Boxing North East
Talk about a fight to get excited about. Troy Williamson v Josh Kelly is as big a confrontation as the North-East has seen. Certainly in this century as the neighbours …
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WE’VE waited 10 years for part two of this great boxing rivalry between Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields. Sadly, now we have to wait an extra five weeks with the …
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If you asked North-East boxing aficionados for an inactive fighter they would love to see active again it would be fair to predict the name Jeff Saunders might crop up …
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THREE North-East boxing talents deserve to take a bow after returning from the 2022 EUBC Schools European Championships with medals. Layla Straughan brought silver to Sunderland in Turkey while there …
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Neil Fannan knows a thing or two about the Northern Area Championship, so when he talks about Sunday’s title showdown in Sunderland it’s worth listening. Seaham takes on Hartlepool for …
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Brothers in arms are hardly a new phenomenon in boxing. You can reel off countless double acts, no doubt, but three champions from the same home? You might be about …
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Back in action and in the North-East too. That’s Pat McCormack who will join Wearside neighbour and former Rio Olympics team-mate, Josh Kelly, on Channel 5’s show in Newcastle on …
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Tommy Ward will be going back to where it all began for him when he boxes at the Stadium of Light. The WBA’s world-number-one-rated featherweight will be the headline attraction …
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Matt ‘Stark McCallum is no longer just king of the North in name only. It’s now official. The 31-year-old has been crowned Northern Area super-middleweight champion with a seventh-round stoppage …
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Josh Kelly must quell a Tornado if he is to breeze into world contention at his new weight. The Sunderland boxer has been matched with South American middleweight champion Lucas …
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