WAYNE ELCOCK LATEST NEWS

Elcock's revenge in
five
by Tom Podmore
May 7th 2006
Former WBU champion
Wayne Elcock, reversed one
of his two defeats last night,
as he took apart and floored
Lawrence Murphy three-times,
in five absorbing rounds, at
the plush surroundings of the
ICC in Birmingham. The fight
(a British title eliminator) was
scheduled for ten
three-minute rounds. READ
MORE..........

Elcock's playing
with Fire
by Tom Podmore
Sep 12th 2006

Wayne Elcock has revealed
that chips are off the menu for
the foreseeable future after a
severely burned hand
hampered his victory over
Vincent Baldassara. read
more....

Elcock fires warning
to Bendall
by Tom Podmore
Oct 24th 2006

Wayne Elcock has fired a
warning to Coventry rival
Steve Bendall ahead of their
English middleweight clash on
December 1 at the Aston Villa
Leisure Centre in Birmingham.

Birmingham's finest has
warned the champion: “I fully
intend to make this the
toughest fight you've ever
had.”

Wayne has promised to take
no prisoners ...
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Wayne goes stateside
to train with Marvelous
Marvin Hagler's trainer
Goody Petronelli

First of all, a massive thanks
to all those who made this trip
possible; from Steve Collins,
for organising and
recommending me to Goody
after his own valuable
experience with them. To the
sponsors, Amber Windows
Strut Direct, for their full
support and helping with the
funds to make it all possible.
To all the guys in the
gym......read more

Battered Bendall
saved by the ref
By Phil Chard

CHAMP LOSES OUT: Poole's
Steve Bendall lost his English
Middleweight title after the
referee stopped the fight in
the eighth round
STEVE Bendall's British title
dream ended under a barrage
of powerful punches from
Wayne Elcock in the eighth
round of their English
middleweight title clash on
December 1.
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Elcock wins battle of
Birmingham
by Tom Podmore
Dec 2nd 2006

Birmingham's Wayne Elcock
became English middleweight
champion last night (1st
December) with a hard-fought
eighth round stoppage over
an extremely game Steve
Bendall. It was an exciting,
fast and furious and hard
fought bill-topper at a sold out
Aston Events Centre.

Elcock proved, without a
shadow of a doubt, he's the
number one middleweight.....
read more click here....

Elcock-Bendall - The
Biggest Local Derby in
Decades
by Tom Podmore
Nov 30th 2006

Wayne Elcock challenges for
his second title in just over
three months when he clashes
with Coventry's English
champion Steve Bendall at the
Aston Villa Events Centre in
Birmingham on Friday night
(December 1st). And Wayne
has admitted this is a fight
he's wanted for a decade.
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MORE.....

I'll KO Steve party
plans Nov 26 2006

By Ian Clarkson

WAYNE Elcock has warned
Steve Bendall he will give him
the worst birthday present of
his life to end over a decade of
hurt.

Birmingham's former WBU
world middleweight champion
meets Coventry's talented
Bendall next Friday in a
mouth-watering clash for the
English title.
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MORE...

'Roll on 2007!' -
Exclusive Wayne
Elcock interview
by Tom Podmore
Dec 8th 2006

New English middleweight
champion Wayne Elcock is
over the moon after his eight
round stoppage victory over
Coventry's reigning champion
Steve Bendall last Friday night.

And he can't wait for 2007, a
year he promises to be one of
his best....read more...............

Paddy anger at Elcock
jibe Apr 22 2007
Boxing By Ian Clarkson Sunday
Mercury

WAYNE Elcock's trainer has
blasted Rob McCracken after
claims his man is running
scared of Howard Eastman.
The Brummie middleweight was
nominated mandatory
challenger....... READ MORE
..............

Elcock joy at title shot
May 11 2007
By Ian Johnson, Birmingham
Mail

IT'S on! Brummie battler
Wayne Elcock challenges for
the British middleweight title at
the Villa Events Centre on
September 28.
He faces champion Howard
Eastman, who regained the
Lonsdale Belt read
more..........

Elcock's British
title delight
by Tom Podmore
May 18th 2007

Only weeks after being told he
was the mandatory challenger
for the British title,
Birmingham's Wayne Elcock
gets a date set-in-stone stone
for his fight with Howard
Eastman, which will be for
both the British and
Commonwealth middleweight
titles.
For English champion Elcock
it's a realisation of a 20-year
dream. He said: "Ever since I
pulled on a pair of boxing
gloves I have wanted to fight
for the British title in
Birmingham. read more.....

Elcock looking to
make Birmingham
proud
by Paul Downey
Jun 12th 2007

Birmingham-based
middleweight Wayne Elcock
recently chatted to BBN new
boy Paul Downey about his
boxing career so far, being a
boxer from England's second
city and his next fight against
Howard Eastman in
September at the Aston Villa
Leisure Centre.read more....

12 Rounds with
Wayne Elcock
Author: John Tandy
Exclusive Interview with WBF
World and English
Middleweight Champion
Fights:19 Wins:17 Loss:2
Draws: N/C:

1) You have possibly the
toughest fight of you career
coming up in September
against Howard Eastman,......
.read rest of interview by
clicking here ...

Pals come to Elcock's
rescue Aug 9 2007
By Ian Johnson, Birmingham Mail

WAYNE Elcock WILL be fighting
for the British middleweight title
at the Villa Events Centre on
September 28 - thanks to his
mates.

Paddy and Tommy Lynch and
promoter Pat Cowdell put a
rescue package read more....

ELCOCK GETS HIS SHOT
boxing news
Category: Sports

British title challenger tells
Matthew Bozeat hell put on a show

17 August Boxing news by
matthew Bozeat

Wayne Elcock's bid to dethrone
British Middleweight Champion
Howard Eastman will go ahead in
Coventry next month.
read more..........

Getting to
know...Wayne Elcock

by James Howard
Sep 16th 2007

Few could argue after Howard
Eastman's previous two
defences of his title that the
middleweight division's British
gong needs a metaphorical
boxing boot up the behind. Hard
in training, and hoping to be the
stimulant to revitalise the
division's top domestic honour,
Brummie switch hitter Wayne
Elcock spoke to BritishBoxing.net
about the upcoming fight, and
his life in and out of the ring.
READ MORE.....

Eastman may be
pushed by Elcock
by Tom Podmore
Sep 27th 2007

Birmingham's Wayne Elcock,
after almost year of chasing,
finally gets his wish this week
– the chance to fight for the
British middleweight title once
more. Standing in his way of
the Lonsdale belt, however,
will be two-time world title
challenger Howard Eastman, a
man whose never tasted
defeat against a British fighter.
READ MORE.........

EASTMAN LOSES OUT
TO ELCOCK

Howard Eastman's hopes
of another crack at world
honours were wrecked by
Wayne Elcock in Coventry
on Friday night.

Birmingham's Elcock took
away the Battersea
Bomber's British
middleweight title and left
him facing an uncertain
future by claiming a
unanimous points verdict
after 12 hard-fought
rounds.READ MORE........

Elcock dethrones
British Champion
Eastman

by Tom Podmore
Sep 29th 2007

Birmingham's Wayne Elcock
became the first British fighter
to beat two-time world title
challenger Howard Eastman
and, more importantly,
procured the British
middleweight title when he
unanimously outpointed the
Londoner at a partisan
Skydome in Coventry last night
(September 28).

Wayne, the English champion,
has become the Second City's
first British champion since Rob
McCracken, Eastman's trainer
and former foe, twelve long
years ago.
READ MORE .........

Wayne Elcock Ends
Howard Eastman’s Run as
a Serious Contender
By Richard Hulse-September 29, 2007

Caginess and old-pro experience
weren't sufficient for Howard Eastman,
now 42-5, 35 KO’s, to turn back the
challenge of Wayne Elcock last night.
Eastman has failed in two World Title
chances, but in the last ten months
he'd won two bouts on home soil and
showed he was still crafty and capable
enough to succeed at British and
Commonwealth level. Now it appears
that standard has also become too
high for him. At the Skydome Arena in
Coventry, Wayne Elcock took
Eastman's British crown in a well-
fought points win. Elcock improves to
18-2, 8 KO’s. READ MORE..............

Wayne's a real champ
Oct 7 2007 Birmingham Mail

CONGRATS go out to Birmingham's
own Wayne Elcock, the genial
middleweight boxer who lifted the
British crown from the long-reigning
champion, Howard Eastman, in
Coventry recently.
I had the privilege of spending some
time with Wayne at his gym a little
while back and found him to be an
all-round, right-on kind of guy.
READ MORE.......

Boxing Champ In
Rugeley visit
Express and star
Nov 6th

British middleweight champion Wayne
“Mad Dog” Elcock has a new career
beckoning after inspiring youngsters
at Rugeley Police Amateur Boxing
Club.

The Birmingham-based former WBU
middleweight champion, who recently
beat Howard Eastman to become
Britain’s No 1, gave an inspirational
talk to the young fighters, some of
whom have been offenders.
read more........

Elcock fails in world title
bid

The 33-year-old from Birmingham was
stopped towards the end of round five
after being caught by a powerful
combination from his German
opponent.

Abraham suffered a cut above his right
eye after an accidental clash of heads.

But he recovered to shatter Elcock's
world title dream just when it looked as
though the Brit was getting on top.
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Wayne Elcock - the best
is yet to come
by Geoff Roughton
Dec 13th 2007

spent an hour catching up with
Wayne Elcock after his unsuccessful
bid to win the IBF world title in Basle,
Switzerland where he was stopped
by champion Arthur Abraham in the
fifth round.

BBN: How do you feel at the moment
and more importantly where do you
go from here?

WE: Well I'm actually feeling pretty
positive. I know that sounds
surprising........READ MORE

Elcock v McDermott
countdown: Wayne's five best
wins
by Tom Podmore
Jun 16th 2008

With the build-up and excitement to the
biggest all-Midlands clash in recent
memory (maybe all-time), the British
middleweight title fight between
Birmingham's Wayne Elcock
(champion) and Dudley's unbeaten
Darren McDermott
Read more................

Elcock v McDermott
Countdown: What the
experts say
by Tom Podmore
Jun 19th 2008

It's the fight that every boxing fan in
the Midlands has wanted to see since
Darren McDermott, only 7-0-1
entering, gatecrashed the domestic
top ten with a five-round retirement win
over Andy Halder, a former British title
challenger and Midland Area
middleweight champion, at Dudley
Town Hall in 2005.

Not many expected Halder to
surrender his Area title that night. Now,
two months after it was scheduled to
happen (April 25, the champion pulled
with a chest infection)
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Elcock v McDermott
Countdown: Big Fight
Preview
by Tom Podmore
Jun 20th 2008

Finally, almost two months after it was
first due to take place and four years
after it was first talked about,
Birmingham's Wayne ‘Mad Dog' Elcock
defends his British middleweight title
(first defence) against Dudley's tall,
unbeaten and ultra-confident Darren
‘The Black Country Body Snatcher'
McDermott tonight (Friday 20th June).

Read more...........

WAYNE ELCOCK cannot wait to
blast his way past Darren
McDermott.

Elcock was due to make the first defence of
his British middleweight title against
McDermott back in April.

He had to withdraw after picking up a chest
infection and was unable to make the
proposed new date of May 30 after missing
vital time in the gym.

But Mad Dog was furious to learn McDermott's
manager Dean Powell had called for him to be
stripped of his crown because of the delay.
Read more ..........

Midlands marvel
Elcock's experience should
be too much for McDermott

We've had some very good derby
scraps on Friday Fight Night over the
past couple of weeks - and this could
be another one.

We have a young hungry fighter in
Darren McDermott up against Wayne
Elcock, who has boxed at a higher
level and even challenged Arthur
Abraham for the world title in
December.

Logic says you have to side with the
champion for that reason alone, but
this is a great chance for McDermott to
test himself.
Read more.....

Elcock's second
coming
Brummie basher
chasing world title
shot

Wayne Elcock says his
derby date with Darren
McDermott is his first step
towards a second world
title tilt.
The Birmingham man puts
his British middleweight
title on the line in front of
the Friday Fight Night
cameras in his first fight in
six months.
Read more..........

Elcock retains British belt
Unlucky McDermott stopped
on cuts

Wayne Elcock retained his British
middleweight title in unsatisfactory
circumstances on Friday night when
challenger Darren McDermott was
pulled out by the doctor in the second
round.
McDermott suffered a deep cut below
the left eye following an accidental
clash of heads early in the round and
the fight was swiftly waved off with blood
pouring from the wound.
Read more....