A New Era
Queensbury Promotions
8th April 2017
Manchester Arena
Manchester, England
TV
UK – Boxnation
(Starts 5:30PM UK time, 12:30PM US Eastern Time, 11:30AM US Central Time, 09:30AM US Pacific Time)
US – Not Shown
‘Turbo’ Terry Flanagan 32 (13 KO’s)-0-0 V Petr Petrov ‘Zar’ 38 (19 KO’s)-4-2
WBO World Lightweight Title
Terry Flanagan has big plans for the future and it appears he has one eye on these big money fights but he has to get past the seasoned veteran from Russia Petr Petrov first. Flanagan is flying high at the minute with a 32 for 0 record but has he really come up against a top world class fighter yet? Like the fighters he hopes to fight after this contest? I am not so sure.
In theory you could say Flanagan record is a bit inflated, although he does appear to be a solid fighter, he doesn’t have marquee names on his record, he doesn’t appear to have real knock out power as he has only won thirteen of his thirty two bouts by way of knockout, and mixed with the fact he has only fought one fighter (Jose Zepeda) with an unbeaten record before the fight this is leading me to think his record appears on paper anyway as a bit inflated. Flanagan is a good fighter but I feel we haven’t seen the best of him yet against the better caliber of opponents out there.
With the possibility of Jorge Linares fighting Mikey Garcia next, it would mean that if he wanted a second Lightweight title he would have to go after Robert Easter Jnr who holds the IBF title, but there is talk about him facing his long-time friend Anthony Crolla or the possibility off jumping up to Super Lightweight/Jnr Welterweight to face Ricky Burns if he was to overcome Julius Indogo in their contest on the 15th April 2017. As tempting as I am sure it is for Flanagan with the possibility to fight Crolla or Burns I am not sure these fights will happen anytime soon as I think Turbo Terry Flanagan will want to try and dominate the lightweight division first before even entertaining the idea. I think Flanagan will have to make a statement in this fight to show the other champions he means business.
Petr Petrov is seasoned veteran of the sport who is currently ranked #1 for the WBA, and #2 for the WBO Lightweight Belt, he first made his debut way back in the year 2000 and he is currently having a bit of a resurgence at the minute as he is unbeaten in six fights dating back to 2014, he has acquired some stepping stone belts in those six fights, namely WBO-NABO ((Interim) North American Boxing Orgnization), WBA-NABA (North American Boxing Association), and the NABF (North American Boxing Federation) lightweight titles.
Winning these belts got him a fight for a World Lightweight Title eliminator, were he was drafted in to fight a up and coming fighter from the Goldenboy stable called Michael Perez, before the fight Oscar De La Hoya had this to say about Petrov: “We also know Petrov as an experienced and destructive fighter who won’t go down without an all-out brawl.”
Petrov won that fight convincingly when he wasn’t expected to so he is full of confidence and won’t be fazed by what Flanagan throws at him, if another upset is on the cards it will be a big shock to the boxing community but you never know in Boxing.
If Flanagan isn’t at his best I can see this one going the distance but hopefully it is just a great fight for everyone to watch.
Other fighters appearing on the card are as follows:
Liam Williams 16 (11 KO’s)-0-1
V
Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith 24 (13 KO’s)-1-1
Interim WBO World Super Welterweight Title
Zolani Tete ‘Last Born’ 24 (20 KO’s)-3-0
V
Arthur Villanueva 30 ‘King Arthur’ (16 KO’s)-1-0
Bantamweight Fight
Jack Catterall ‘El Gato’ 17 (9 KO’s)-0-0
V
Martin Gethin ‘The Quiet Man’ 28 (12 KO’s)-8-1
WBO Inter-Continental Super Lightweight Title
‘Jimmy’ Kilrain Kelly 20 (8 KO’s)-1-0
V
Rick Godding 23 (3 KO’s)-1-1
Super Welterweight Fight
James ‘Kid Shamrock’ Metcalf 14 (6 KO’s)-0-0
V
Mark Thompson 28 (16 KO’s)-5-0
Super Welterweight Fight
Steven Lewis 13 (7 KO’s)-0-0
V
Andy Keates 12 (1 KO)-5-0
Super Lightweight Fight
Mark Heffron ‘Kid Dynamite’ 14 (12 KO’s)-0-0
V
Wilmer ‘Wilber’ Gonzalez 19 (12 KO’s)-11-1
Super Middleweight Fight
Mason Cartwright ‘Nutty’ 8 (1 KO)-0-1
V
Sam Omidi 4-4-2
Super Welterweight Fight
Anthony ‘Lighting’ Leak 3 (2 KO’s)-0-0
V
Jason Ball ‘Daddy Cool’ 9 (5 KO’s)-23-1
Middleweight Fight
Zelfa Barrett ‘Brown Flash’ 15 (9 KO’s)-0-0
V
TBA
Super Featherweight Fight
Daniel Dubois 0-0-0
V
David Howe 12 6 (KO’s)-5-0
Heavyweight Fight
Jordan ‘Troublesome’ Thompson 5 (4 Ko’s)-0-0
V
Jevgenijs Andrejevs ‘Lucky’ 10 (4 KO’s)-80-3
Cruiserweight Fight
Nicola Adams 0-0-0
V
Virginia Noemi Carcamo 4-2-1
Flyweight Fight