Sunday Mercury - Other Sport - Boxing

Thomas Costello looks to speed up progress into title contention

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

Beaten

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

BY IAN JOHNSON

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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

BY IAN JOHNSON

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Big chance for Wolverhampton light-welterweight Dean Harrison

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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

BY IAN JOHNSON

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Boxing chiefs nominate Franke Gavin for British welterweight title eliminator

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Tipton featherweight Lee Glover handed Prizefighter slot

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

BY IAN JOHNSON

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Birmingham middleweight Matthew Macklin targets world No.1 Sergio Martinez

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Birmingham super flyweight Don Bradhurst handed Prize Fighter chance

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Manager/promoter steps in to provide bout for Stourbridge Lonsdale Belt hopeful Rob Norton

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

BRITISH cruiserweight champion Rob Norton is being denied the distinction of winning his Lonsdale Belt outright.

Brummie Frankie Gavin looks for a new start under Jimmy Tibbs guidance

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

FRANKIE Gavin is a quick mover in the ring.

Boxing: Jamie Cox claims controversial win in Commonwealth title fight

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

ADOPTED Brummie Jamie Cox is the new Commonwealth light-middleweight champion, although his unanimous points victory at the London Hilton hotel was subject to controversy and booing.

Brummie Matthew Macklin could take Felix Sturm rematch

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

MATTHEW Macklin knows that his next fight will be a biggy with a world title almost certainly at stake. And there are several options.

Boxing: Frankie Gavin and Curtis Woodhouse war of words continues

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

FRANKIE Gavin has been warned that he is going to be knocked out. Curtis Woodhouse has been told that he couldn’t make it as a footballer and he won’t make it as a boxer.

Boxing: Matthew Macklin positive after shock points defeat to Felix Sturm

Sunday Mercury — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:51:00 GMT

MATTHEW Macklin produced the performance of his career at the packed out 20,000-seater LanXESS Arena in Cologne and proved he is still on course to become a world champion.

Nostalgia: The life and times of Birmingham boxer Owen Moran

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:26:00 GMT

HERE’S a trivia question for sports fans: who is the only Birmingham boxer to fight for a world title three times and come up short on each occasion?