Top of the bill at the Vale Sports Arena this Saturday features Newport’s Ryan Pocock (5-1, 1KO) facing Llanelli’s Ethan George (5-1, 1KO) for the vacant Welsh super middleweight title previously held by Morgan Jones in 2019.
The two were scheduled to meet on Sanigar Events last show at the Vale Sports Arena back in early March, however the man from Newport suffered a perforated eardrum in the lead up to the fight.
Pocock will be aiming to become the first person from Newport to win the super middleweight Welsh honours, the 35-year-old gets his chance after picking up five wins on the bounce after losing his first professional fight back in October 2021.
The 5’9” orthodox fighter, George comes into this all Welsh showdown on the back of handing Alex Branson-Cole his first professional loss after stopping him in the second round at York Hall in November last year.
Also on the card, Risca’s Jake Tinklin (11-2) defends his Welsh super lightweight title against “The Italian Stallion” Angelo Dragone (7-3) over 10 rounds. For Dragone this will be his third attempt at claiming the belt as his previous attempts saw him lose to Kristian Touze and in 2021 Jacob Robinson where he lost on a 95-94 scorecard.
Since that loss to Robinson, the man from Carmarthen has picked up two impressive point decision wins over Phil Price and Kasey Bradnum.
Tinklin on the other hand comes into the contest on the back of a defeat to Senan Kelly at the Warehouse at the Red Cow, Dublin where he attempted to claim the BUI Celtic title back in February this year. Tinklin claimed his Welsh super lightweight title after beating Pontypridd’s Tom James at the Vale Sports Arena in November last year.
It is also a big night for Porthcawl’s James Atkins (6-0) as he looks to improve his undefeated record as he takes on an undefeated Yorkshiremen Owen Durnan (2-0) who made his professional debut back in November last year.
After a dominant points win over Connor Meanwell back in April, Cardiff’s Carvell Crocker (6-0) returns to in-ring action and goes head-to-head with Italian Elliot Eboigbe (0-1) who made his pro debut two weeks ago.
After winning fight of the year with his Welsh title fight with Conor McIntosh super featherweight Nathan Howells (8-1-1, 1KO) makes his first outing of 2024 as he rematches Costa Rica’s Jose Manuel Perez (12-13-1, 9KOs) over six rounds. The two previously met back in February 2023 at the Vale Sports Arena, where referee Chris Jones scored the contest 57-57.
15 weeks on from her first defeat as a professional, Swansea’s Victoria Perkins (1-1) looks to get back to winning ways after losing to Linzi Buczynskyi at the Brangwyn Hall. She takes on Kerry Orton (0-7) who last fought at York Hall.
After a dominant performance over Steve Davies last time out, Caerphilly’s Mark Davies (4-0) returns to the Vale Sports Arena and takes on Mexican Fernando Valencia (9-59, 5KOs), this bout also sees the Welshmen in his first six rounder as a professional.
Super Middleweight Haaris Khan (2-0) looks to improve his undefeated record as he goes head-to-head with Latvian Edgars Sniedze (6-48-1, 6KOs). He has taken both Willy Hutchinson, Jordan Withers and Mark Jeffers the distance previously. Jimmy Gilheaney (2-0) at 22 looks to remain busy as he faces Nicaraguan Engel Gomez (8-28-3, 4KOs) at super featherweight.
2023 Welsh Senior Elite Welsh National amateur champion, Daniel Walshe makes his professional debut this weekend against Karl Sampson (6-34-1, 1KO).
Also on the card it sees Aberdare’s Lewys Parfitt, make his professional debut. Parfitt claimed the Welsh National Championships Elite back in April 2023 and will take on Nottinghamshire’s Fonz Alexander (9-164-1, 5KOs) over four rounds.
Saturday night also sees the return of Port Talbot’s Joshua John (9-2) who takes on Middlesbrough Cain Singh (1-2-1) over six rounds. Singh comes into this contest on the back of referee Ryan Churchill scoring his last bout a 57-57 draw against Harvey Elding, whereas John comes into the fight on the back of winning every single round last time out against Marvin Solano.
Words By Harry Tovey
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