Need to know
The former football and boxer is promoting his first show
Battle on the Humber poster
Former professional football turned British boxing champion Curtis Woodhouse, is promoting his first show this weekend. Here’s everything you need to know.
- The show is called, Battle of the Humber and takes place at Connexin Live on Saturday March 21. Limited tickets are still available in some areas of the arena and can be purchased here.
- Those with tickets, the doors open at 4pm and the first bout is scheduled to start at 4:30pm.
- This is the first show promoted by Curtis Woodhouse under his new 3156 Boxing company. The ex-boxer is managing a stable of fighters, keeping his hand in as a trainer and is now promoting his first show.
- There are 11 contests scheduled on the night, with the event expected to finish by 10:30pm. The headline bout sees Ryszard Lewicki from Manchester take on Sheffield’s Red Johnson for the super-middleweight Central Area title.
- There is a large local presence on the fight card. Lewis Sylvester, Harry Powell, Adrian King, Ted Jackson, Ryan Gibbons and Harry Edgecumbe are all representing Hull on the night. James Precious is a Bridlington boxer, while the suitably named Henri Cooper is from York.
- Of the 11 contests, four are scheduled for four rounds, five of them are over six rounds, one is eight rounds and the headline fight is a 10-round contest.
- Lewis Sylvester is having what he calls his first “proper fight” at super-featherweight having dropped down a division from lightweight, where he won an English and IBO Continental title, and lost out in a British and Commonwealth title fight.
- Ryan Gibbons is in his first fight for seven years after stepping away from boxing in 2019 when he’s had four fights, winning all four.
- Harry Powell has stopped his last three opponents as he goes in search of KO number four against Dimiri Protkunas in the middleweight division, it’s his sixth pro’ contest.
- Beverley heavyweight Adrian King will be looking to make amends after a shock loss last time he fought in Hull, going down on points in a six round contest. Woodhouse has made it known he thinks King will be world champion one day.
Fight card as follows
- Ryszard Lewicki v Red Johnson (super middleweight)
- Harry Powell v Dmitri Protkunas (middleweight)
- Lewis Sylvester v Reququen Cona Facundo Arce (super-featherweight)
- Nathan Forrest v Matthew King (welterweight)
- Adrian King v Artur Kubiak (heavyweight)
- Ted Jackson v Octavian Grati (middleweight)
- James Precious v Lewis Howells (super-middleweight)
- Ryan Gibbons v Jake Pollard (super-bantamweight)
- Harry Edgecumbe v TBA (featherweight)
- Henri Cooper v Liam Macmillan (welterweight)
- Steve Robinson v Tomas Podlas (heavyweight)
