Boxing North East
Three Geordies and a Mackem. It’s not the start of a joke. Tyneside trio James Conlon, Kris Pilkington and Mark Taylor will tonight take to the ring at Rainton Meadows …
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Josh Kelly has been given the perfect birthday present a maiden first international title fight in front of over 70,000 fans. Promoter Eddie Hearn announced the Sunderland boxer, 24 today, will fight …
Read More Two champions in seven days with his first show of 2018 just five days away. Welcome to the whirlwind life of Phil Jeffries. The Sunderland fight figure stages an eight-bout …
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Forget life beginning at 40, life has begun at 30 for Glenn Foot. The Sunderland star is today celebrating becoming Commonwealth light-welterweight champion after stopping Scotland’s Jason Easton in the …
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Glenn Foot produced the performance of his life to lift the Commonwealth light-welterweight title. The Sunderland fighter stopped the favourite and previously-unbeaten Jason Easton late in the 11th round in …
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Sunderland’s Thomas Essomba is England’s new bantamweight champion after a stunning victory in Leicester over Louis Norman. The 30-year-old has brought the vacant belt back to Wearside after stopping the …
Read More Don’t automatically expect a war when Glenn Foot challenges Jason Easton for the Commonwealth light-welterweight title on Saturday night. So says Foot, despite his aggressive pose captured by photographer Jennifer …
Read More Can Thomas Essomba clinch part one of a Sunderland championship double? The 30-year-old faces Louis Norman in Leicester tonight for the vacant English bantamweight title, 24 hours before Glenn Foot …
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A fully-powered and focused Glenn Foot will “take a bit of living with” in Saturday’s showdown for the vacant Commonwealth light-welterweight title. So says coach, Dave Binns, ahead of Foot’s …
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Jason Easton rates Glenn Foot as a “very tough” hurdle but is confident he’s an obstacle he will clear. It’s Scotland v England in Glasgow on Saturday night when two …
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