The BOXXER Series is a one-night tournament, live on Sky Sports on Saturday, pitting eight super-lightweights into the lion's den. Three rounds of three minutes, the winner must come through three fights
Thursday 4 November 2021 17:01, UK
Tempers flared ahead of the BOXXER Series as the quarter-finalists were paired off, leading to an angry face-off between Lee Appleyard and Levi Kinsiona.
BOXXER Series quarter-finals:
Kane Gardner vs Nathan Bennett
Tom Farrell vs Ben Fields
Lee Appleyard vs Levi Kinsiona
Sean Dodd vs Cori Gibbs
The BOXXER Series is a one-night tournament, live on Sky Sports on Saturday night.
There are four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final. The winner must beat three opponents on the same night.
Each fight is three rounds of three minutes.
Former English champion, Appleyard from Rotherham, was in the fieriest exchange with Kinsiona of Sheffield, who is eight years his junior.
Kinsiona said he has sparred countless times with Appleyard but his rival never gained the upper hand: "Never, ever. You can't teach an old dog new tricks. I'm a young pup and I'm hungry."
Appleyard shot back: "He's lying. We sparred once for six rounds and I bashed him up. You wanted me first, now you've got me."
Manchester's Gardner smiled awkwardly at his opponent, Liverpool's Bennett, and said: "We were meant to fight three times before.
Bennett hit back: "He's getting taken out."
Gardner: "You are talking rubbish."
Liverpool's Farrell warned Birmingham rival Fields: "I'll box your head off. He's a tough lad."
Dodd, the most experienced fighter in the tournament as a former Commonwealth champion, said: "I'll be the bogeyman, bring my best, bring back my old amateur, novice fighting days. I am starting a clean sheet."
Dodd's rival Gibbs is the only unbeaten boxer of the tournament and said: "He's very tough, he comes forward, I respect him. But I've got the skills to beat anyone in this tournament."
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Artur Beterbiev vs Marcus Browne - IBF and WBC light-heavyweight titles
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Josh Taylor vs Jack Catterall - undisputed super-lightweight title
