WRIGHT: ‘THEOPHANE’S HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE’
County Durham’s Nigel Wright was ‘down but not out’ at the weigh-in that saw British champ Ashley Theophane and opponent Ben Murphy step on the scales ahead of their British light-welterweight clash at the Peterlee Leisure Centre on Dec 10. Nigel was supposed to be facing Theophane but was forced to withdraw from the contest [...]
THEOPHANE NOT FAZED
Londoner Ashley ‘Treasure’ Theophane isn’t fazed easily. The British light-welterweight king faces a last-minute opponent in Ben Murphy, 8-4-1 (4), when he defends his crown at the Peterlee Leisure Centre on December 10 after original foe, County Durham’s Nigel Wright (pictured), was forced out of the contest after a medical problem. Far from being troubled [...]
Nigel Wright: ‘Crolla should man up and fight me!’
You beat Jamie Speight on February 12 in your last fight – rate your performance? It was quite a good performance. We got offered the British title fight at lightweight [against John Watson] but when that fell through we said we still wanted a fight at lightweight and I felt really sharp, sharper than usual, [...]
Nigel Wright: ‘Williams is a chicken’
You were scheduled to defend your English light-welterweight title against Steve Williams on Feb 12 on the undercard of Gavin Rees’ British lightweight title defence against John Watson – what’s happened to that? He’s [Williams] basically just a chicken and I’ll tell him that publically. All I know is that they said he wouldn’t be [...]
Nigel Wright: “I’ll fight anybody!”
You beat Dean Harrison with a great performance in July to claim the English title – is there any news on when you’ll next be fighting? None at all. I’ve been training and sparring constantly, I’m down to 10st 3lbs, and just want a fight.
Nigel Wright seeking Lenny Daws revenge
GEOGRAPHY’S irrelevant. It doesn’t matter if it’s Tijuana, Mexico or – as in the case of Nigel Wright – Crook, County Durham, if you’re a fighter then machismo’s in your DNA somewhere. Wright boxed beautifully against Wolverhampton’s Dean Harrison in their English light-welterweight title fight, at the Rainton Meadows Arena on July 23, before, at [...]
Weigh-in news from the Rainton Meadows Arena
At the Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton Le Spring today (22 July), Darlington’s Stuart Hall weighed in at 8st 4lbs, scotching any rumours that getting his big frame down to the bantamweight limit is a problem for him. British champion Hall looked confident throughout and exchanged banter with his title challenger, Martin Power, during their [...]
Crunch clash for Nigel Wright
NIGEL WRIGHT is absolutely determined to achieve his lifelong dream of winning top domestic honours and is hoping that a victory over Dean Harrison, in their vacant English light-welterweight title fight, will propel him to the front of the queue of challengers knocking at British champion, Lenny Daws’ door. Wolverhampton’s Harrison, who Wright will face [...]
Nigel’s ‘Mr Wright’
NIGEL WRIGHT has just posted the best win of his career and in doing so parked his tanks on the lawns of the top light-welterweights in the country. Now, the fighter from Durham is hoping that his victory in December over former British, European and WBO super-featherweight champion, Alex Arthur, 27-3 (20), will be the [...]