Boxing North East
A boxing show in the North-East, without a North-East boxer. To label it an unlikely scenario is no exaggeration but unless anything untoward happens in the coming days that is …
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Making the second defence of her world title is only part of the excitement Savannah Marshall is feeling as the clock ticks towards October 16 That’s the night the WBO …
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The Barmy Army is back . One of boxing’s best-known sets of supporters will be descending on Houghton on Friday, October 1 when Adam Cope will make his long-awaited ring …
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Alex Farrell looks something special already. And he seems to be getting better every time we see him and that was the case on Friday evening at Houghton, where he …
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End of an era. That will be the championship boxing show at Houghton where Steve Wraith will bow out as a promoter. The Geordie fight figure, who is working alongside …
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Just a week to go! North-East boxing returns on Friday, Sepember 10 when Phil Jeffries stages Joe Maphosa’s eagerly-awaited English super-flyweight title shot. “Smokin’ Joe” will take on Craig Derbyshire …
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It’s on and it’s going to be massive. Joe Maphosa’s challenge for the vacant English super-flyweight title will take place on Friday, September 10 at the Rainton Arena. The unbeaten …
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Tommy Ward is back. Not that he has ever really been away. But you know what punch-lines means. The 27-year-old won for the 30th occasion as a professional against Mexican …
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Where does Lewis Ritson go from here? It’s the obvious question in the aftermath of the Sandman’s painful IBF final eliminator defeat to Jeremias Ponce in Newcastle. While the question …
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We’ll believe it when we see it, but April Hunter insists it will be beauty before brutality on Saturday night. The Newcastle boxer takes on experienced Hungarian Klaudia Vigh over …
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