Boxing North East
Is there a fighter with worse luck than Savannah Marshall? Less than a week before the maiden defence of her WBO world middleweight title against Femke Hermans, the bout has …
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Focused, fit and fantastic. That is Tommy Ward. OK, he’ll admit he’s not quite fighting fit (yet!) but two of the three Fs are not a bad prognosis for the …
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Savannah Marshall will face former world champion Femke Hermans when she makes the maiden defence of her WBO middleweight title. Promoter Eddie Hearn has announced that the 31-year-old, from Belgium, …
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Savannah Marshall v Claressa Shields has gone a bit quiet hasn’t it? For now. Talk over a super-fight was all the rage after the American legend, self-styled ‘Greatest Woman Of …
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Claressa Shields: The greatest woman of all time or GWOAT, if you prefer? Self-appointed it must be stated. Irish legend Katie Taylor, for one, might have something to say about …
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Savannah Marshall v Claressa Shields. It’s a fight that simply has to happen. And for the man who launched the phenomenal career of the ‘Silent Assassin’ it’s a unification showdown …
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Lewis Ritson’s alliance with coach Neil Fannan is over. Punch-lines understands ‘The Sandman’ will now be trained by dad, Davy, at his father’s Forest Hall gym. Ritson had risen to …
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Savannah Marshall is excited to have been handed her first fight of 2021 even though a couple of key questions remain unanswered. Of the four Ws, who, what, where and …
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Tommy Ward would welcome a clash against highly-regarded Kiko Martinez for his debut fight as a featherweight. Punch-lines reported last month how the unbeaten 26-year-old had called time on his …
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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 …
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