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Weights and Quotes McDonagh-Hamilton Southern Area Light Welterweight Title

The weigh in for Peter McDonagh versus Darren Hamilton BBBofC Southern Area Light Welterweight Title, sponsored by Revolver EntertainmentÆs new to DVD action drama æFists of RageÆ movie, was held earlier today at The Real Fight Club in Shoreditch, London.

McDonagh versus Hamilton will take place on Friday 18th March at Spencer FearonÆs Hard Knocks Boxing Promotions æShamrock ShowdownÆ event at York hall, Bethnal Green, London.

WEIGHTS & QUOTES.

Peter McDonagh - 140 lbs

ôItÆs a good fight, heÆs hungry, itÆs his first chance at a title challenge.

HeÆs very respectful, I mean he said to me æthankÆs for giving me the opportunityÆ which is nice.

IÆm going to take care of business tomorrow night and then move on and hopefully Spencer will get me the British title fight.ö

Darren Hamilton - 139 lbs

ôI can see it go one of two ways, because of the contrast of styles. ItÆll either be a small hall classic or it could be a very boring fight.

ItÆs a very tactical fight, so sometimes it can be something that not everyone will want to see. Obviously itÆs not going to be a tear up.

Peter McDonagh boxes two ways, heÆs not going to know what to do with me as thereÆs no footage of me on YouTube. ThereÆll be a lot of standing off by him and IÆll do what I do best. Lots of tactics, lots of jabs, thereÆs not going to be any heavy trading early on I donÆt think.

IÆm going to do my own thing, fight my own fight. It might not be what the public want to see, they may want to see a tear up. As I say it could be one of two things it could be a boring tactical fight or a small hall classicö

Following the weigh in promoter Spencer Fearon spoke briefly, well sort of, on the top class event, ôThe shows called Shamrock Showdown for the simple fact that today is Saint PatrickÆs Day, do you realise that actually St. Patrick was Welsh. We live in a multi-ethnic society and weÆre uniting everybody with Hard Knocks everybody is welcome, so come down to York Hall and show your support for Peter McDonagh and Darren Hamilton as they fight for the Southern Area title. ThatÆs a real good fight and IÆm the promoter of the show.

YouÆve also got Erick Ochieng, whoÆs æThe EagleÆ, so IÆve replaced one Eagle with another, æcos Kreshnik Qato is not on this show but will be on my next show in a couple of months time. So IÆve got a new Eagle, IÆve got a vicious dark skinned African terrorist - he scares me - heÆs fighting a guy called Luke Robinson, who was an ABA titlist a few years ago. ThatÆs a real good 50/50 fight.

I havenÆt forgot Nathan Graham versus Adil Anwar, which is going to be a superb fight for the International Masters title. These are two guys with very similar records. Nathan is 11-1 and Adil is 10-1. Nobody wants to fight Adil Anwar, nobody wants to fight Nathan Graham, so you know what I said why donÆt you fight each other. I mean I put the money up.

All the fights are like that. I stick to my ethos, my ethos is every fight could be a main event and thatÆs what IÆm doing.

ItÆs not easy doing small hall shows when you have no TV. But everyone knows me, IÆm a peoples person and will get everybody in. WeÆre going to have a rammed York Hall.

I want to say a massive thank you to TKO, a big thank you to Rio and a big massive thank you to that thief Johnny Eames, just joking I love Johnny. Big massive thanks to all those people coming out to support our boys.ö

Tickets for Spencer FearonÆs Hard Knocks Boxing Promotions SHAMROCK SHOWDOWN at York Hall, Bethnal Green, London on Friday 18th March 2011 are priced ú35 on-line at www.tkoboxoffice.com, call: 07960 850645 or in person at The Ultrachem TKO Gym, Gillian House, Stephenson Street, Canning Town, London E16 4SA.

Fists Of Rage, distributed by Revolver Entertainment, is new to DVD and will be released nationally on the 28th March 2011 and can be pre-ordered now at Amazon - www.amazon.co.uk - and HMV - www.hmv.com