PAUL “THE MACKEM” HOLBORN, 11-2-2 (0), is devastated that injury has forced his withdrawal from tonight’s scheduled eliminator for the English lightweight title – against Yorkshire’s Stefy Bull at the Doncaster Dome. “I’m so disappointed that I’ve considered packing it in,” a despondent Holborn explained. “I’ve put so many things […]
Tony Jeffries, 5-0 (4), has been forced to pull out of his sternest test yet against Welshman Nathan King in Nottingham this Friday (5th February 5), after suffering a hand injury in training. Jeffries is predictably gutted but still found time to hit out at the critics who have been […]
NIGEL WRIGHT has just posted the best win of his career and in doing so parked his tanks on the lawns of the top light-welterweights in the country. Now, the fighter from Durham is hoping that his victory in December over former British, European and WBO super-featherweight champion, Alex Arthur, […]
Boxing’s undergoing a renaissance in the North East. ‘Up and coming’ welterweight Chris Mullen, 6-1, from the coastal town of South Shields, is a fighter who’s serious about his career, and is determined to make the most of the opportunity and ride on the crest of this wave. “Before Tony […]
At a busy and lively public weigh-in today, on the banks of the River Tyne at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Amir Khan and Dmitriy Salita both successfully took to the scales ahead of their WBA light-welterweight title fight – taking place in Newcastle’s Metro Arena tomorrow evening. Khan, […]
Both Craig Denton and Martin Ward maintained their unbeaten winning records as they notched up points victories over more experienced opponents on a dinner show in their native North East. Both boxers were fighting in front of a full house on, North East promoter, Tommy Conroy’s ‘North East Executive Sporting […]
Tony Jeffries is a fighter learning his trade in the spotlight – when you’re an Olympic medallist it comes with the territory. Consequently, this sometimes means going through the boxing equivalent of ‘washing your dirty linen in public’. Awkward fights against wily journeymen which are an inevitable, and essential, part […]
In the three weeks or so since the last Prizefighter competition finished we’re clearer about one or two things. For instance, we know that Danny Williams remains British champion – but appears to have little punch resistance left. While, it’s also clear that Audley Harrison still gets the job done […]
When the fighting’s finished, so could be a career at title level, after Jason Booth and Michael Hunter have contested the British super bantamweight title, in what should be a cracking fight, on October the 16th in Sunderland. With both boxers aged 31, and with long careers behind them, this […]
Dave Ferguson, along with the likes of Danny Hughes and Chris Burton, is one of the North East’s heavyweight boxing hopes. Currently striving to break through into the higher echelons of the domestic heavyweight scene, Ferguson, birthplace North Shields, has recently concentrated his efforts on improving his conditioning. Back in […]
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