Boxing North East
For brotherly love instead read brotherly glove. Adam Cope has returned to the sport almost three years after his one and only professional appearance … and he will have brother, …
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Lewis Ritson will come back from the enforced break an even better boxer. That was the view of coach Neil Fannan, who has masterminded the transfer of ‘The Sandman’ to …
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Patience is not a word you would expect to find in the Lewis Ritson dictionary. Just thinking about that ninth-month whirlwind British lightweight championship tour of Manchester (twice), London and …
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Behind closed doors. Three words which strike dread into any boxing promoter or fighter fuelled by a high-octane atmosphere. Lewis Ritson had been preparing for another Newcastle blockbuster when the …
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George Feeney – one of the best British. It’s official. Hartlepool’s Lonsdale Belt holder has been named fifth in the top 50 Greatest British fights of all time, For the …
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Is there a boxer anywhere on the planet who has had to show more patience than Thomas Patrick Ward? It’s hard to believe there is. Talented Tommy should have been …
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Sadly, it was inevitable that April 4’s huge event starring Savannah Marshall, Lewis Ritson and Tommy Ward would fall. But Matchroom have announced that the show will go on – …
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Lewis Ritson and Tommy Ward are “bang on track” and ready to make a statement on April 4. That is the message from coach Neil Fannan as the clock ticks …
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Tommy Ward is set to face a world-rated Mexican when he makes his first appearance of 2020. Promoter Eddie Hearn said he proposed a WBO inter-continental championship contest in Newcastle …
Read MoreSavannah Marshall will be fighting more than the champion of the world when she challenges for the WBO light-heavyweight title. The unbeaten Hartlepool star will be boxing a people’s champion …
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