Fight Night 2016: Meet the fighters

Next week the most notorious boxing event in the country is finally coming to Manchester, and we are here to introduce to you the 24 fighters taking part.

On Tuesday 26 April Fight Night is coming to The Ritz, which will be transformed from a city centre nightclub into a Boxing ring to match the MGM Grand – Las Vegas. The event is almost sold out with 750 tickets sold, and even the after party (which is to take place at Sound Control) only has 200 tickets left.

The night will consist of 24 boxers, 12 fights and over 700 screaming fans as well as ring girls, presenters and genuine entrance songs. It’s the real deal.

The boxers have been paired up based on weight and ability and have all been training for eight weeks in preparation for the fight. The fights will be made up of three rounds of two minutes, with a minute break in-between and the entertainment will run from 7pm until 11pm on the night.

Introducing the boxers of Fight Night 2016:

Jonah ‘The Goose’ Munn

Studies: Politic and International Relations at University of Manchester

He told us: “In order to train for this I’ve been breaking into goose farms late at night, covering myself in bird seed and letting the geese come at me and seeing how many I can fend off before they overwhelm me”.

Sean ‘the Jigsaw’ Caio 

Studies: International Management at University of Manchester

He told us: “I float like a butterfly, sting like a nuclear bomb”.

Rory ‘the Real Deal’ Palmer

Studies: History at the University of Manchester

He told us: “My dad once beat Muhammad Ali as an amateur. It was on a points decision”.

Michael Tyson Brogan

Studies: Maths at University of Manchester

He told us: “I come from an incredibly long and successful line of Irish travelling, bare knuckle champions dating back to the 17th Century.”

Louis ‘left-hook’ Ambrose

Studies: Management and Leisure at UoM

He told us: “I know every word to Step brothers”.

Josh ‘The Hammerhead’ Barton

Studies: Geography at UoM

He told us: “I Was raised in the Tibetan hills by native monks until the age of 9”.

Jake ‘The Governor’ Turner

Studies: Accounting and Finance at MMU

He told us: “I can snowboard AS WELL as ski”.

Jake Rusby

Studies: Business and Politics at University of Manchester

He told us: “In 2014 I was part of a small team which made Paul Chuckle a chicken and pesto sandwich”.

George Wood

Studies: Chemical Engineering at UoM

He told us: “I’ve never broken a bone aka I am indestructible”

Gabriel ‘Thunderfist’ Parker

Studies: Economics at UoM

He told us: “I dream in Japanese”.

Frank ‘The Tank’ Mee

Studies: Politics at UoM

He told us: “I’ll be appearing on Pointless at some point later this year”.

Dimitrios ‘The Greek Freak’ Asvestas

Studies: International Management at UoM

He told us: “I was in the Greek national team for gymnastics and now I am playing water polo”.

Becky ‘The Notorious BLT’ Taylor

Studies: Business and Politics at UoM

She told us: “BLT are actually my initials but I hate a BLT sandwich. Fact.”

Archie ‘Stone Mason’ Maher

Studies: History of Art at UoM

He told us: ” I was chatting to Anthony Joshua on the tube the other day and he gave me some advice for my first fight- stay hungry, stay humble, you’re pretty big so I reckon you’ll knock him out first round”.

Aidan ‘The Strongbow’ O’Reilly

Studies: Computer Science at UoM

He told us: “I have 12 toes”.

Adam ‘Sugar’ Simpson

Studies: Cognitive Neuroscience with Psychology at UoM

He told us: “I’m two runs away from a century”.

Jonny ‘The Mad Manc’ Faragher

Studies: International business and economics

He told us: “I’ve been blessed by an Inca Shaman”.

Joe ‘The Silent Tsunami’ Speller

Studies: Environmental Science at UoM

He told us: “I can eat ten Maccy’s cheeseburgers in one sitting”.

Matt Sandwell

Studies: Chemical Engineering at UoM

He told us: “I received my black belt in Kemp Jujitsu last year after ten years of training”.

Matt ‘Filthy’ Philpott

Studies: Biomaterial Science with tissue engineering at UoM

He told us: “I’m a snowboard instructor in my spare time, so I know a thing or two about teaching someone a lesson”.

Ellen ‘The executioner’ Dring

Studies: Ancient History at UoM

She told us: “I read everyone else’s interesting facts and thought they were all shit”.

Benjamin ‘Zulu’ Zorab

Studies: Economics at UoM

He told us: “I’ve broken my nose six times”.

Alfie Jacobs

Studies: Management with marketing

He told us: “No comment”

Joe ‘Start the Count’ Stevenson

Studies: Management, leadership and leisure

He told us: ” I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale. Handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail. Only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick. I’m so mean I make medicine sick”.

Good luck to all of those taking part!

The event can be found here.