Steve Wraith has pulled together a tasty North-East derby for his third show of 2018.
The Newcastle promoter will return to Darlington on Saturday, May 27 where he will stage a challenge belt meeting of two of the region’s welterweights, Ellis Corrie and Basi Razak.
Corrie will have home advantage with the show going ahead at the Dolphin Centre.
But the unbeaten Darlington prospect will concede experience to hos foe, from Newcastle, who has only lost once in his nine professional contests.
Corrie doubled his win tally with an impressive 40-37 victory over Mike Castell in Dunston last month, having made a winning debut in another event hosted by Wraith, having outpointed David Zubrzycki at the Dolphin Centre in December.
Razak has not boxed since September, when he defeated Dan West at another Wraith promotion, at St James’s Park.
The 26-year-old Mark Clauzel-managed boxer has probably yet to fulfil his potential.
He rattled off three stoppage wins to launch his career in 2014 but has only fought six times in the last three years so will view this as a launchpad.
Richard O’Neill and Mark Downing are likely to feature on the bill.
Richard had been lined up for an O’Neill v O’Neil showdown for a challenge belt at the Lancastrian Suite.
However, the match with Greg O’Neil, his former Gus Robinson Developments team-mate in Hartlepool, did not come off and it’s an intriguing talking point for Darlington.
“Ellis and Basi has been agreed,” said Wraith. ”It should be a good one.
“Hopefully, there will be more to announce in the next few weeks.”
Wraith is currently busy working on his show at South Shields on Saturday, April 28.
It’s headlined by the comeback of Anthony Nelson, with his Mal Gates team-mates, Paul Gidney and Sam Menzies also in action. A belting Tyneside derby between Tom Whitfield and Mark Taylor has sadly already fallen through, with Taylor pulling out.
Several Teesside talents will be in action, the Leather twins, Josh and Kalam, plus Joe Maphosa as well as undefeated Sedgefield light-welter, Jeff ‘Hands of Stone’ Saunders.
Words: Roy Kelly
