In front of another capacity crowd on a superb night of boxing, Malta’s heavyweight Billy ‘The Hit Man’ Corito continued with his excellent run of success to register his ninth consecutive win.
It was a fight where he defended the EBF Intercontinental Heavyweight Title Belt against Davey ‘Boy’ Clarke (UK) and which saw the Maltese boxer winning by a technical Knock-Out in the second round in a fight which should have lasted six rounds of three minutes each session.
For Corito this was his eighth Knock-Out win with the other fight of his last nine he won by points.
‘The Hit Man’ became a Semi-Professional Boxer in December 2011 where this victory sees him better his ranking in the EBF Heavyweight category, moving up one place to seventh placing.
Apart from the Corito-Clarek main bout ,the exciting and entertaining Night of Boxing also featured five other bouts between Maltese and UK boxers. This was really a night to remember for the locals where these won four of the five fights.
Two fights in particular were of significant importance as at stake were EBF Intercontinental Belts in two different categories both won by Maltese boxers.
Dione Galea won by points in the fourth round against Joe “The Sniper” Swales for the EBF Intercontinental Title Belt Middleweight Category.
In the fight for the EBF Intercontinental Title Belt Cruiserweight Category, Tyrone Borg also won by points in the fourth round against Craig Haithon. These fights were made up of four sessions of two minutes each.
In the rest of the programme, Lyndon Chircop won by Knock-Out in the third round against Joe Boffey (Bantamweight Category ), Bradon Borg won by Knock-Out in the second round against Greg Harwood (Light Welterweight Category), while Etienne Spiteri lost to Jamie Gelder by points in the third round (Light Middleweight Category). These fights were made up of four sessions of two minutes each.
The referee on the night was Marcus Schembri and the Night of Boxing was held at the Sky Club in Paceville.
This event was organised by the European Boxing Federation and local promoter Paul Borg. The EBF is Great Britain’s and Europe’s largest Semi-professional authority which hosts and officiates over 100 shows per year and currently have over 1,100 registered boxers across Great Britain and Europe at varied levels of skill.
The main sponsors of the April Night of Boxing were RE/MAX Alliance Tigne, The Party Bus Malta and Medasia Fusion Lounge. Other support was extended by Fortina Hotel, Sky Club, Paceville, Golden Harvest and Pebbles Boutique Hotel.