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EPISODE: Episode 1
On this week’s episode of Talkin’ Fight with Holly Donovan, get ready for an exciting preview of the upcoming boxing match between Rhiannon Dixon and Vicky Wilkinson. This match is for the vacant Commonwealth lightweight title and will take place live in Liverpool on Saturday night, broadcasted on DAZN. Join Holly as she breaks down the fight card, previews the fighters’ backgrounds, and gives her predictions for a winner. Don’t miss this special edition of Talkin’ Fight as we get ready for an epic showdown!
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This is your preview show, and today I will be previewing the massify night that will be taking place on Saturday.
The 11th of March at the MLS Bank.
Arena in Liverpool, live on design is a matchroom event.
We have Rhiannon Dixon.
She is the current Commonwealth lightweight champion.
She is 7-0 uh haven’t had many Kos uh she’s, a South border nice and tricky and she’s from Cheshire.
She is just 27 years old, um and she’ll be facing Vicki Wilkinson, also from the UK from Staffordshire uh she’s 5-0, with one draw at 39 years old.
So let’s chat about this fight.
Now Rihanna Dixon I’ve seen on a few cards, which is why one of these Fighters, I always like to watch because she just gets better every time um.
Now her last fight was on the 10th of December.
I was on the undercard of Josh Warrington.
Do you remember the night where he lost um? I’Ve never underestimate Mexicans.
I think that’s what we are all learning um, so she was on that fight night.
It was against Christine shergold who was [ Music ], it’s quite tricky fine.
It was a points win for her um from what I saw she was really dominant throughout pretty much the whole fight, particularly the first six rounds.
Last two, I would say that Christine managed to work her out a little bit, but she never looked in trouble.
It was reasonably easy fight for her um now uh.
She was uh, So Christine show girl, she’s a 41 year old opponent.
So there is a big age difference there as well, and she scored a lot of punches on the back foot.
She’S got a really patient.
Uh right-hand jab uh she’s a really good variety of shots actually, and you can see it improving every time she comes into the ring.
Now she came to boxing pretty late um, so it comes from an active family.
Her brother is actually a pro Roper player um.
However, she went to University and she studied Pharmacy, so she’s actually a pharmacist um, but while she was studying Pharmacy, she took up white collar boxing and absolutely fell in love with it.
It’S a story.
We all hear many times, um just loved it and she finished her degree got a job as a pharmacist that carried on boxing um and she decided to go pro in 2019.
.
Uh would have been perfect, except the pandemic hit, so she was the first woman so signed by VIP promotions.
She’S, obviously now with match room and – and she got me amazing, coach – with Anthony crawler, who was the former world champion and, however, when the pandemic hit.
She was at the stage where she was trying to get the small Hall fights and obviously there weren’t any um or very few so struggled to to kind of keep in game um and then also she became on the front line with the cover pandemic.
As a pharmacist, so life was very tricky.
However, since she has become a full-time boxer, you can really see a quite a dramatic Improvement um, and so it’s another reason why I’m quite tired fall is fine, so she’ll be facing Vicki Wilkinson uh 5-0, with one draw and now Vicky her last fight was in November 22.
, and that was against Becky Ferguson, who has won two fights lost nine.
That was a points win and also interestingly, she’s, four Becky Ferguson, three times um James three times um now have I previous to that was actually Christine chargold, who rhiannoned for in her.
That’S fine and so shared a payment from there.
Now they were fighting then for the vacant Commonwealth super featherweight title that was in September last year, um that was actually a draw um and Vicky, and the interviews afterwards said that she really felt quite robbed um.
So it’s difficult to say: oh, that gives a really good idea of of how good uh someone is, because you know, while she robbed yeah, it was tricky it was a year ago, which is why I think this is quite a good matchup and now Vicky is Also, an army recruiter performance Park Academy, uh Army Reserve um.
Now she was in and out of the amateurs and kind of drifted in and out, but she did become two times national champion in that time.
Um now she went pro only 16 months ago.
So very very new um.
I saw an interview, so she said she went pro because you’re only allowed to box in the amateurs up until the age of 40, which is why she then was like oh I’m, 39.
38.
Then I’m gon na go pro um.
However, I’ve also seen in other interviews where she’s like I’m, going to stop at 40.
full stop.
So I’m not really sure what she’s gon na do there she’s also a boxing coach um, and she says when she stops boxing at forty so next year um.
She wants to give back to boxing and help uh coach, younger kids and children um.
So this is quite an interesting matchup.
I would say I’m quite looking forward to the fight.
I would I would say that Rhiannon is her favorite and if I was gon na put money on it, I would I would pay for Rihanna.
However, I’m quite out for this um and Vicki Wilson, you never know.
I think this.
This is going to be quite a tough match.
It will definitely be the the hardest fight that Leanna has faced um, so please tune in this fight.
Night will be available under Zone Saturday.
The 11th, a great undercard on there so make sure you tune in and please tune in and next week next week, for your next review take care.
Everyone enjoy your weekend of boxing foreign
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