Boxing North East
Ready to take on the world. That is the ambition of Phil Jeffries after announcing Joe Maphosa as his latest signing. “Smokin ‘Joe” has made an impressive opening burst to …
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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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Unfinished business. That is what has driven on birthday girl Natasha Jonas as she counts down to her world championship challenge. Liverpool’s 2012 Olympian will take part in a Battle …
Read MoreWhat a shot. In more ways than one. Josh Taylor delivers a crunching blow into the body of Ryan Martin in their World Boxing Super Series quarter-final at the back …
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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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George Feeney – one of the best British. It’s official. Hartlepool’s Lonsdale Belt holder has been named fifth in the top 50 Greatest British fights of all time, For 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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Focusing on the positives. It is hard to think of any positives in the current climate, but Great Britain’s boxing boss is doing just that. Rob McCracken started 2020 with …
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No Rumble, no problem. It will be back “bigger and better” in 2021. That was the defiant message from Phil Jeffries after announcing that his 10th annual July spectacular at …
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