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David Price moved to 15-0 (13) at Liverpool’s Aintree racecourse last week with a routine second round KO over former British, Commonwealth and European heavywe... Read More...
Manchester’s Denton Vassell (146½lb) recently scored a big win over undefeated northern rival Ronnie Heffron (146¾lb) at the Manchester Arena to retain his Co... Read More...
Peter Fury, the trainer of Greater Manchester-based heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, has had a busy scheduled recently. The former professional fighter gu... Read More...
My own return to Bob Shannon’s Fighting Fit gym didn’t end with a fight, but it gave me a renewed insight into the Bob Shannon effect. Forget Ricky Hatton’s c... Read More...
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Jim Rosenthal has been the face and voice of British boxing for decades due to his presenting roles at the BBC, ITV and most recently BoxNation. Rosenthal has c... Read More...
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Liverpool’s David Price has had a tumultuous 2012, during which he picked up the English, British and Commonwealth titles, registered impressive stoppage wi... Read More...
Driffield's Curtis Woodhouse made the transition from professional footballer to prizefighter in September 2006. Indeed, not too many people predicted big thing... Read More...
Ricky Hatton’s November 24 comeback fight at Manchester’s MEN Arena has polarised opinion in the trade, with some arguing that he should give the sport one last... Read More...
Bellew controlled the pace for large periods of the contest, adopting Larry Holmes's adage of, “Get them drunk and then mug them”, in Bomber” out-boxed and th... Read More...
Gary Lockett retired from boxing in 2008 after suffering a third-round stoppage defeat to then-middleweight world champion Kelly dismissed as a no-hoper going... Read More...
Last week, Bob Shannon made his weekly to visit the grave of his son, Robert Shannon Junior, who died aged 21 in a car crash back in 2003. During the course of... Read More...
Britain's two powerhouse promotional outfits kicked off the domestic season with a bang last week when Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn aired their views during a s... Read More...
Ryan Rhodes called time on his boxing career this week when announcing his retirement after a 52-fight run that took in three world title shots and saw the styl... Read More...
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