After a 10-round war with Angelo Dragone last timeout, Jake Tinklin was rewarded with another Welsh title fight but this time around against Aberdare’s Joe Morgan for the vacant Welsh Welterweight title. However, the fight has been postponed and Risca’s Tinklin will now take on South African Garth Noot over six rounds at the Vale Sports Arena tomorrow evening.
If the Welsh title was to be on the line on Saturday night this would have been Tinklin’s fourth consecutive title fight. He picked up the Welsh title against Tom James in November of last year, before back-to-back defeats to Senan Kelly and Angelo Dragone and tomorrow he will be looking to get back to winning ways.
Standing in the opposite corner is Johannesburg’s, Noot who will be fighting his first pro fight in nearly 8 years. He began his pro career in 2014 when he had a knockout win over Loyola Costa and Saturday night will be his first taste of boxing professionally in Wales.
Also fighting on the card is undefeated Anton Haskins (10-0) from Bristol. After a dominant performance last timeout against Brayan Mairena, Haskins will take on his biggest challenge yet as he goes head-to-head with Indian Rajesh Kumar (16-1-1) who has won the WBC World Youth lightweight title.
Newport’s, Nathan Howells returns to action against Nicaraguan Nestor Maradiaga over six rounds. James Atkins will also return to action as he looks to get another win before a potential showdown with Angelo Dragone at the back end of the year. The man from Porthcawl takes on Worcester’s Michael Mooney who has had 122 professional fights over a nine-year period.
After making his professional debut last timeout, Daniel Walshe returns back to the Vale Sports Arena to take on the tough Nicaraguan Eliecer Quezada in a four round contest. Penarth’s Haaris Khan remains active as he fights his third fight of the year and takes on Robbie Chapman who has only been stopped twice. Jimmy Gilheaney will look to make it a perfect four from four as he takes on southpaw Jahfieus Faure over four rounds.
Craig Woodruff will kickoff the evening as he makes his return after fighting for the Celtic title in his last outing in Glasgow. Tomorrow night will see the orthodox fighter take on Manoj Kumar (3-1) who has got two wins via knockout. After a close contest with Jake Tinklin for the Welsh super lightweight title in his last fight, Pontypridd’s Tom James returns and takes on the durable Owen Durnan over six rounds.
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