Boxing North East
Lewis Ritson will challenge the cream of the light-welterweight scene. So says coach Neil Fannan following the news of his move up a division, having been Britain’s undefeated lightweight champion. …
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If you were investing a few bob on a bet on a future British champ from the North-East, Joe Maphosa would be worth a punt. The Teessider is certainly looking …
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James DeGale might not be going out on a high, as he would have wished, but he has earned his retirement AND the tributes from the great and the good. …
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You won’t hear him banging out any backing vocals, but don’t think he couldn’t do it. We certainly won’t dare question his singing credentials. Tony Jeffries will be in the …
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Revenge or repeat? That is the question ahead of have-gloves-will-travel Jordan Ellison’s return to Liverpool. The Seaham-born, Hartlepool-trained lightweight clinched a famous victory on his last visit to Merseyside at …
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Lewis Ritson will still live up to his nickname ‘The Sandman’ in his new division. That is the confident prediction of the coach of the British lightweight champion following the …
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You don’t hear often enough the stories of the good boxing does for people. Now, there is a tale that has been made on our doorstep and the subject of …
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Darlington 3 Manchester United 0. Not a result you see every day, or any day for that matter, but Pete Shepperson’s gym began 2019 with that exact scoreline. Steve Wraith …
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New O’Tooles signing Aleksandr Trifonov’s march towards world glory will have an all-black & white look to it. Punch-lines revealed yesterday how the owner of the Byker gym, Neil Conlon, …
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O’Tooles have pulled off a stunning coup by signing a top world amateur boxer who will be trained in Newcastle by Glenn McCrory. North-East fight figure, Neil Conlon, the man …
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