Thread: Quigley joins Dodson in pulling out of Prizefighter

TONY DODSON reluctantly pulled out of Prizefighter this week after conceding defeat in a battle with the scales.

The former British champion insists that, at almost 14 stone, he’s never going to make the 12st 2lb limit for the knockout series – and revealed that he may struggle to ever get down again.

Speaking to Seconds Out yesterday, he said: “I was 13st 12 on Friday before a full session. I then did almost three hours on Saturday and an eight-mile run on Sunday while seriously watching my food intake. But on Monday I was a pound heavier!

Source: Liverpool Echo - Sport - Boxing - Seconds Out: Dodson’s exit fires up Quigley’s Prizefighter challenge



WELSH public vote runner-up “ecstatic” after Liverpudlian withdraws with injury riddle
Unbeaten Welsh fighter Jeff Evans has replaced Tony Quigley in the line-up for Prizefighter Super-Middleweights on June 30 at York Hall, Bethnal Green.

Mystery surrounds Quigley’s decision to pull out, with the official reason of a foot injury clouded by rumours of a domestic dispute – but 27 year-old Evans is delighted to have been called up to the 13th edition of Barry Hearn’s eight-man, one night tournament, live on Sky Sports.

Source: Prizefighter : Unbeaten Evans replaces Quigley in Prizefighter

This is a shame, it was looking like a great line up a couple of weeks ago .