Dave Oakes recaps this past Friday night's Prizefighter tournament.

Gavin Rees won the Prizefighter tournament on Friday night after beating Colin Lynes in an enjoyable final. The tournament was perfect for Rees’s all-action style, although I still have my doubts as to how well he’ll fair once he gets back into proper title fights.

He said afterwards that he hoped to use Prizefighter as a spring board to another world title. Sadly for him, I wouldn’t favour him against Paul McCloskey or Ajose Alusegun, the European and Commonwealth champions respectively, never mind anyone like Tim Bradley, Devon Alexander or Amir Khan.

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The Prizefighter series is back, and this time the featured weight class is the 140 pound division.  Dave Oakes has the preview.

The Prizefighter series returns this Friday with a mouth-watering line-up in the light-welterweight division. The show will be held at the National Hall, Olympia in London for the first time in the series short history. An impressive line-up includes fighters that have claimed one world title, three European titles and three British titles between them in their careers. The eight combatants are: Gavin Rees, David Barnes, Ted Bami, Colin Lynes, Michael Grant, Barrie Jones, Young Mutley and Jason Cook. 

Some traditionalists aren’t keen on the purportedly crash-bang-wallop nature of the competition but no-one can deny its popularity with the punters. The series regularly sells out arenas, has good viewing figures and is one of the most popular events for betting on. Whilst the competition isn’t a true reflection of top class domestic title fights, it has helped generate a lot of interest from people who wouldn’t normally watch boxing, and that can only be good for the sport.

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