The Golden Contract

The Golden Contract is a professional boxing tournament created by boxing management and promotions company MTK Global. The tournament is held across three weight-classes with eight fighters in each class, competing in 10 x 3 minute rounds. The winners of each tournament secure a two-year, five-fight contract with MTK Global that guarantees six-figure purse for each fight.[1] The tournament is televised live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom[2] and streamed through ESPN+ in the United States.[3]

2019/2020

The Golden Contract's inaugural tournament is being contested across the featherweight, super-lightweight and light-heavyweight divisions.

Featherweight

Competitors in the featherweight edition are; Britain's Ryan Walsh, Leigh Wood, Jazza Dickens and Tyrone McCullagh; Ireland's David Oliver Joyce; Mexico's Carlos Araujo; Spain's Carlos Ramos; and Hairon Socarras of Cuba. With Britain's Razaq Najib and Jacob Robinson in reserve.[4] The quarter-final bouts took place on 4 October 2019 at the York Hall, London,[5] and the semi-finals on 21 February 2020 at the same venue.[6] The final was originally set to take place in June, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the date was pushed back to 30 September.[7]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 Ryan WalshTKO 8
 
 
 Hairon Socarras
 
 Ryan WalshUD
 
 
 Tyrone Mccullagh
 
 Tyrone McCullaghUD
 
 
 Razaq Najib n1
 
 Ryan Walsh–
 
 
 Jazza Dickens–
 
 Leigh WoodTKO 9
 
 
 David Oliver Joyce
 
 Leigh Wood
 
 
 Jazza DickensMD
 
 Jazza DickensUD
 
 
 Carlos Ramos
 

^Note 1 Araujo failed to make weight; Najib brought in as replacement

Super-lightweight

Competitors in the super-lightweight edition are; Britain's Tyrone McKenna, Ohara Davies, Jeff Ofori, Darren Surtees, Kieran Gething and Mikey Sakyi; America's Logan Yoon; and France's Mohamed Mimoune.[8] The quarter-final bouts took place on 22 November 2019 at the York Hall, London,[9] and the semi-finals on 21 February 2020.[6] The final was originally set to take place in June, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the date was pushed back to 30 September.[7]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 Ohara DaviesRTD 7
 
 
 Logan Yoon
 
 Ohara DaviesTKO
 
 
 Jeff Ofori
 
 Kieran Gething
 
 
 Jeff Ofori n1Draw
 
 Ohara Davies–
 
 
 Tyrone McKenna–
 
 Tyrone McKennaUD
 
 
 Mikey Sakyi
 
 Tyrone McKennaUD
 
 
 Mohamed Mimoune
 
 Mohamed MimouneTKO 5
 
 
 Darren Surtees
 

^Note 1 Ofori replaced Lewis Benson due to injury [10]

Light-heavyweight

Competitors in the light-heavyweight edition are; Britain's Hosea Burton, Steven Ward, Liam Conroy, Tommy Philbin, Andre Sterling and Bob Ajisafe; Germany's Serge Michel; and Latvia's Ricards Botoniks.[11] The quarter-final bouts took place on 14 December 2019 at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood.[12] The semi-finals were scheduled to take place on 20 March 2020 at the York Hall in London,[13] however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the event was rescheduled to take place in September, being split over two nights; the first bout, featuring Bolotniks, will take place in Bolotniks' hometown of Rīga, Latvia, on 26 September, and the second bout has been added to the featherweight and super-lightweight finals on 30 September at the York Hall in London.[14][15]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 Bob Ajisafe–
 
 
 Hosea BurtonUD
 
TBA–
 
 
TBA–
 
 Steven Ward–
 
 
 Ricards BolotniksTKO 1
 
N/A–
 
 
N/A–
 
 Andre Sterling–
 
 
 Liam ConroyUD
 
TBA–
 
 
TBA–
 
 Tommy Philbin–
 
 
 Serge MichelUD
 

References
  1. "WORLD-LEVEL TOURNAMENTS UNVEILED". MTK Global. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  2. "The Golden Contract tournament will be shown live on Sky Sports". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  3. "Golden Contract tournament on ESPN+: How to watch". ESPN.com. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  4. "What's the Golden Contract tournament, and who's in it?". ESPN.com. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  5. "Golden Contract: Quarter-final draw explained ahead of next Friday's featherweight competition". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  6. Christ, Scott (21 February 2020). "MTK Golden Contract results: Ryan Walsh-Jazza Dickens, Ohara Davies-Tyrone McKenna set for tournament finals". Bad Left Hook. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. "Golden Contract finals: Ohara Davies takes on Tyrone McKenna and Ryan Walsh faces Jazza Dickens on September 30". Sky Sports. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  8. "What's the Golden Contract super lightweight tournament, and who's in it?". ESPN.com. 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  9. "The Golden Contract: The lowdown on tonight's super-lightweight quarter-finals". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  10. "OFORI JOINS GOLDEN CONTRACT PARTY". MTK Global. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  11. "The Golden Contract: Hosea Burton to fight Bob Ajisafe in light-heavyweight quarter-finals". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  12. "The Golden Contract: Hosea Burton to fight Bob Ajisafe in light-heavyweight quarter-finals". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  13. "The Golden Contract semi-finals confirmed on March 20". Sky Sports. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  14. "The Golden Contract postponed". Sky Sports. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  15. "Golden Contract 175 Semi-Finals on September 26 & 30". Boxing Scene. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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