BOXXER Series : Cruiserweight Preview

By Dan Kelly, @deekayboxing

This Saturday BOXXER brings us their second series of the year with an 8 man knockout tournament. This time it arrives in Manchester at the Victoria warehouse and it's the Crusierweights!

The previous tournament last month saw the lightweights battle it out in Coventry, with Dylan Cheema getting the decision in an action packed final vs the favourite Rylan Charlton. 

The competition is a platform for rising stars  who are fresh to the professional game and top prospects across the country in a 3x3 minute round format designed to provide non-stop action. 

How does the format work?

8 fighters from the same weight division are chosen to compete in the tournament, some being up and coming prospects and some being slightly more experienced fighters.

The aim of the tournament is to give smaller fighters a chance to showcase their talents on a huge platform and win a coveted prize, a contract with one of the UK's top promotional companies Boxxer.

Two days before fight night, a draw is made at random to determine the first 4 quarter finals. Each tie is number, QF1, QF2, QF3 and QF4. The winner of QF1 vs QF2 will fight the winner of QF3 vs QF4 and the two winners of the semi final will meet in the final.

The fast and action packed tournament uses the 3x3 minute rounds format in all bouts. All the boxers will need to make the most of the short fights to gain the edge over their opposition. Previous winners of the tournament include Nick Webb, Cori Gibbs and Mike Lawal.

The 8 Cruiserweights competing are:

Ricky Reeves (2-0, 1 KO) - Sheffield

Jay Farrell (9-2, 5 KO's) - Liverpool

Ellis Zorro (11-0, 6 KO's) - Lewisham

Jamie Smith (3-0, 2 KO's) - Amersham

Anees Taj (5-1, 4 KO's) - Watford

Ryan Cotterell (1-0) - Wolverhampton

Sheldon McDonald (3-0, 1 KO) - Sheffield

Jack Fay (1-0-1) - Darwen

Originally scheduled to take place in Sheffield, the event was moved to Manchester in April. A good move as I feel Victoria warehouse should provide a small hall atmosphere to match the format, which is guaranteed to bring us brilliant action from some hungry hard hitting Cruiserweights with all of them looking to make a statement. 

The division is one that's thriving in British boxing right now and the contenders will be looking for a breakout win which will see them take home a whopping £40,000 from 9 rounds. It will set them on the right path and to be elevated onto regular BOXXER shows with Sky Sports. 

The draw will be on Thursday afternoon with the weigh ins the following day and 

@deekayboxing will be covering the events at fight week providing updates of the draw and weigh ins and will also be ringside on Saturday evening with live updates via twitter.

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