Boxing North East
You can’t accuse Tommy Ward of not putting in the miles. The world-rated super-bantamweight walked 30 miles in full PPE gear in April to raise money for NHS charities, having …
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Lewis Ritson loves thrilling his adoring Geordie fans, but there is one he thing he’d love more than anything – simply to fight again. ‘The Sandman’ gets that chance on …
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Only Covid 19 can stand in the way of Savannah Marshall becoming world champion. So says the boxer who plans to add the WBO middleweight title to the world championship …
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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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Simon Vallily is ready to rebuild a career which has been a “total shambles.” Those two words are not those of punch-lines but of the Middlesbrough heavyweight, who has vowed …
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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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