Boxer Josh Quailey finds his best form for Elite Championship win
Melton super-heavyweight Josh Quailey made a confident start to his bid for the Elite Championship in Retford.The 29-year-old outpointed Ellis Machin (Empire) in the East Midlands final, and has surely...
View ArticleWar of words as Jahmaine Smyle squares up to rival Darryll...
There were heated exchanges when English super-middleweight champion Jahmaine Smyle came face to face with his next challenger in the build-up to their clash at Leicester Arena next month.The...
View ArticleLeicester boxer Leon Woodstock aims to steal the show in home...
Beaumont Leys super-featherweight Leon Woodstock will fight for the Midlands Area Championship at Leicester Arena next month.Boxing bosses have confirmed the 23-year-old will challenge Birmingham...
View ArticleBoxers left 'devastated' by death of teenage fighter after match
The head coach of a Leicestershire boxing club said its members had been left devastated after a match involving one of his fighters ended in tragedy. A member of Earl Shilton Boxing Academy had fought...
View ArticleUK boxing heavyweight Anthony Joshua to hold meet and greet event...
Tickets are selling fast to see professional boxer Anthony Joshua at an event in Leicester.Kong Events will present An Evening With Anthony Joshua at city centre venue, Athena, in May.The celebrity...
View ArticleBoxing gym in Birstall is still proving a big knock-out on 15th...
Carl Gunns' boxing gym in Birstall has hit another landmark.The community facility, which currently boasts around 400 members from three years old to 52, is celebrating its 15th anniversary.In that...
View ArticleMum's tribute to 'beautiful, clever, handsome' son who died after...
A mother has paid tribute to her boxer son who died after collapsing in the ring following his defeat in an amateur championship bout.Michelle Bilbey's son, Eddie, died after competing against a member...
View ArticleLeicester boxer Paige Murney is so proud to fly the flag for...
Paige Murney has secured her place in the Great Britain Development squad.That means the 22-year-old will spend eight days every month training at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield with the...
View ArticleCJ Challenger bids to make most of his chance to shine at...
Broughton Astley welterweight CJ Challenger is set to introduce himself to the nation's fight fans next week.BT Sport bring their cameras to Leicester Arena a week tomorrow for a show that includes...
View ArticleSileby boxer Kallum Corssen snaps up East Midlands youth...
Sileby Academy of Boxing's Kallum Corssen claimed the vacant East Midlands youth challenge belt with a determined performance in Derby.Corssen, boxing at light-welterweight, claimed a split decision...
View ArticleThis is my year to win England title, insists boxer Josh Quailey
Melton super-heavyweight Josh Quailey is convinced this is his year to win the England Boxing Elite Championship.Quailey was a semi-finalist in 2014 and 2015, and last year he was ruled out by a hand...
View ArticleThere's only one Mike Tyson – and Jahmaine Smyle plans to...
Jahmaine Smyle plans to prove there is only one Mike Tyson at Leicester Arena this weekend.Tyson was terrorising the heavyweight division three decades ago, but according to Darryll Williams, he is the...
View ArticleTitle hopeful Lyon Woodstock is proud to be a 'mummy's boy' ahead...
Lyon Woodstock Jr says he is proud to be a mummy's boy.Woodstock meets Paul Holt for the vacant Midlands Area super-featherweight title on the big show at Leicester Arena tomorrow night – and nobody...
View ArticleGreat to have big-time boxing back in Leicester, says legend Tony...
Tony Sibson is delighted that big-time boxing is back in Leicester.Thousands followed 'Sibbo' in the 1970s and 1980s as he plundered British, Commonwealth and European middleweight titles and made...
View ArticleAction Packed video gallery of Leicester Arena Boxing event
There was a big night of boxing at the Leicester Arena at the weekend.The bill was topped by Tommy Langford, who was fighting Avtandil Khurtsidze for the interim WBO middleweight title, while Zolani...
View ArticleLyon Woodstock shows he's ready to be a superstar after winning...
Lyon Woodstock Jr announced himself as a possible superstar at the Leicester Arena.His fight with Birmingham southpaw Paul Holt for the vacant Midlands Area super-featherweight championship promised to...
View ArticleBoxing fans clamouring for a rematch after Jahmaine Smyle lost...
Fight fans are demanding a rematch between Leicester's Jahmaine Smyle and Darryll Williams after their fight-of-the-year contender on Saturday night.The ferocious bout went the South Londoner's way on...
View ArticleJosh Quailey's England Boxing Elite title bid 'blows up' in the...
Josh Quailey's bid for the England Boxing Elite Championship ran out of steam in Rotherham.The 29-year-old from Melton reached the super-heavyweight final, where he met No.1 seed Solomon Dacres...
View ArticleWhy Anthony Joshua punches like Rocky and will beat Wladimir...
Anthony Joshua has been told he punches like movie hero Rocky Balboa ahead of tonight's huge heavyweight showdown at Wembley Stadium.Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko duel in front of 90,000 fans, and Paul...
View ArticleTickets to see world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua...
Tickets to see world boxing champion Anthony Joshua appear at an event in Leicester are selling fast.Event organiser Shane Whitfield said that demand for tickets has rocketed after Joshua's thrilling...
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