Frankie Gavin hopes to hand Gavin Tait his first KO defeat

FRANKIE Gavin has won all of his six professional fights in rich style – but he has decided it’s time to get tough.Read

Matthew Macklin still eyes world title shot - despite broken nose

MATTHEW Macklin might have had his nose painfully put out of joint – but the European champion is still determined to earn a world title fight by the end of the year.Read

Don Broadhurst keen to erase memory of nightmare defeat

DON EAGER TO SET RECORD STRAIGHTRead

Wayne Elcock eager to land another British title chance after illness KO'd first attempt

A VERY tense Wayne Elcock explained to me this week that he is “like a time bomb waiting to explode.”Read

Boxing: Matt Macklin teams up with trainer Freddie Roach in bid for world title

European middleweight champion Matthew Macklin will team up with revered American trainer Freddie Roach as he steps up his bid to win a world title.Read

FORMER amateur world champion Frankie Gavin is planning on becoming a British professional champion before the year is out. He is aching to have the Lonsdale Belt around his waste.

Gavin, who features on Frank Warren’s massive Night of the Champions show on February 13 at Wembley Arena, has only had five professional fights but dismisses his lack of experience in the paid ranks and believes massively in his own ability – against anyone.Read

Birmingham's Frankie Gavin aims to become a champion this year

FORMER amateur world champion Frankie Gavin is planning on becoming a British professional champion before the year is out. He is aching to have the Lonsdale Belt around his waste.Read

Boxing: Rob Norton ready for another David Dolan title thriller

STOURBRIDGE’S Rob Norton will defend his British and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles on January 15 at Altrincham Leisure Centre against an opponent who has decked him twice in the same fight.Read

GREAT New Year news. Birmingham’s highly talented Gamal Yafai is back in business … the business of  reaching the London Olympics and boxing in the same 2012 GB team as his brother Khalid.

But because of shabby treatment by GB Development squad coach Jim Davison it didn’t look at one stage as though the best 51 kilo boxer in Britain – he won the ABA title and went on to win the Three Nations gold – would make it.Read

Ian Johnson: Maloney's rant an insult to the Broadhurst camp after Haskins mauling

PROMOTER Frank Maloney is noted for defending his corner when he feels it is necessary. Why not?Read

Don Broadhurst vows to be third Brummie to hold British boxing title

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Dudley’s English middleweight champion Darren McDermott ‘to have crack at next weight up’

DARREN McDermott rolled off the dressing room treatment table looking a right bloody mess with stitches to his chin and both eyes but he thrust a fist in the air and proclaimed, like any victorious gladiator: “Mac is back.”Read

Matthew Macklin, Don Broadhurst, Wayne Elcock and Frankie Gavin all targeting crucial Christmas wins

BIRMINGHAM’S Fab Four fighters – Matthew Macklin, Don Broadhurst, Wayne Elcock and Frankie Gavin – are all looking to celebrate Christmas in style with ‘must-win’ performances.Read

Matthew Macklin, Don Broadhurst, Wayne Elcock and Frankie Gavin all targeting crucial Christmas wins

DAVID Haye produced a punch-perfect performance to cut Russian giant Nikolai Valuev down to size and win the WBA heavyweight title in Germany with a majority decision points victory.Read

Birmingham amateurs chasing London 1012 dream

TWO of Birmingham’s highly-talented amateurs have taken a massive step towards representing Great Britain in the 2012 London Olympics.Read

Defeated Saville concedes that Gavin was “just awesome”

WOLVES fan Steve Saville winced and proclaimed that Frankie Gavin was “just awesome”, and should know after being stopped by the Brummie Bluenose in the second round at Liverpool.Read

Frankie Gavin: Saville is tailor-made for me

FRANKIE Gavin predicts that there will be “only one winner” when he meets all-action Midland rival Steve Saville at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Friday.Read

Middleweight boxer Darren McDermott’s relishing English title defence

DARREN “The Body Snatcher” McDermott admits he wasn’t too fussed when he won the English middleweight title.Read

Brum trainer Robert McCracken says Carl Froch is ready to start his 'Super Six' campaign with victory

BRITAIN’S two world champions Carl Froch and Amir Khan are back in mouth-watering action defending their titles in the coming weeks.Read

Brum trainer Robert McCracken says Carl Froch is ready to start his 'Super Six' campaign with victory

BRITAIN’S two world champions Carl Froch and Amir Khan are back in mouth-watering action defending their titles in the coming weeks.Read

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