Don Broadhurst aims for his first title in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM super-flyweight Don Broadhurst will challenge for the first professional title of his career in his home city at the end of this month. Read

Don Broadhurst aims for his first title in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM super-flyweight Don Broadhurst will challenge for the first professional title of his career in his home city at the end of this month. Read

Stourbridge boxer Rob Norton's win is worth the wait

IT TOOK Rob Norton 15 years of professional boxing to win the British cruiserweight title and he did it with one of the most one-sided points victories in the history of the Lonsdale Belt.Read

Frankie Gavin targets gold at next Olympics

FRANKIE Gavin will be targeting gold at the London Olympics – if amateur boxing bosses hang on to head coach Terry Edwards. Read

Walsall man Martin Gethin may face Amir Khan at Birmingham NEC

AMIR Khan will make his make-or-break return to the ring on December 6 at the Birmingham NEC and it could be against Walsall “quiet man” Martin Gethin.Read

Richie Woodhall tips Birmingham boxer Nasser Al -Harbi for the top

RICHIE Woodhall claims he has seen the teenager who is going to be Birmingham’s next world champion and claims Nasser Al-Harbi is a mirror image of himself.Read

Rob Kenny wants more titles to help pay for his wedding

ROB Kenny is more than a few pounds lighter after becoming the new middleweight champion of the Midlands. Read

Richie Woodhall and Matthew Macklin get off to a flying start

MATTHEW Macklin’s new partnership with former world champion Richie Woodhall got off to a flying start at the MEN in Manchester last night. Read

Keiron 'slammer' Gray is ready for Woilverhampton Civic Hall bout

KEIRON ‘Slammer’ Gray earned his nickname through his love of tequila but the big-punching middleweight aims to prove he is no bar-room brawler at Wolverhampton next week.Read

Amir Khan failed to learn from Birmingham mistakes

AMIR Khan was sensationally knocked out in the first round in the defence of his WBO Inter Continental lightweight title by Colombian Breidis Prescott in Manchester last night, the dramatic loss came after serious scares in his Birmingham fight against Michael Gomez.Read

Birmingham boxer Frankie Gavin speaks out about Beijing Olympics withdrawal

FRANKIE Gavin believes there is little more he could have done to make his weight at the Beijing Olympics.Read

Matthew Macklin faces a 'must-win' challenge against Francis Cheka

MATTHEW Macklin is hoping his self imposed alcoholic abstention will pay big dividends next Saturday when he takes on a “must-win” challenge against Tanzanian champion Francis Cheka in Manchester.Read

Pele Reid tipped to land Prizefighter title

NEIL Perkins has warned that Pele Reid is in the mood to win £25,000 and relaunch his career - and he has the broken nose to prove it!Read

Pride and a title are up for grabs

BIRMINGHAM v Black Country bragging rights are up for grabs again with the Midlands light middleweight title at stake.Read

Cuban Andris Laffita Hernandez blows away Birmingham boxer Khalid Yafai's medal hopes

BIRMINGHAM'S Khalid Yafai admitted he was blown away by convicted drugs cheat Andris Laffita Hernandez after going down to a 9-3 points defeat.Read

Frankie Gavin row must be kept in perspective

THE best amateur lightweight in the world sat at home in Birmingham this week while blokes in blazers and tracksuits struck fighting poses in his absence and threatened once again to engulf their sport in civil war.Read

Frankie Gavin's coach attacks Olympic boxing team's management

Frankie Gavin’s coach has launched a blistering attack on the Team GB management after the Birmingham boxer was sent home from the Olympics for being over-weight.Read

Frankie Gavin flies home to Birmingham as recriminations start

Shattered Frankie Gavin flew home to Birmingham with his Olympic dream in tatters as British amateur boxing chiefs promised to launch a major inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his failure to make the weight.Read

Beijing dream is over for Birmingham boxer Frankie Gavin

Great Britain's Olympic boxing hopes have been hit by a hammer-blow with the news that world lightweight champion and gold medal favourite Frankie Gavin has been forced to withdraw from the competition.Read

Coaches have high hopes for Birmingham boxing duo Frankie Gavin and Khalid Yafai

BRUMMIES Frankie Gavin and Khalid Yafai are going to Beijing hell bent on bringing medals back from their dream journey. But how serious are their chances?Read

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