FOLLOWING a five-week spring siesta without a single boxing show taking place at York Hall, the Bethnal Green fight arena comes to life next week with five shows booked inside 18 days at the popular fight venue.

The hectic action starts with two shows in two nights on Friday and Saturday May 12 and 13 featuring Hennessy Sports and Sport Network promoted bills on successive nights.

The Friday night show sees the Hennessy promotion headed by two title clashes - the British light welterweight fight between Lenny Daws and Nigel Wright alongside the duel between Dave Stewart and Lee Meager for the vacant British lightweight crown.

Also featured are a light middleweight eliminator Darren Barker v Darren Rhodes, plus bouts involving Matthew Thirlwall, John O'Donnell, Billy Corcoran, and Daniel Cadman.

Just 24 hours later, super featherweight Kevin Mitchell steps in the ring for his defence against Kirkor Kirkorov on Frank Warren's show.

Also featured on the Saturday bill are are Ross Minter v Alan Bosworth for the English welter title and bouts featuring lightweight Danny Hunt, Ryan Rhodes, Matthew Marsh, Lee Beavis, Dean Smith and Richard Horton.

Another bill planned at York Hall is a Sunday show on May 21 which includes Southern Area heavyweight king Mickey Steeds.

The Isle of Dogs fighter faces a selected rival on a programme which also features back in action West Ham light-heavy Paul Bowen.

The busy Maloney brothers return to York Hall with a show on Friday, May 26 headed by the clash between Carl Froch and Brian Magee for the British British Super Middleweight Title.

Also billed is a duel between Gary Woolcombe and Gilbert Eastman for the Southern Area Light Middleweight Title plus bouts involving Leo O'Reilly and Tontcho Tontchev.

Four days later, on Tuesday May 30, the Maloney brothers are back topping their bill with the bantamweight showdown between Martin Power and Isaac Ward for the British title bringing the curtain down on the hectic May schedule.