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PAUL McCLOSKEY defending his
British light-welterweight title
against Kentish Town-based
Nigerian AJOSE OLUSEGUN, the
Commonwealth champion, is the
stand-out fight ordered at the
latest Board meeting.
Other fights sent out for purse
bids at lOst include NIGEL WRIGHT
against former British boss BARRY
MORRISON and the winner of the
April 11 LENNY DAWS-PETER
McDONAGH clash against SCOH
HAYWOOD, both in eliminators.
In other British title eliminators,
English lightweight champ SCOTT
LAWTON has been nominated to
face GARY BUCKLAND, while
Commonwealth middleweight king
DARREN BARKER must face English
title-holder DARREN McDERMOTT
in a tasty-looking showdown.
Purse bids are requested by
April 8 with the fights to take place
by the end of July.

GOLDEN BOY are planning a great
bill for June 27. The show would
include a rematch between WBA
featherweight champion CHRIS
JOHN and ROCKY JUAREZ after
their draw last month, along with
SERGEI DZINDZIRUK defending his
WBO.list belt against southpaw
puncher JAMES KIRKLAND and hotshot
VICTOR ORTIZ challenging for
Ukrainian ANDREAS KOTELNIK'S
WBA light-welter strap. Kirkland is
down to fight MICHAEL WALKER on
the Ricky Hatton-Manny Pacquiao
undercard. The Golden Boy megashow
would take place at the
Staples Center in Los Angeles.

A CRACKING lightweight scrap
between Salisbury's on-form HENRY
CASTLE and Leeds' former British
super-featherweight champion
CARL JOHANESSON is in the works
for June. The pair were originally
set to meet on tonight's (Friday,
March 20) Newham bill but Carl's
trainer has been ill, disrupting the
boxer's preparation. Also in June,
ANDREW FACEY should meet his
former victim GARY WOOLCOMBE
as the former defends his English
light-middle belt.

TONIGHT (Friday March 20) England
host Ireland on a dinner show at The
Royal National Hotel in Bloomsbury,
central London.
England team: 51: Chris Blinkhorn
(Withins Police). 57: Lee Gillespie
(Bridgewater), Del Rogers (Kettering
SOB).-60: Sam Maxwell (Higherside),
Gary Reay (East Durham). 64: Andy
Townend (Hard & Fast). 69: Lee
Newman (Repton Boys), Liam
Cameron (Steel City). 81: Jimmy
McCann (Kettering SOB). Manager:
Martin Webb. Coaches: Martin Utley
and George Burton.
Meanwhile, Ireland host Poland
tonight (Friday Match 20) at the
National Stadium, Dublin, and again
on Sunday (March 22) at a "provincial
venue".
Those matches sandwich the proam
s h ow t o m o r r ow (Saturday March
21) at the 0 2 Arena, Dublin. That
sees Beijing Olympic light-flyweight
bronze medallist Paddy Barnes and
World Youth 60 kgs champ Ray
Moylett (versus Rob Gorman) in 3 x
3s action, while women's World 60
kgs queen Kate Taylor meets
Caroline Barry over 4 x 2s.