Tag: Boxing
Schoolboy champion
European debut for teen boxer
Boxing on the big stage is becoming somewhat of a regular occurrence for a local boxer from Batley who last...
Battle of champions
Brook and Golovkin to face off in Middleweight megafight
It is not the all-British encounter many fight fans have been holding out for, yet a...
The GREAT British fighters
Team GB’s boxing squad announced
A quarter of Team GB’s largest Olympic boxing squad for 32 years will be from Yorkshire as the fighters prepare...
MANNERS’ CORNER: Magic Man survives shock knock down to rally back...
Top Leeds featherweight prospect, Zahid 'The Magic Man' Hussain, came close to the brink of defeat as he suffered the first knock down of...
WORLD CHAMPION!
Leeds boxer ‘Wrights’ his name in the history books
When Reece Cartwright first stepped into the boxing ring he was an eight-year-old wondering what the...
Tributes to an icon: Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
Muhammad Ali will forever be known as one of the most inspirational boxers in history and one of the greatest sportsmen the world has...
Breeding warriors: Teen boxing ace lands National Title
A 14-year-old ‘giant of a boxer’ has seized the Class B National Schoolboy’s Title in the 65KG division, becoming Warrior Breed’s second national champion...
Punching his way to the podium
Beeston boxer has eyes on national stage
A boxer’s first year as a senior is so often the defining year for their sporting career. Will...
‘He should retire’: Boxing chief calls for time on Amir Khan’s...
Bolton boxer Amir Khan has laughed off suggestions by Matchroom Sport chairman, Barry Hearn, that he should ‘hang up his gloves’ and is instead...
Khan Vs Canelo: Khan throws dice in Las Vegas legacy gamble
Amir 'King' Khan always believed that he would get the chance of a legacy fight.
Despite the disappointing setbacks of the failed Floyd Mayweather...
Super Subhaan
KBW continue year of success
Dewsbury’s growing reputation on the national boxing scene took another huge stride forward last weekend after Subhaan Mohammed clinched the...
No regrets over Pacman
Khan fully focussed on Alvarez
With less than a month to go until Amir Khan’s mega-fight with Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas, the Bolton...
Roseville Road’s Balboa babes
‘Female only’ boxing class is a big hitter
Thirty-five-year-old Thai trainer Maria Chu has got women of all ages running ‘Rocky style’ up and...
Dewsbury’s knockout stars
Fantastic four progress to national semi-finals
The small town of Dewsbury is building up quite a reputation on the amateur boxing scene after four fighters...
He’s a belter!!!
Elite English belt for teen dream Ismail Khan
In the world of boxing, the name ‘Khan’ has certainly grown in reputation, with Amir leading...
Hurricane Harris storms to national title
Two titles in three days for hard-hitting Akbar
Bradford’s latest teenage boxing sensation, Mohammed Harris Akbar, consolidated his place at the top of his division...
Khan captures the world
The fighting pride of Bradford secures double title win
Just over 12 months on from his triumphant return to the boxing ring, Bradford’s own Tasif...
Tyson Fury may hang up his gloves
Boxer doesn’t want sport to become ‘about money’
World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is struggling to motivate himself and could quit boxing, the controversial fighter...
Boxing beelzebubs to battle in the City of Angels
Amir Khan returns to middleweight action in May
In the city of angels - Los Angeles - two of boxing’s most popular and powerful...
Thinking inside and outside of the BOXing ring
‘Not producing champions in the ring, producing champions in life’
A new boxing gym, aiming to educate young members of society both inside and out...
