Bomber back in Belfast with a bang.'THE BOMBER' is back. Tony Bellew returns to the ring this week with all his usual bad intentions. Liverpool's light-heavyweight knockout king is fully recovered from surgery on his left fist and features on Frank Warren's Belfast card on Friday night. And he takes a decent step up in class on the Emerald Isle Emerald Isle Noun Poetic Ireland Noun 1. Emerald Isle - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Hibernia, Ireland . Rugged Welshman Nathan King will be in the opposing corner and Bellew, studio guest on my Fight Night chat show on City Talk 105.9fm on Thursday night, is promising a typically explosive performance. King should be pretty familiar to Scouse scouse n. 1. A lobscouse. 2. a. often Scous·er A native or resident of Liverpool, England. b. often Scouse The dialect of English spoken in Liverpool. fight fans by now. He extended Tony Dodson over six in Sheffield in September, leaving the Warrior a bloody mess and aggrieved to have lost a split decision, before colliding with Tony Quigley two months later in Wigan Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. . That night King was stopped on a cut in the fifth, but again he was enjoying his fair share of success. Like in the Dodson exchange, many ringside ring·side n. 1. The area or seats immediately outside an arena or ring, as at a prizefight. 2. A place providing a close view of a spectacle. observers even thought he was ahead at the time. And in his latest outing the 28-year-old from Aberdare went the full 10 with undefeated Edinburgh prospect Kenny Anderson Kenneth (Kenny) "Mr. Chibbs" Anderson (born October 9 1970 in Queens, New York) is a left-handed point guard who played more than a decade in the National Basketball Association. , breaking the Scot's nose and ribs en route to a, once again, heavily disputed 96-95 points defeat. "His record doesn't do him justice, I know he comes to fight," said Bellew, 26, whose centre knuckle on his left fist bares the scar of December's operation. "I'm told he gave Tony Dodson a real scrap and was winning against Tony Quigley so I wont be underestimating him. "Plus he's just beat the hell out of Kenny Anderson, left him black and blue, after 10 gruelling rounds. But he won't of been hit by anyone with the kind of power I have. "Plus he's going to be facing a Bomber with two hands, which is what my last three opponents have got away with. I'm ruining careers with these fists and I'm predicting a knockout victory in Belfast." Irish heavyweight Martin Rogan tops the bill defending his Commonwealth title (against former Bellew amateur victim Sam Sexton) but sparkling featherweight prospect Stephen Smith (6-0, 5 KO's) has been switched the the York Hall bill in London on Friday, May 22.. CAPTION(S): TKO: Tony Bellew looks on as Phil Goodwin is counted out in December |
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