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Clitheroe karter Kirk Cattermole has retained his125 Open Kart English Championship title!


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The second round of the prestigious championship was held at Cadwell Parkin Lincolnshire on Saturday. From a full grid of 40


Luke Blackledge will defend his Commonwealth super middleweight title in Manchester in October


karts, Kirk managed to Qualify in pole position. In race one, the lead


changes several times, but Kirk took the chequered flag, despite struggling


.with the kart’s handling due to a puncture. The English champion­


[{• • Blackledge will defend his Commonwealth strap on Terry Flanagan undercard “I’ll be one ofthemain events


By Da n Black Daniel.b1ack@jpress.co.uk Twitter @DanBlack84


Commonwealth super mjddle-


® weight champion Luke Black­ ledge has announced that he’ll


<*vbe defending his t itle on Oc­ tober 10th at the Manchester Arena.


The 24-year-old, ranked sev­ enth in Britain, is expected to be shown live on BoxNation on


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the undercard of Terry Flana­ gan’s WBO World lightweight title defence.- Clitheroe’s Blackledge out­


pointed Liam Cameron in April at Blackburn King George’s Hall to secure the fourth strap of his professional tenure and he now awaitsconfirmationofanoppo- nent ahead of his 24th contest. - “I’mdefendingmyCommon-


wealth title atthe Manchester ArenaontheundercardofTerry Flanagan’s world title defence,”


said Blackledge, who knows Frank Warren’s supremo. “I was with him recently and


hehadhisbelt with him. It was really nice; I tried putting it my bag and stealing it. “Itdefinitelymakesmewant


to get one of my own. What he’s achieved is absolutely amazing. “It’s great and I’m looking


forward to it 100 per cent. I’m fighting in Manchester, live on TV, defending my title on the under card of a world title fight.


and I’ll be fighting in front of thousands of people. It’s going to be the biggest moment of my career.” Blackledge, who will be


keepingtabsonFrankBuglioni’s WBA World title shot against Russian Fedor Chudinov at Wembley Arena next month, added: “I’m buzzing and I can’t wait to fight. ■ “Thisfightcouldreallybene- fit me and it’s less than 10 weeks


ship is held over four rac­ es, with the best three to count, so that meant Kirk


away. It’s live on BoxNation and that’s something I’ve always been aiming towards. “If I win this then it could


be me fighting for a world ti­ tle. I could be one more good performance away from fight­ ing the winner of Buglioni and Chudinov. “I’ve come a long way. Who


would’ve thought I’d get these opportunities nearly two years ago after I got beat by Rocky Fielding?”


. had secured the title with maximum points having already won two races at DarleyMoor. In the second race, the pressure wasoffandhese-


. cured second spot.. Kirk is over the moon


to be able to run the pres­ tigious E plate for another year. He thanks his sponsors


PFP Services, Magnum Motor, Cat Racing Servic­ es and Joe Worsfold.


Karter Kirk wins English crown!


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