FORMER World Champion Peter Ebdon is well placed after the latest day of Championship League Snooker action.
MARTIN Concepcion has claimed the eighth spot in the next Prizefighter event - but only just.
AUSTRALIAN Neil Robertson heads the line-up as Championship League Snooker returns on Monday. Also playing Peter Ebdon, Mark Williams and Jamie Cope
MARTIN Concepcion and Kevin Hammond battle for the eighth Prizefighter spot. They clash in a ten-round Midlands Area contest at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham.
Whyte & Mackay have announced a partnership to raise awareness and funds for the Everyman male cancer campaign throughout the 2010 Premier League Darts season.
PRIZEFIGHTER semi-finalist Jason Cook has been handed a chance to win the British Light-Welterweight Championship.
The Full Tilt Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge begins on Monday on Sky Sports 3 and HD3 at 10pm,
PRIZEFIGHTER returns later this month with the first ever light-middleweights competition. The event, which will be staged at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, east London, will be held on Friday, February 26.
Lee McAllister v Samuel Amoako for the Commonwealth Lightweight Championship at the Bellahouston Leisure Centre in Glasgow.
GIANT-KILLER Paul Nicholson claimed his first major title with victory at the totesport.com Players Championship, dethroning Phil Taylor before overcoming Mervyn King 13-11 in the final at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.
Talented youngster Jones gets Prizefighter chance
TALENTED Welsh prospect Barrie Jones gets his Prizefighter chance after Barry Morrison has had to withdraw due to a viral infection.
Jones, 24, a former British Welterweight Championship contender, will be fighting for the £32,000 top prize in Prizefighter Light-Welterweights next month.
Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn believes Jones, who has won 16 of his 19 professional contests, could cause a big upset.
"We welcome Barrie Jones into the Prizefighter line-up where the format of three rounds should suit Barrie's explosive style," said Hearn.
"Despite Barrie's losing challenge to Kell Brook for the British Welterweight title, Barrie's dynamic punching will make him a betting outsider to follow in Prizefighter.
"He has absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain so I'm expecting fireworks from him from the first bell."
Jones, who hails from Ferndale in Wales, won his first 15 professional contests but will be hungry to prove a point after losing to Brook in June 2008 then a hugely-controversial narrow points loss against former World Champion Souleymane M'baye later that year.
Prizefighter Light-Welterweights is the latest event in Barry Hearn's Prizefighter Series where eight men fight in a tournament over one action-packed evening.
The winner will collect £32,000 and Prizefighter Light-Welterweights takes place at the National Hall, Olympia, London on Friday, December 4.
This line-up is the strongest ever as former World Champion Gavin Rees is among the eight, as are Ted Bami, Colin Lynes and Jason Cook, who have all held European titles.
Former British Champions Young Muttley and David Barnes are also included, while undefeated youngster Michael Grant and highly-rated Jones complete a strong line-up.
Tickets cost £40 (unreserved) and £80 (reserved) and are available from See Tickets on 0870 903 9033,
www.seetickets.com
or from Matchroom Sport on 01277 359900. All the action will also be screened live on Sky Sports.
The full list of competitors is: Ted Bami (Brixton, London), David Barnes (Manchester), Jason Cook (Maesteg, Wales), Michael Grant (Tottenham, London), Barry Jones (Ferndale, Wales), Colin Lynes (Hornchurch, Essex), Young Mutley (West Bromwich, West Midlands), Gavin Rees (Newbridge, Wales).
PartyPoker.com Prizefighter Light-Welterweights
Name: Ted Bami
Age: 31
Nickname: Dangerous
Home town: Brixton, London
Professional record: W26 (13 by KO), L5, D0. Total 31 fights.
Achievement: Former European Light-Welterweight Champion, former WBF Light-Welterweight Champion.
Name: David Barnes
Age: 28
Nickname: None.
Home town: Manchester
Professional record: W24 (11 by KO), L1, D1. Total 26 fights.
Achievement: Former British Champion at light-welterweight and welterweight.
Name: Jason Cook
Age: 34
Nickname: The Power
Home town: Maesteg, Wales
Professional record: W25 (12 by KO), L2, D0. Total 27 fights.
Achievement: Former European Lightweight Champion, former IBO Lightweight Champion.
Name: Michael Grant
Age: 26
Nickname: Mikey Spice
Home town: Tottenham, London
Professional record: W12 (1 by Ko), L0, D1. Total 13 fights.
Achievement: Former ABA Champion in 2005, undefeated as a professional.
Name: Barrie Jones
Age: 24
Nickname: -
Home town: Ferndale, Wales
Professional record: W16 (7 by KO), L3, D0. Total 19 fights.
Achievement: Fought for the British Welterweight Championship.
Name: Colin Lynes
Age: 31 (32 in November)
Nickname: Lyno
Home town: Hornchurch, Essex
Professional record: W31 (12 by KO), L6, D0. Total 37 fights.
Achievement: Former European and British Light-Welterweight Champion, former IBO Light-Welterweight Champion.
Name: Young Mutley
Age: 33
Nickname: None
Home town: West Bromwich
Professional record: W26 (13 by KO), L3, D0. Total 29 fights.
Achievement: Former British Welterweight Champion, fought for British and European light-welterweight titles.
Name: Gavin Rees
Age: 29
Nickname: The Rock
Home town: Newbridge, Wales
Professional record: W28 (14 by KO), L1, D0. Total 29 fights.
Achievement: Former WBA Light-Welterweight Champion.
Date posted: November 17, 2009
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