In British flyweight championship Shinny Bayaar first defense match against Ashley Sexton will starts on Friday at Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, Essex.
Bayaar (15-4-1, 4 ko´s) won the British title last October with a split decision over defending champion Chris Edwards. Bayaar originally from Mangolia but from 2001 he is boxing in the UK and received British citizenship in 2009 which granted him eligibility to box for the British crown.
22 year old Shinny Bayaar started his career in 2000 against Mongolian Yura Dima, who’s record was 10-2 at that time. He traveled to Philippines for his second fight and faced local favorite Manny Melchor, former IBF minimum weight world champion and lost a twelve round decision.
Then in January 2001 Bayaar made the brave decision to move to Britain, and made his UK debut, dropping an eight round decision to novice super bantamweight Damien Dunnion. After scoring his first two pro wins, Bayaar slipped to a less than impressive 2-3-1 when he lost a four rounder to Nigerian Sunkanmi Ogunbiyi.
Shinny won his next four fights against moderate opposition before facing undefeated Martin Power on the Ricky Hatton v Ray Olivera undercard in December 2004. Bayaar lost a ten round decision to Power, who would win the British bantamweight title in his next fight. It remains Bayaar´s last defeat.
Since then, Shinny has gone undefeated for over five years, and is on a nine fight winning streak. He is currently ranked 7th by the EBU.
Ranked one place below Bayaar is 22 year old Ashley Sexton (9-0, 5 ko´s),
In just 17 months as a pro Sexton has created a buzz in the flyweight division that has been missing for years. After seven wins against moderate opposition, Sexton served notice to his potential last September when he flattened Brazilian fringe contender Darli Goncalves Pires in just 154 seconds.
In January of this year Sexton knocked out tough former British title challenger Usman Ahmed with a perfect straight right, again in the first round.
Suddenly, Sexton has become the most exciting British flyweight prospect since Charlie Magri, and the bookies have made him a strong 1/3 favorite to lift the British title on Friday, with Bayaar the 9/4 underdog.
A confident but likeable character, Sexton is looking forward to this Friday´s title chance.
''I am absolutely buzzing at the moment and really excited for my big chance. I have always boxed on the undercard, and sat back and wondered what it’s like to be picked as the headliner - and now I have got that chance. Everything is such a big thing on the night; I took a step back the other day and just thought, wow! Once I get the job done and Bayaar out of the way, I want to make a couple of quick defences, and then get in with Commonwealth champion Chris Edwards.''
Britain has a proud flyweight tradition, dating all the way back to the 1920´s and the legendary Jimmy Wilde, through to the golden era of the 1930´s and 40´s when British fighters dominated the division and the likes of Benny Lynch, Peter Kane, Jackie Patterson and Rinty Monaghan all held the world title.
In the 80´s and 90´s, Charlie Magri, Duke McKenzie and Dave McAuley also won versions of the world title and resurrected interest in the flyweight division.
Now young Ashley Sexton looks to have the star quality needed to draw the public's attention to the flyweights once again. In Shinny Bayaar he meets a tough opponent who can truly test him. Bayaar has never been stopped, and is always in tremendous condition. Like Sexton, Bayaar is over 5'5'' tall, and a big, strong flyweight.
Bayaar may not mach Sexton in technique and power, but he lacks nothing in heart and durability.
This will be the toughest test of Sexton´s fledgling career so far. His manager Frank Maloney obviously thinks he´s ready for it, and I agree.
Sexton by TKO in five rounds.
Big Fight Odds; Ashley Sexton 1/3, Shinny Bayaar 9/4
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Kell Brook vs Krzysztof Bienias Live Match Preview
The main support for the Smith v Dodson fight is the eliminator for the WBO welterweight title between Sheffield’s Kell Brook and Poland’s Krzysztof Bienias.
Brook, 20-0 (13 KO’s), is now at the stage of his career where he’s ready leave the ‘hot prospect’ tag behind and should be looking to make inroads at world level. He’s still a few fights away from facing the major players in the division and he must ensure that he’s ready to take the step up to that level when the opportunity arises.
Star-divide
Brook is a confident, and slightly cocky, heavy-handed fighter from Brendan Ingle’s Wincobank Gym, which has inevitably led to comparisons with Ingle’s most famous protégé Naseem Hamed. There are definitely similarities between the pair – punches from unusual angles, low held hands and upper body movement for defence and chilling knockout power in both hands. Although I do feel Brook’s style, whilst still sticking to the philosophies of the Ingle way, is slightly more orthodox than that of Naseem’s - his jab is very solid and he doesn’t tend to load up with the big punches like Hamed did.
The best performances of Brook’s career have come against his hardest opponents; he out-boxed Barrie Jones before stopping him in the seventh to claim the British title before making successful defences against Kevin McIntyre (KO1), Stuart Elwell (KO2) and Michael Lomax (KO3). The way he destroyed McIntyre was particularly impressive, it was expected to be a hard fight but Brook jumped on the Scotsman from the opening bell and had him down and out inside two minutes.
Bienias, 39-3 (16 KO’s), is seven years Brook’s senior and is vastly more experienced. Two of his three defeats have come in European title tilts against world class operators Oktay Urkal and Junior Witter. He was soundly out-boxed by Urkal, whilst Witter blew him away inside two rounds, though he was still on his feet when the referee stopped the fight. He’s gone unbeaten in the five years since the Witter defeat, albeit against opposition that was either poor or average. Read More!
Brook, 20-0 (13 KO’s), is now at the stage of his career where he’s ready leave the ‘hot prospect’ tag behind and should be looking to make inroads at world level. He’s still a few fights away from facing the major players in the division and he must ensure that he’s ready to take the step up to that level when the opportunity arises.
Star-divide
Brook is a confident, and slightly cocky, heavy-handed fighter from Brendan Ingle’s Wincobank Gym, which has inevitably led to comparisons with Ingle’s most famous protégé Naseem Hamed. There are definitely similarities between the pair – punches from unusual angles, low held hands and upper body movement for defence and chilling knockout power in both hands. Although I do feel Brook’s style, whilst still sticking to the philosophies of the Ingle way, is slightly more orthodox than that of Naseem’s - his jab is very solid and he doesn’t tend to load up with the big punches like Hamed did.
The best performances of Brook’s career have come against his hardest opponents; he out-boxed Barrie Jones before stopping him in the seventh to claim the British title before making successful defences against Kevin McIntyre (KO1), Stuart Elwell (KO2) and Michael Lomax (KO3). The way he destroyed McIntyre was particularly impressive, it was expected to be a hard fight but Brook jumped on the Scotsman from the opening bell and had him down and out inside two minutes.
Bienias, 39-3 (16 KO’s), is seven years Brook’s senior and is vastly more experienced. Two of his three defeats have come in European title tilts against world class operators Oktay Urkal and Junior Witter. He was soundly out-boxed by Urkal, whilst Witter blew him away inside two rounds, though he was still on his feet when the referee stopped the fight. He’s gone unbeaten in the five years since the Witter defeat, albeit against opposition that was either poor or average. Read More!
Paul Smith Vs Tony Dodson Live Odds
It seems there is a boxing gym on most corners in Liverpool. Boxing is engrained in the city’s psyche almost as much as football and music. But while it has been years since the likes of John Conteh or Ernie Roderick plied their trade, there is a comeback in the offing.
Leading the renaissance is Paul Smith, who makes the first defence of his British super-middleweight title on Friday night against Tony Dodson, a fellow Liverpudlian, at the Echo Arena, where Smith won the title last October from Tony Quigley, another scouser.
Smith learnt his trade at Rotunda, Dodson at Gemini, two of the numerous clubs that have been taking keen athletes as well as troubled youngsters off Liverpool’s streets for years. Belfast is probably the only city in the UK with a similar club to population ratio.
“It’s a very Liverpool working-class thing, you are not going to get many lacrosse clubs round here,” Smith said. “But it would be good to see all the boxing clubs full. Boxing teaches kids respect and a lot could do with that.” Read More!
Leading the renaissance is Paul Smith, who makes the first defence of his British super-middleweight title on Friday night against Tony Dodson, a fellow Liverpudlian, at the Echo Arena, where Smith won the title last October from Tony Quigley, another scouser.
Smith learnt his trade at Rotunda, Dodson at Gemini, two of the numerous clubs that have been taking keen athletes as well as troubled youngsters off Liverpool’s streets for years. Belfast is probably the only city in the UK with a similar club to population ratio.
“It’s a very Liverpool working-class thing, you are not going to get many lacrosse clubs round here,” Smith said. “But it would be good to see all the boxing clubs full. Boxing teaches kids respect and a lot could do with that.” Read More!
UFC Betting: Penn vs Sanchez
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B.J. Penn and Diego Sanchez have kept the posturing to a minimum as Saturday's UFC lightweight title fight in Memphis approaches.
The same can't be said about the fighters' swarming camps, which opened up Thursday night about their fighters, their game plans and their thoughts on the other guy.
Asked for his opinion of Sanchez, the 27-year-old challenger, Penn's longtime trainer Rudy Valentino didn't bury the texted lede: "Diego will defeat himself mentally in this fight."
Sanchez's legendary Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach Saulo Ribeiro laughed.
"He's one of the strongest guys mentally I've ever met in my life," Ribeiro said over the phone. "He just refuses to give up. He refuses to quit."
So, why will Sanchez be the first fighter since Jens Pulver in 2001 to defeat Penn (14-5-1) at 155 pounds?
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"I think B.J. has been a great champ for 10 years, but the sport is evolving so much that I think Diego is ready to take it to the next level," said Ribeiro, implying Penn, one of MMA's most complete fighters, still just 30, has gone the way of month-old organic milk.
Back and forth, not malicious but invested and full of faith, supporters talked up their man and downplayed the other. Standing out on both sides was a sense of inevitability, as if the main event at the FedExForum (UFC PPV, 10 p.m. ET) was mere formality. And that determination was going to be the difference.
"It's the natural order," said Ribeiro, who joined his brother Xande, cardio man Steve Maxwell, boxing trainer Tony Palafox, and Olympic silver medalist wrestler Steve Abas in San Diego to prepare Sanchez (21-2). "Nobody hunted B.J. That's what I want to see. How will the champ react? He's never been hunted at 155. And Diego really believes he'll be the aggressor and will take the fight wherever he wants."
Belief and execution aren't the same thing, countered Penn's boxing trainer Jason Parrilo, who ran camp in Costa Mesa, Calif., with conditioning gurus Marv and Gary Marinovich (of the Todd Marinovich Marinoviches), and the entertaining Rudy V.
"Diego hasn't shown my any type of threat but his intensity and his willingness to go for it," Parrilo said. "With B.J., he's going to fall into something he's not prepared for.
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The same can't be said about the fighters' swarming camps, which opened up Thursday night about their fighters, their game plans and their thoughts on the other guy.
Asked for his opinion of Sanchez, the 27-year-old challenger, Penn's longtime trainer Rudy Valentino didn't bury the texted lede: "Diego will defeat himself mentally in this fight."
Sanchez's legendary Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach Saulo Ribeiro laughed.
"He's one of the strongest guys mentally I've ever met in my life," Ribeiro said over the phone. "He just refuses to give up. He refuses to quit."
So, why will Sanchez be the first fighter since Jens Pulver in 2001 to defeat Penn (14-5-1) at 155 pounds?
Start Online Betting on this match at our sportsbook
"I think B.J. has been a great champ for 10 years, but the sport is evolving so much that I think Diego is ready to take it to the next level," said Ribeiro, implying Penn, one of MMA's most complete fighters, still just 30, has gone the way of month-old organic milk.
Back and forth, not malicious but invested and full of faith, supporters talked up their man and downplayed the other. Standing out on both sides was a sense of inevitability, as if the main event at the FedExForum (UFC PPV, 10 p.m. ET) was mere formality. And that determination was going to be the difference.
"It's the natural order," said Ribeiro, who joined his brother Xande, cardio man Steve Maxwell, boxing trainer Tony Palafox, and Olympic silver medalist wrestler Steve Abas in San Diego to prepare Sanchez (21-2). "Nobody hunted B.J. That's what I want to see. How will the champ react? He's never been hunted at 155. And Diego really believes he'll be the aggressor and will take the fight wherever he wants."
Belief and execution aren't the same thing, countered Penn's boxing trainer Jason Parrilo, who ran camp in Costa Mesa, Calif., with conditioning gurus Marv and Gary Marinovich (of the Todd Marinovich Marinoviches), and the entertaining Rudy V.
"Diego hasn't shown my any type of threat but his intensity and his willingness to go for it," Parrilo said. "With B.J., he's going to fall into something he's not prepared for.
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UFC Betting: Penn vs Sanchez
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B.J. Penn and Diego Sanchez have kept the posturing to a minimum as Saturday's UFC lightweight title fight in Memphis approaches.
The same can't be said about the fighters' swarming camps, which opened up Thursday night about their fighters, their game plans and their thoughts on the other guy.
Asked for his opinion of Sanchez, the 27-year-old challenger, Penn's longtime trainer Rudy Valentino didn't bury the texted lede: "Diego will defeat himself mentally in this fight."
Sanchez's legendary Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach Saulo Ribeiro laughed.
"He's one of the strongest guys mentally I've ever met in my life," Ribeiro said over the phone. "He just refuses to give up. He refuses to quit."
So, why will Sanchez be the first fighter since Jens Pulver in 2001 to defeat Penn (14-5-1) at 155 pounds?
Start Online Betting on this match at our sportsbook
"I think B.J. has been a great champ for 10 years, but the sport is evolving so much that I think Diego is ready to take it to the next level," said Ribeiro, implying Penn, one of MMA's most complete fighters, still just 30, has gone the way of month-old organic milk.
Back and forth, not malicious but invested and full of faith, supporters talked up their man and downplayed the other. Standing out on both sides was a sense of inevitability, as if the main event at the FedExForum (UFC PPV, 10 p.m. ET) was mere formality. And that determination was going to be the difference.
"It's the natural order," said Ribeiro, who joined his brother Xande, cardio man Steve Maxwell, boxing trainer Tony Palafox, and Olympic silver medalist wrestler Steve Abas in San Diego to prepare Sanchez (21-2). "Nobody hunted B.J. That's what I want to see. How will the champ react? He's never been hunted at 155. And Diego really believes he'll be the aggressor and will take the fight wherever he wants."
Belief and execution aren't the same thing, countered Penn's boxing trainer Jason Parrilo, who ran camp in Costa Mesa, Calif., with conditioning gurus Marv and Gary Marinovich (of the Todd Marinovich Marinoviches), and the entertaining Rudy V.
"Diego hasn't shown my any type of threat but his intensity and his willingness to go for it," Parrilo said. "With B.J., he's going to fall into something he's not prepared for.
Start Online Betting on this match at our sportsbook Read More!
The same can't be said about the fighters' swarming camps, which opened up Thursday night about their fighters, their game plans and their thoughts on the other guy.
Asked for his opinion of Sanchez, the 27-year-old challenger, Penn's longtime trainer Rudy Valentino didn't bury the texted lede: "Diego will defeat himself mentally in this fight."
Sanchez's legendary Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach Saulo Ribeiro laughed.
"He's one of the strongest guys mentally I've ever met in my life," Ribeiro said over the phone. "He just refuses to give up. He refuses to quit."
So, why will Sanchez be the first fighter since Jens Pulver in 2001 to defeat Penn (14-5-1) at 155 pounds?
Start Online Betting on this match at our sportsbook
"I think B.J. has been a great champ for 10 years, but the sport is evolving so much that I think Diego is ready to take it to the next level," said Ribeiro, implying Penn, one of MMA's most complete fighters, still just 30, has gone the way of month-old organic milk.
Back and forth, not malicious but invested and full of faith, supporters talked up their man and downplayed the other. Standing out on both sides was a sense of inevitability, as if the main event at the FedExForum (UFC PPV, 10 p.m. ET) was mere formality. And that determination was going to be the difference.
"It's the natural order," said Ribeiro, who joined his brother Xande, cardio man Steve Maxwell, boxing trainer Tony Palafox, and Olympic silver medalist wrestler Steve Abas in San Diego to prepare Sanchez (21-2). "Nobody hunted B.J. That's what I want to see. How will the champ react? He's never been hunted at 155. And Diego really believes he'll be the aggressor and will take the fight wherever he wants."
Belief and execution aren't the same thing, countered Penn's boxing trainer Jason Parrilo, who ran camp in Costa Mesa, Calif., with conditioning gurus Marv and Gary Marinovich (of the Todd Marinovich Marinoviches), and the entertaining Rudy V.
"Diego hasn't shown my any type of threat but his intensity and his willingness to go for it," Parrilo said. "With B.J., he's going to fall into something he's not prepared for.
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