VIPBoxing Doncaster Dome Show report

Doncaster Dome Show report – 22nd January 2010
By Jamie Albrecht

It was a perfect start to the New Year for the fighters associated with VIP Boxing Promotions this weekend. Kevin Satchell and James “Jazza” Dickens scored points wins at the Liverpool Olimpia to add to their flawless ledgers when they came up against Francis Croes and Pavels Senkovs respectively.

In Doncaster, four of VIP’s bright young stable were in action on the undercard of Jamie MacDonnell’s main event slugfest with the ultimately game Belgian Stephane Jamoye.

Vicious Kieran Farrell kicked off the boxing quartet when he faced off in a rematch against former opponent Jason Carr over four rounds. Farrell began more calmly than in his previous outings. Rather than pressuring relentlessly early on such has become his trademark, the Heywood man sought to score with the jab, which he employed to great effect in the opener as he slowly established a rhythm that saw him begin to dent Carr’s ribcage with well placed body shots. The second saw more success for “Vicious” as he landed an impressive right hook to Carr’s head that caused him to sag and fall against the ropes, which allowed once again for the continuation of an assault to the body, which Carr dealt with by holding and disrupting Farrell’s advance, much to the latter’s annoyance. The third saw a replay of the second. Carr was visibly flagging, and took any opportunity to spoil and take a breather. Farrell resumed his aggressive plan with body shots, but his eagerness seemed to go against him at times, as he failed to keep away from Carr’s long arms when at close range, causing more tangles between the two men. The final session was merely a survival exercise for Carr, who seemed fortunate from his ultimate condition that the fight was not scheduled to go beyond four rounds. The Final Result was a points win(40-36)

Featherweight Terry Flanagan featured in a six rounder next against Bulgarian Stoyan Serbezov. Flannigan started the fight extremely positively, working well off of a swift, stinging jab. Flanagan illustrated his sharpness with a number of well placed combination shots to the head that forced Serbezov to utilise a high guard. This did little to prevent the pressure from mounting, and it was clear that Flannigan was fighting for a stoppage. Such an instance came in round two, when Serbezov, complaining of an arm injury apparently picked up in the opener, took a knee and was subsequently stopped by referee John Latham at 0:16 of round number two

Hull’s Tommy Coyle was quickly back into action following his points win over the tricky Matt Seawright at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on December 19th. His opponent, Andrew Patterson had a twelve pounds weight advantage heading into the fight that gave the Birmingham fighter an advantage at points during the fight. The first round presented little danger to Coyle. He confidently used the jab to gain the upper hand early whilst making use of good head and foot movement to stay out of range of his bigger opponent. Patterson managed to assert some dominance in the second however. Coyle seemed intent on attacking the body in response to Patterson’s cautious high guard. Whilst he fired at will, Patterson took his chance by letting go of a right hand, rocking the unsuspecting welterweight. The unsteady Coyle was then put down by a right hook following a period of holding, but this was ruled a slip by the referee. The body work was reapplied in the third with some success, but Coyle had to get on his proverbial bike to stay away from danger when he was once again tagged going forward. Despite the minor hazard, Coyle won the round and finished the fight well, avoiding taunts from Patterson to come forward and swap Punches. Referee John Latham awarded the contest to Coyle 40-37 much to the delight of his vocal support at ringside.

Josh Warrington added to his five fight undefeated slate, when he beat the experienced Steve Gethin by a four point margin, 40-36. Warrington won the contest with apparent ease, adopting an effective high guard when needed to ward off any attacks. The 20 year old Leeds man also displayed a good variety of punches and an impressive work rate that allowed him to earn the victory without any sign of a problem. With this victory, Warrington moves to 6-0, and with a SKY appearance already under his belt, could be an exciting one to watch for the near future.