Site closure

Due to time constraints, there will be no more articles posted on this site.

As you can see, aside from the ratings at the start of the month, there have no pieces posted since March. 

I'd just like to thank everyone who read this site for their support over the three years i've had this running - and for those who've read my work over the past nine years on a variety of different sites, newspapers,etc [where has the time gone,eh?].

All the best

Tom Podmore.

Midlands Ratings: Heavyweight-Middleweight [April 2012]

Midlands ratings, heavyweight to middleweight, compiled by Tom Podmore. [N.B. Any fighter inactive for 12 months - or with no bout scheduled in the near future - is dropped from the list.]

Heavyweight 

1. Paul Butlin [Melton Mowbray] 
2. Andrew Ingram [Long Eaton] 
3. John Loveday [Birmingham] 
4. Tommy Ward [Leicester] 
5. Gaz Johnson [Lincoln] 
6. Mike O’Hagan [Coventry] 
7. Michael Skierniewski [Stoke] 
8. Scott Welton [Birmingham] 
9. Drew Mitchell [Loughborough] 

Cruiserweight

1. Shane McPhilbin [Nottingham] 
2. Rob Norton [Stourbridge] 
3. Chris Keane [Walsall] 
4. Hastings Rasani [Birmingham] 
5. Rhys Davies [Coventry] 
6. Courtney Owen [Nottingham] 
7. Simeon Cover [Worksop] 

Light-Heavyweight

1. Ovill McKenzie [Derby]  Commonwealth Champion
2. Callum Johnson  [Lincoln] 
3. Elvis Dube  [Derby] 
4. Arfan Iqbal  [Derby] 
5. Liam Daly  [Northampton] 
6. Adam Corbett  [Tipton] 
7. Jody Meikle  [Scunthorpe] 
8. Paddy Connors  [Chesterfield] 
9. Bobby Wood  [Walsall] 
10. Sean Sinnett  [Coventry] 
11. Adam Stretton  [Swadlincote] 

Super-Middleweight

1. Carl Froch  [Nottingham] 
2. Paul David  [Northampton]  English Champion
3. Steve Bendall  [Coventry] 
4. Jahamaine Smyle  [Leicester] 
5. Llewy Davies  [Coventry] 
6. Jonjo Finnegan  [Burton]  British Masters Champion
7. Dave Davis  [Ilkeston] 
8. Grant Cunningham  [Stafford] 
9. Gordon Watson  [Belper] 
10. Ricky Gammon  [Nottingham] 
11. Ryan Clark  [Navenby] 
12. Manny Moussinga  [Birmingham] 

Middleweight

1. Matthew Macklin  [Birmingham] 
2. Cello Renda  [P’Boro/Birmingham] 
3. Martin Concepcion  [Leicester]  Midlands Area Champion
4. Matt Hainy  [Derby]  International Masters Champion
5. Terry Carruthers  [Birmingham]  British Masters Champion
6. Tony Randell  [Birmingham] 
7. A.A. Lowe  [Newark] 
8. Ryan Aston  [Dudley] 
9. Kieron Gray  [Telford] 
10. Lewis Taylor  [Dronfield] 
11. Simone Lucas  [Nottingham] 
12. Craig Cunningham  [Birmingham] 
13. Steve Spence  [Scunthorpe]
14. Mark Ketnor  [Leicester] 
15. Leon Mrvik  [Long Eaton] 
16. Gilson De Jesus  [Nottingham] 
17. Simon Henry  [Leicester] 

Midlands Ratings: Light-Middleweight-Flyweight [April 2012]

Midlands ratings, light-middleweight to flyweight, compiled by Tom Podmore. [N.B. Any fighter inactive for 12 months - or with no bout scheduled in the near future - is dropped from the list.]

Light-Middleweight 

1. Max Maxwell [Birmingham] 
2. Marcus Portman [West Bromwich] 
3. Peter Vaughan [Banbury]  
4. Jamie Ball [Coseley] Midlands Area Champion 
5. Nasser Al Harbi [Birmingham] 
6. Thomas Costello [Birmingham]  
7. Kevin McCauley [Stourbridge] 
8. Dee Mitchell [Birmingham] 
9. Duane Parker [Woodville] 
10. Danny Fletcher [Nottingham] 
11. Luke Gallear [Derby]  
12. Terry Maughan [Nottingham] 
13. Kyle Spencer [Brierley Hill] 
14. Billy Smith [Worcester] 
15. Rick Boulter [Lincoln] 
16. Sullivan Mason [Nuneaton] 
17. Andy Hardy [Nottingham] 
18. Jimmy Price [Swadlincote] 

Welterweight 

1. Frankie Gavin [Birmingham]
2. Adnan Amar [Nottingham] 
3. Young Mutley [West Bromwich]  
4. Mark Lloyd [Telford] 
5. Jason Welborn [Tividale] Midlands Area Champion 
6. James Flinn [Coventry] British Masters Champion 
7. Scott Haywood [Derby] 
8. Jack Perry [Derby] 
9. Joel Ryan [Walsall] 
10. Sean McKervey [Coventry]
11. Ben Lawler [Skegness]
12. Nathan McIntosh [Nottingham] 
13. Rob Hunt [Stafford] 
14. Tommy Ghent [Coseley]  
15. Steve Jevons [Swanwick] 
16. Andrew Patterson [Birmingham] 
17. Ryan Hookway [Leicester] 
18. Scott Evans [Stourbridge] 
19. Tom Bowen [Sedgley] 
20. Shane Normoyle [Coventry] 
21. Calum Cooper [Birmingham]
22. Carl Allen [Wolverhampton] 
23. Steven Pearce [Stourbridge] 
24. Danny Clews [Walsall]  
25. Matt Seawright [Tamworth] 
26. Martin Gordon [Brierley Hill] 
27. Jason Nesbitt [Birmingham] 
28. Lee Jevons [Swanwick] 

Light-Welterweight 

1. Dale Miles [Alfreton] 
2. Dave Ryan [Derby] Midlands Area Champion 
3. Chris Truman [Birmingham] 
4. Jamie Spence [Northampton] 
5. Leonard Lothian [Northampton] 
6. John Connelly [Birmingham]  
7. Sid Razak [Birmingham] 
8. Kristian Laight [Nuneaton] 
9. Rizwan Rasool [Dudley] 

Lightweight 

1. Martin Gethin [Walsall] International Masters Welterweight Champion 
2. Amir Unsworth [Sleaford] Midlands Area Champion 
3. Scott Jenkins [Chesterfield]  
4. Tom Shaw [Burton] 
5. Dean Anderson [Dudley]  
6. Rob Sharpe [Mansfield] 
7. Andy Keates [Leek]  
8. Steve Gethin [Walsall] 
9. Marvin Campbell [Stoke] 

Super-Featherweight 

1. Troy James [Coventry] Midlands Area Champion 
2. Barrington Brown [Nottingham] 
3. Paul Frost [Derby] 
4. Matin Mohammed [Nottingham] 

Featherweight 

1. Chris Male [Dudley] 
2. Lee Glover [Tipton] International Masters Champion 
3. Leigh Wood [Nottingham] 
4. Saquib Amir [Halesowen] 
5. Pavels Senkovs [Mansfield] 

Super-Bantamweight 

1. Rendall Munroe [Leicester] 
2. Jason Booth [Nottingham] 
3. Dougie Walton [Coventry] 
4. Ash Lane [Northampton]
5. Delroy Spencer [Walsall] 

Super-Flyweight 

1. Don Broadhurst [Birmingham]  
2. Nathan Reeve [Northampton] 

Flyweight 

1. Chris Edwards [Stoke] British and Commonwealth Champion 
2. Usman Ahmed [Derby] 
3. Sheldon Purdy [Leicester]