{"id":8412,"date":"2011-03-07T12:37:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T17:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8412"},"modified":"2011-03-07T12:37:26","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T17:37:26","slug":"shamrock-showdown-mitchell-balker-looks-to-topple-the-emperor-on-march-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8412","title":{"rendered":"Shamrock Showdown: Mitchell Balker Looks To Topple \u201cThe Emperor\u201d on March 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=8412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8413\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"mitchell balker header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/mitchell-balker-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>London based Dutch Cruiserweight prospect Mitchell Balker is set to face recent Prizefighter &#8211; Light Heavyweights semifinalist Menay \u201cThe Emperor\u201d Edwards at Spencer Fearon\u2019s Hard Knock Boxing Promotions \u2018Shamrock Showdown\u2019 event at York Hall on Friday 18th March 2011.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Balker, who relocated to London late last year to be managed and co-trained by top UK coach Johnny Eames at his Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym in Canning Town, shrugged aside the disappointment of the last minute cancellation of his planned fight with John Anthony on Saturday night by saying, \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing when you are ready to fight. I was ready, I had peaked.<\/p>\n<p>Now I have backed down the training a little and start training for the new fight on the 18th. I feel very good for it, as always I am happy to fight.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know much about Menay other than he fought in Prizefighter recently, it should be a good fight.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re going to see Mitchell boxing, you\u2019re going to see Mitchell in top shape, You\u2019re going to see Mitchell win. That\u2019s what you are going to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Balker versus Menay \u2018The Emperor\u2019 Edwards will be supporting Darren \u2018Mr R&amp;B\u2019 Hamilton\u2019s challenge for Peter McDonagh\u2019s BBBofC Southern Area Light Welterweight title at Spencer Fearon\u2019s Hard Knock Boxing Promotions \u2018Shamrock Showdown\u2019 event at York Hall on Friday 18th March 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer Fearon has put together a top class undercard to support rising Light Welterweight star Darren Hamilton\u2019s first tilt at a championship title. In addition to the aforementioned Balker versus Edwards the highly rated Worthing Lightweight Alex Dilmaghani looking to extend his unbeaten record to six when he faces the highly experienced Sheffield hard man Daniel Thorpe.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the card are a pair of Balker\u2019s Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym mates. Mitcham, Surrey, Welterweight Danny \u2018Cassius\u2019 Connor, who will be facing Jamie Arlain and the sensational Light Middleweight prospect Erick \u2018The Eagle\u2019 Ochieng who draws yet another tough opponent in Luke Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the card will be Aylesbury\u2019s classy Middleweight Nathan Graham against a yet to be named opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for Spencer Fearon\u2019s Hard Knocks Boxing Promotions SHAMROCK SHOWDOWN at York Hall, Bethnal Green, London on Friday 18th March 2011 are priced \u00a335 and on sale NOW.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets book on-line at www.tkoboxoffice.com, call: 07960 850645 or in person at The Ultrachem TKO Gym, Gillian House, Stephenson Street, Canning Town, London E16 4SA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1\">Pre-Order the Horror Thriller FAMILY SECRET Now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London based Dutch Cruiserweight prospect Mitchell Balker is set to face recent Prizefighter &#8211; Light Heavyweights semifinalist Menay \u201cThe Emperor\u201d Edwards at Spencer Fearon\u2019s Hard Knock Boxing Promotions \u2018Shamrock Showdown\u2019 event at York Hall on Friday 18th March 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,2859],"class_list":["post-8412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-shamrock-shake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}