UK Boxing

WELSH WONDERS Andrew Selby and Fred Evans both won Gold in a historic day for GB Boxing at the European Championships in Ankara. Barry Flyweight, Selby took the 52Kg crown with a 13-10 victory over Russia’s Georgy Balakshin. Cardiff’s Evans was rarely troubled in the Welterweight final as he outpointed Mahamed Nurudzinau of Belarus, 15-9.

THREE members of the GB Boxing squad have made the finals of the European Amateur Boxing Championship in Ankara and will go for Gold in tomorrow’s finals. Liverpool’s Tom Stalker and Andrew Selby and Fred Evans from Wales all came though today’s semi-finals to secure silver medals and an opportunity to compete for Gold.

18 year old Charlie Edwards led the charge as four boxers from Great Britain secured a medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Ankara. In his first senior International since joining GB Boxing’s Podium Squad, the Croydon teenager defeated Jose Kelvin Nevin of Spain to secure a place in Thursday’s semi-finals and guarantee at [...]

Following the recent announcement that Willie Limond is to headline his upcoming ‘Fists of Fury’ event, at King’s Hall in Belfast on Saturday 2nd April 2011, former WBU Lightweight World Champion, turned promoter, Graham Earl today took the time to give a rundown on the fighters and fights that will be showcased at his Irish [...]

Former WBU World Lightweight Champion, now turned promoter, Graham Earl has lined up his old friend and training partner Former European Super Featherweight, Commonwealth and World Lightweight Champion Willie Limond to headline his inaugural Irish event ‘Fists of Fury’ at King’s Hall, Belfast on Saturday 2nd April 2011.

Former International Boxing Organization (IBO) Light Welterweight Champion of the World Colin Lynes is set to make his welcome return to the ring this coming Saturday, the 12th February, against Bradley Pryce at the Matchroom Sports promoted John Watson versus Anthony Crolla vacant British Lightweight Title clash at Olympia, Liverpool.

By Scott Gilfoid: I for one am hoping World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (30-2, 7 KO’s) steps it up this year in 2011 and doesn’t decide to milk his WBO title in order to try and hold onto it a little longer. I want to see the guy face a life [...]

Martin “Iron Man” Rogan makes his eagerly awaited comeback from injury this Saturday exactly a year to the day since his last fight. The hugely popular Belfast heavyweight returns to action on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night: Big Bang Theory at the University Arena in Limerick and he admits that he’s almost as excited by [...]

Curtis Woodhouse says he’ll KO Peter McDonagh on Saturday – and set up a big showdown with rival Frankie Gavin. The former professional footballer is chief support at London’s York Hall to Liam Walsh’s Commonwealth super-featherweight title challenge, live on Sky Sports.

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) is going to try every trick he can to become a better fighter, including taking up yoga. According to the Daily Express, where an unnamed source said “Amir is going to take up yoga as part of a new training regime. [...]

By Williams Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) has been stricken with some kind of stomach ailment while visiting Pakistan. On Khan’s Twitter page, Khan says “Really ill in Pakistan. Got bad stomach ache and head ache. Want to vomit but just won’t let me. Also have a fever. I want [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) has reportedly renewed his boxing license for some reason. Hatton, 31, hasn’t seen action since being flattened a year ago in the 2nd round by Manny Pacquiao in May 2009. Hatton has a million opportunities for big money fights since [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Yet another attempt at putting together a fight between David Haye and one of the Klitschko brothers recently bit the dust when Haye was unable to agree to a unification fight against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko after the two fighters came to a stalemate over the revenue for the TV rights [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) has reportedly been rushed to a hospital in Bolton earlier today after suffering from a mystery illness, according to Thesun.co,.uk. Khan, 23, is currently at the Beaumont hospital where he is undergoing tests to identify what kind of illness he’s suffering [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) hasn’t seen action since stopping 38-year-old former WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz in the 9th round on April 3rd. Haye, 29, still hasn’t picked out who his next opponent will be after more than two months since the Ruiz fight.

By Tom Graves: The British heavyweight scene has been longing for a dominating boxer to represent the United Kingdom at a world class level since the reign of Lennox Lewis, the three time world champion who fought genuinely top class contenders to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. He hosted an impressive professional [...]

By Ronnie Jordan: The magnificent 7 has just been announced in the UK with a large chunk of our homegrown talent on the same bill. James Degale in only his 8th pro bout is already due to defend his Commonwealth belt. Recently in an interview with Steve Bunce, DeGale claimed he’s already the best in [...]

By William Mackay: Former 2008 Olympic middleweight Gold Medalist James DeGale (7-0, 5 KO’s) already sees himself as the best fighter in the super middleweight division in the UK, saying in an article at Frankwarren.tv, “To be honest, I am the best domestically already…I know I can beat anyone out there at the minute domestically, [...]

By William Mackay: In looking at UK fighters World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) and WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s), I couldn’t help but notice all the things that they have in common with one another. It’s actually kind of eerie how much they have in common. [...]

TWO of Britain’s hottest prospects George Groves and Tom Dallas have been added to Frank Maloney’s talent stacked bill at Brentwood Centre on Friday January 22. Groves, 21, is a man in hurry and targeting Commonwealth super-middleweight champion Charles Adamu. Hammersmith’s Groves and Kent man Dallas will all meet selected opponents on the bill being [...]

RENDALL MUNROE will meet Frank Maloney this weekend to discuss his ring future. The Commonwealth and European super-bantamweight title holder will be meet Maloney at the FA Cup tie between Millwall and the team he loves to hate Derby County. Early in 2010 Leicester City fan Munroe will face Victor Terrazas in a final eliminator [...]

IAN NAPA will defend his British bantamweight title against Jamie McDonnell at the Brentwood Centre on Friday 22nd January. Napa, 31, will be making the first defence in his second reign as champion when he tackles the Doncaster youngster.

RENDALL MUNROE will meet Mexican Victor Terrazas in a final eliminator for the WBC world super-bantamweight title. Leicester southpaw Munroe expects the battle for the right to challenge for Toshiaki Nishioka’s crown to take place in next February or March. The WBC have mandated the fight and the fighter’s promoters HG Boxing and Frank Maloney, [...]

By Matt Flanagan: We hear this debate endlessly discussed – should a fighter retire or should he continue. Roy Jones Jr and Joe Calzaghe are 2 topical discussions albeit debated for different reason’s. Jones is well past his peak and perhaps should have retired some years ago, while Calzaghe went out at the top when [...]

By Liam Santiago: British heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (6-0-0, 6ko’s), is aiming to win the English ad Irish title belts in the next few months. The unbeaten Manchester star has been made mandatory challenger for John McDermott’s English Heavyweight title with the fight likely to happen in late November. Furys is also elegible to challenge [...]

By Liam Santiago: In history, very few of the greatest fighters retire undefeated. Roberto Duran, Muhammed Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson are just a few of the all time greats to taste defeat. Ricky Hatton tasted defeat for the second time against Manny Pacquiao in May and has to make the biggest decision of his [...]

By Chris Williams: It seems that David Haye isn’t going to be getting back in the ring anytime soon regardless of whether his back heals up in the next month and is looking at getting back in the ring in September to hopefully fight for one of the heavyweight titles against either of the Klitschko [...]

By William Mackay: In recent years, boxing has gone downhill with fighters have become more and more focused on building up their records by taking the easiest fights possible at the expense of developing their skills by facing better opponents. In a lot of cases, you have fighters with dramatically build up records (often unbeaten) [...]

By Chris Williams: I think Ricky Hatton is kidding himself if he comes back for one final fight, as if this will give him any kind of “closure” on his career. Unless that fighter is Manny Pacquiao, and Hatton somehow knocks him out, I don’t see the point of Hatton fighting one more time. Hatton [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Near the end of his career, the unbeaten WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe fought twice in the U.S., fighting first Bernard Hopkins and then Roy Jones Jr. in 2008. However, neither fight was hugely successful in terms of ratings or PPV buys with boxing fans, and it made me wonder what [...]