Impressive win earns Birmingham Welerweight Frankie Gavin a spot of Haye v Chisora bill

FRANKIE Gavin’s impressive stoppage of Laszlo Komjathi in Newport on Friday has earned him a place on the controversial Dereck Chisora v David Haye bill at Upton Park on July 14.Read

Boxing: Matthew Macklin eyes another route to success

WORLD champion contender, Matthew Macklin, is plotting his third assault on reaching the peak of his bruising profession.Read

FRANKIE Gavin has buried the hatchet with Curtis Woodhouse and the pair will be sparring in Gavin’s Hall Green gym this week.

Gavin and Woodhouse faced each other almost a year ago and the animosity between them reached heated proportions. The Liverpool fight was close but the WBO Inter Continental title was awarded to Gavin on a split decision.Read

Boxing: Thomas Costello proves his power

He proved at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Friday that he is now a powerful force with a mature and clinical first round victory over tough Slovakian Lubomir Wejs.Read

Nasser Al Harbi and Jamie Ball remain unbeaten as cut means welterweight showdown is declared a draw

WHEN two unbeaten young boxers square up, you think that one is going to end up with a defeat on his record.Read

Boxing: Matthew Macklin will take the fight to Sergio Martinez

MATTHEW Macklin has painstakingly plotted his route to a world middleweight title shot.Read

Birmingham's Frankie Gavin faces toughter task on return to boxing ring

FRANKIE Gavin was expected to make a cautious return to the ring with a carefully selected opponent next Saturday.Read

Thomas Costello looks to speed up progress into title contention

LIFE’S about to get busier for unbeaten Birmingham light-middleweight Thomas Costello as he aims to get into title contention.Read

Beaten

BIRMINGHAM’S Max Maxwell is a wanted man and he is delighted.Read

BY IAN JOHNSON

FRANKIE Gavin is on his way back – and has targeted a world title challenge within eighteen months.Read

NOTTINGHAM’S Karl Froch is determined to rule the world. Anything less is not enough.

The super-middleweight insists that if he can’t be champion he will quit boxing.Read

BY IAN JOHNSON

ANTONIO Counihan’s pro debut at Sunderland next Saturday night has been put on hold because of a head injury he suffered as a three-year-old.Read

Big chance for Wolverhampton light-welterweight Dean Harrison

WOLVERHAMPTON light-welterweight Dean Harrison gets the chance to put his name back up in lights when he enters the Prizefighter competition in front of his home fans on February 11.Read

Birmingham flyweight Khalid Yafai's Olympic dream ends in failure and fury

KHALID Yafai’s four year fight to make Great Britain’s London 2012 Olympic boxing squad ended in dramatic failure and fury yesterday.Read

BY IAN JOHNSON

BIRMINGHAM boxing is about to get a boost it has needed for some time – a promoter dedicated to lifting the sport’s profile in the Second City.Read

Boxing chiefs nominate Franke Gavin for British welterweight title eliminator

BIRMINGHAM’S Frankie Gavin has been nominated by the Boxing Board of Control to fight the vastly experience Junior Witter in an eliminator for the British welterweight title, which is held by Lee Purdy.Read

Tipton featherweight Lee Glover handed Prizefighter slot

TIPTON Slasher Lee Glover has been chosen for the next featherweight Prizefighter competition – and the opportunity to pocket a handy cheque for £32,000 on October 29.Read

BY IAN JOHNSON

FRANKIE Gavin is back on form verbally which means deep trouble for French champion Frank Haraoche Horta when they meet in Manchester on October 28.Read

Birmingham middleweight Matthew Macklin targets world No.1 Sergio Martinez

BIRMINGHAM’S Matthew Macklin is in New York preparing for the fight of his life against world No.1 middleweight Sergio Martinez – and is confident he can succeed where Darren Barker failed.Read

Birmingham super flyweight Don Bradhurst handed Prize Fighter chance

BIRMINGHAM’S Don Broadhurst is heading back into the boxing ring after months of inaction, isolation and desolation – and he’s chasing a glittering prize.Read

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