Boxing North East
Boxing on home soil will still be an advantage, even without fans. So says Pat McCormack after boxing’s Road to Tokyo was re-opened. The European Olympic qualifying event, which was …
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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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Can Tom Hill overturn the odds and clinch the best win of his career? Coach Dave Binns certainly thinks so on the eve of Hill’s eight-round confrontation with Jack Rafferty. …
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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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Claressa Shields v Savannah Marshall. It’s a fight first talked about when Noah was still a young carpenter. But it is getting ever nearer. So near you can almost feel …
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It did not work out badly for the Assassin and can One Bomb now produce an explosive night? Tom Hill’s fight with unbeaten prospect Jack Rafferty is back on at …
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Savannah Marshall world champion. Four words we’ve already seen before but now the Hartlepool boxer has completed an amazing double after stopping Hannah Rankin to win the vacant WBO middleweight …
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“I’ve boxed in half empty arenas, I’ve even boxed in places where only my dad’s been there.” Those are the words of Savannah Marshall who tonight faces Hannah Rankin for …
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Just who is Savannah Marshall facing in London? The simple two-word answer, of course, is Hannah Rankin, a London-based 30-year-old, officially listed as from Glasgow, but actually from the picturesque …
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Savannah Marshall is not known as the ‘Silent Assassin’ for nothing – she prefers actions to words. But the Hartlepool boxer has put her shyness and modesty aside to say …
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