Boxing North East
When will Tommy Ward’s wait be over? It’s a question asked many times and repeated here now. 2022 would be the dream answer. Coach Neil Fannan and manager Dave Garside, …
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England v Argentina is always an international confrontation to conjure with. And it’s that task which faces Georgia O’Connor when she climbs through the ropes for the second time as …
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Middlesbrough’s very own ‘Iron Mike’ is back in the ring and part of another huge night of North-East boxing. Just a week after Probellum were in Newcastle with Pat McCormack, …
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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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What a way to win your 10th professional fight. Tom Hill is today celebrating his greatest victory yet with a unanimous points victory over Rohan Date in Dubai. ‘One Bomb’ …
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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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