| EGGINGTON-MOLINA WEIGH-IN RESULTS AND RUNNING ORDER |
| Sam Eggington and Carlos Molina officiallyweighed-in today for their Vacant WBC Silver Middleweight Championship, plus the undercard to take place this Saturday (22 May) at the Coventry Skydome Arena. FIGHT #1 17:00 4 x 3 Minute Rounds Heavyweight Contest Tommy Welch Brighton, England 16st 9lbs 8oz (233.8 pounds) vs Dmitrij Kalinovskij Klaipeda, Lithuania 14st 9lbs 5oz (205.5 pounds) FIGHT #2 17:30 4 x 3 Minute Rounds Middleweight Contest Brett McGinty St Johnson, Ireland 11st 4lbs 12oz (158.1 pounds) vs Dwain Grant Oldbury, West Midland 11st 6lbs 3oz (160.3 pounds) FIGHT #3 18:00 6 x 3 Minute Rounds Middleweight Contest: Idris Virgo Birmingham, England 12st 10lbs 8oz (178.8 pounds) vs Lewis van Poetics Lydney, Gloucestershire 12st 6lbs (174 pounds) FIGHT #4 18:40 8 x 3 Minute Rounds Light Heavyweight Contest Shakan Pitters Birmingham, England 12st 10lbs 2oz (178.2 pounds) vs Jermaine Springer Bradford, England 12st 10lbs (178 pounds) FIGHT #5 19:30 6 x 3 Minute Rounds Super Welterweight Contest Michael Hennessy Jr. Sevenoaks, England 11st 2lbs (156 pounds) vs Paul Cummings Warminster, Wiltshire, England 11st 1lb 9oz (155.9 pounds) FIGHT #6 20:00 THE MIDLANDS AREA MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 10 x 3 Minute Rounds at 11st (160lbs) River Wilson-Bent Coventry, England 11st 5lbs 4oz (159.4 pounds) vs George Farrell Derby, England 11st 5lbs 6oz (159.6 pounds) FIGHT #7 21:00 ELIMINATOR FOR THE THE BRITISH WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 10 x 3 Minute Rounds at 10st 7lbs (147lbs) Kaisee Benjamin Birmingham, England 10st 6lbs 12oz (146.1 pounds) vs Martin Harkin Dumbarton, Scotland 10st 6lbs 6oz (146.6 pounds) LIVE BROADCAST COMMENCES ON CHANNEL 5 22:01 FIGHT #8 22:08 6 x 3 Rounds Super Lightweight Contest Stephen McKenna County Monaghan, Ireland 10st 10lbs 5oz (150.5 pounds) vs Damian Haus Myszkow, Poland 10st 11lbs 4oz (151.4 pounds) FIGHT #9 22:40 THE WBC SILVER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 12 x 3 Minute Rounds at 11st 6lbs (160lbs) Sam Eggington Birmingham, England 11st 4lbs 3oz (158.3 pounds) vs Carlos Molina Patzcuaro, Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico 11st 5lbs 4oz (159.4 pounds) Running order is correct at time of publication and subject to change without prior notice. |
| Presented by Hennessy Sports in association with William Hill, Infinitum, Numan, Everlast and King Carlos Promotions, Eggington v Molina will headline the exciting nine-fight card exclusively live and free-to-air across the UK and Ireland on Channel 5. |
| Main event features Birmingham warrior Sam Eggington (29-7-0, 17 KO’s) against Mexico’s hard-as-nails Carlos Molina (37-11-2, 12 KO’s) for the Vacant WBC Silver Middleweight Championship. Chief support features a cracking showdown between Birmingham’s Kaisee Benjamin (11-1-1, 2 KO’s) and Dumbarton’s Martin Harkin (13-1-0, 5 KO’s) in an Eliminator for the British Welterweight Championship. |
| Also on the card, Coventry sensation River Wilson-Bent (8-0-0, 4 KO’s) makes the first defence of his Midlands Area Middleweight title against Derby’s George Farrell (5-0-0, 1 KO). Former British Light-Heavyweight Champion Shakan Pitters (14-1-0, 4 KO’s) has his first back against Bradford’s Jermaine Springer (7-2-0, 1 KO)in an eight-rounder since losing his title to Craig Richards last December. County Monaghan super-lightweight dynamo Stephen ‘The Hitman’ McKenna (7-0-0, 7 KO’s) features in a six-rounder against Poland’s Damian Haus, but the undefeated red-hot 24-year-old prospect has not needed to go the distance yet with all his fights ending inside. Birmingham middleweight bombshell Idris ‘The Bodybreaker’ Virgo (9-0-1, 1 KO) goes in over six-rounds against Lydney’s Lewis van Poetsch. Sevenoaks all-action super-welterweight Michael Hennessy Jr. (5-1-1) is in a six-rounder against Warminster’s Paul Cummings. Irish super-welterweight ace Brett McGinty (1-0) follows up his thrilling pro debut last December when he features in a four-rounder against Oldbury’s Dwain Grant. Brighton heavyweight talent Tommy Welch (1-0-0, 1 KO), son of the former British, Commonwealth and World Heavyweight title challenger Scott, follow’s up his explosive debut last December when he stopped Matt Gordon in the second round and features in a four-round contest against Lithuanian Dmitrij Kalinovskij. |
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