Boxing: Ryan Bennett wins in just one minute
Ryan Bennett left it until three weeks after his 31st birthday to make his professional debut and took just 67 seconds to thrash Viktor Gelien at the King Power Stadium.The Mowmacre Hill lightweight...
View ArticleBoxing: Rendall Munroe returns to the ring at Blackpool's Winter...
Rendall Munroe will return to action at Blackpool's Winter Gardens on March 29.No opponent has been named for what is likely to be a six-round fight in preparation for a Commonwealth featherweight...
View ArticleBoxing: Rendall Munroe out to prove he's still a contender
Rendall Munroe has two targets tomorrow as he tackles Yorkshire journeyman Youssef Al Hamidi over four rounds in Blackpool.The Leicester southpaw, who is lining up a crack at the Commonwealth...
View ArticleBoxing: Emphatic win for Rendall Munroe
Lancashire proved a happy hunting ground for some of the county's sporting heroes on Saturday. Just hours after Leicester City had posted a crucial 2-0 Championship win over Burnley in the east of the...
View ArticleRendall Munroe's Commonwealth featherweight title fight against...
Rendall Munroe's proposed Commonwealth featherweight title fight against Leeds' Josh Warrington has been confirmed for Saturday, April 19.The 12-rounder will take place on the undercard of Scott...
View ArticleBoxing: Every fight is world title bout for me now - Rendall...
Rendall Munroe aims to make experience count when he challenges Leeds' Josh Warrington for the Commonwealth featherweight title in Manchester on April 19.The Leicester favourite knows that Warrington,...
View ArticleBoxing: Rendall Munroe 'set to turn back time'
Rendall Munroe is planning to turn back the clock to ensure that the big nights continue to come his way in the future.Munroe challenges Leeds' Josh Warrington for the Commonwealth featherweight title,...
View ArticleBoxing: 'Getting into the ring with Rendall Munroe really is...
Josh Warrington says it is "crackers" that he is stepping into the ring with Rendall Munroe on Saturday.Leeds' unbeaten Commonwealth featherweight champion acknowledges that he was a Munroe fan when...
View ArticleBoxing: Rendall Munroe inside the limit for Josh Warrington fight
Rendall Munroe was well inside the weight limit for his Commonwealth featherweight title fight against Josh Warrington in Manchester. The Leicester man weighed in at 8st 13lb, a pound inside the 9st...
View ArticleBoxing: Belief is key for Rendall Munroe
Rendall Munroe's hopes of becoming a two-weight Commonwealth champion in Manchester tonight centre on his own self-belief.Munroe challenges Leeds' Josh Warrington for the 9st belt knowing that, as...
View ArticleBoxing: Rendall Munroe makes the weigh-in
Rendall Munroe was well inside the weight limit for tonight's Commonwealth featherweight title fight against Josh Warrington in Manchester.The Leicester man weighed in at 8st 13lb, a pound inside the...
View ArticleBoxing: Rendall Munroe v Josh Warrington: Match verdict
Rendall Munroe entered the ring in Manchester Arena convinced his experience would see him to victory over defending Commonwealth featherweight champion Josh Warrington.It wasn't to be. Munroe retired...
View ArticleBoxing: Leicester Unity lightweight Leon Woodstock is close to...
Leicester Unity lightweight Leon Woodstock looks set for an exciting future after coming close to reaching the final of the England Boxing Elite championships in Liverpool.Woodstock shocked No.2 seed...
View ArticleBoxer Floyd Mayweather due to visit Leicester next month
The best pound-for-pound boxer in the world Floyd 'Money' Mayweather Jr will visit Leicester to meet fight fans next month. The undefeated American will appear at the Maher Centre, in Ravensbridge...
View ArticleLeicester boxing legend Rendall Munroe praises bravery of former...
Leicester boxing legend Rendall Munroe praised the bravery of his former promoter Frank Maloney who has revealed he wants to have a sex change operation.Rendall, 34, who retired from boxing in April,...
View ArticleBeaumont Leys boxer Billy Martin honoured with award in memory of...
A young boxer has been honoured with an award dedicated to the memory of his best friend, a talented fighter who lost her battle with cancer.Athena Orchard, of New Parks, Leicester, died in May, aged...
View ArticleBoxing: Jahmaine Smyle fights Cello Renda in eliminator for...
Jahmaine Smyle reckons size matters – and he is going to prove it in Leicestershire this weekend.In what looks a 50-50 fight, Smyle meets Cello Renda in an eliminator for the English super-middleweight...
View ArticleBoxing: Leicester super-middleweight Jahmaine Smyle will have to...
Leicester powerhouse Jahmaine Smyle believes he was robbed of a shot at the English super-middleweight title in Whitwick.A cut above his left eye ruled his opponent Cello Renda out in the opening round...
View ArticleBoxing: Sam 'Bullet' Bowen ready to fire after turning profession...
Sam 'Bullet Bowen is preparing for a new challenge after ditching the vest to turn professional. Bowen has agreed a one-year deal with Newark-based Carl Greaves and the 22-year-old light-welterweight...
View ArticleBoxing: Earl Shilton ABC's Chris Webbe in England Boxing...
Earl Shilton ABC's mini-Mike Tyson fights in the semi-finals of the England Boxing Development championship this weekend after powering to two wins in 48 hours.On Friday night, Chris Webbe was a...
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