Boxing North East
Josh Kelly insists he has the utmost respect for “top grade” David Avanesyan, but says the European champion is tailor made for him. The welterweight rivals meet on Saturday, January …
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A huge challenge? Possibly. A chance to silence the critics? Probably. An opening to move to world level? Most definitely. Punch-lines is referring to a likely candidate for fight of …
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Tommy Ward’s days as a world-class super-bantamweight are over. But don’t panic, the 26-year-old is instead firmly intent on becoming a featherweight world champion. Unbeaten Ward has found beating the …
Read MoreAlex Farrell’s journey into the international boxing arena must wait until 2021. The unbeaten North-East light-middleweight, managed by Phil Jeffries and coached by David Binns, had been scheduled to box …
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Boxing on home soil will still be an advantage, even without fans. So says Pat McCormack after boxing’s Road to Tokyo was re-opened. The European Olympic qualifying event, which was …
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Alex Farrell will have French opposition when he takes his first steps and throws his first professional punches on international soil. Punch-lines reported last week how the Newcastle-based Black Diamond, …
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Can Tom Hill overturn the odds and clinch the best win of his career? Coach Dave Binns certainly thinks so on the eve of Hill’s eight-round confrontation with Jack Rafferty. …
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Just how many seconds does it take to accept a fight on the Côte d’Azur? The answer is ‘not many’. Just ask Alex Farrell who will be making his fifth …
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Claressa Shields v Savannah Marshall. It’s a fight first talked about when Noah was still a young carpenter. But it is getting ever nearer. So near you can almost feel …
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It did not work out badly for the Assassin and can One Bomb now produce an explosive night? Tom Hill’s fight with unbeaten prospect Jack Rafferty is back on at …
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