Boxing North East
Looking forward and not to the past. That is April Hunter. April in April has a nice ring to it and the popular Tyneside boxer makes her return to action …
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Seen the expression ‘Three things in life are certain, death, taxes and …. ‘? You tend to add in your own funny or inevitable third thing and in the case …
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Savannah Marshall is “ready for anything” when she puts her WBO world middleweight belt on the line for the third time. The 30-year-old gets her hardest test yet in Newcastle …
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Has there ever been a North-East boxing show like this? Back ‘in the day’? Who knows, but in terms of the modern era nothing approaches Friday night’s Probellum event at …
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NE29. Not just the postcode for North Shields but the calling card for one of its most talented and toughest residents. Thomas Hodgson’s fans delivered regular renditions of “NE29” during …
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“A real talent”. That’s all you need to know about Thomas Hodgson. Not the words of punch-lines, but the assessment of one of boxing’s most respected figures. And punch-lines will …
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Troy Williamson is determined his boxing journey will not end with the Lonsdale Belt. Proud to be Darlington’s British title holder since Stuart Hall, the 30-year-old dreams of going all …
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Boxing fans in the North-East will be spoiled for choice in the coming weeks. There are two big Utilita Arena events on successive weekends when Newcastle hosts Probellum on Friday, …
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Jordan Barker-Porter is back in business. Beaten by Rebecca Ferguson last November, the 28-year-old found her form on the six-bout Jobes Boxing event in Benwell. JBP outpointed the aggressive Karina …
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Tommy Ward will be up against a former African champion when he makes his first appearance of 2022. The unbeaten world number four rated featherweight has been matched with Alexis …
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