Boxing North East
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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Boxing took a very heavy hit in 2020, if you forgive the pun. But for the women’s fight game, there was a massive move forward, especially in this country where …
Read MoreAlex Farrell’s journey into the international boxing arena must wait until 2021. The unbeaten North-East light-middleweight, managed by Phil Jeffries and coached by David Binns, had been scheduled to box …
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Alex Farrell will have French opposition when he takes his first steps and throws his first professional punches on international soil. Punch-lines reported last week how the Newcastle-based Black Diamond, …
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Just how many seconds does it take to accept a fight on the Côte d’Azur? The answer is ‘not many’. Just ask Alex Farrell who will be making his fifth …
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A good 50-50 fight and may the best man win. The assessment of a boxing pundit? No, the final word on the Lewis Ritson v Miguel Vazquez fight from the …
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Miguel Vazquez insists he will not be dictated to by Lewis Ritson in the main event at Peterborough. The long-running former world champion is in the away corner to face …
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It’s not what Miguel Vazquez has got left, it’s about what Lewis Ritson brings to the fight. That was the message from Tony Bellew, the former world cruiserweight champion turned …
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How does Neil Fannan look at 50? Punch-lines is not talking about the age of the great trainer, though we might pluck up the courage to slip it into the …
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Joe Laws insists he is unbeatable – with or without ‘The Bomb Squad’ – and has vowed to punch his opponent’s “face off”. Newcastle’s unbeaten star puts his ‘0’ on …
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