulled out with a hand injury.