WBO Inter-Continental Welterweight Champion Frankie Gavin has upped sticks and moved to London, where he will be coached by the world renowned father and son coaching team Jimmy and Mark Tibbs at the Trad TKO Boxing Gym in Canning Town. By making the move the former Amateur World Lightweight Champion …
Read More »UK Amateur Standout Stubbs Signs With Hatton Firm
Tommy Stubbs has turned professional with Hatton Promotions and signed a three year deal with Britain’s most ambitious promotional outfit. The Mancunian who will be trained by Joe Pennington has been one of Britain’s best amateurs in recent years winning dozens of trophies and medals. Among his honours were three …
Read More »Northern Semi-Finals of the Junior ABAE Championships
Click the above Image for more Photos from Jane Warburton Yesterday, at Havercroft Leisure Centre, Ryhill, the ABAE hosted the Northern Semi-Finals of the Junior ABAE Championships. The results are as follows, but for me personally – the ‘stand-out performance’ of the day came from Qais Ashfaq of Burmantofts ABC, …
Read More »Amateur Boxing: Luke Campbell Wins Gold In Hungary
This past weekend European Gold Medalist Luke Campbell’s pre-Olympics campaign got off to a flying start, at the first major amateur tournament of 2011 the Bocskai Memorial Tournament in Debrecen, Hungary. Luke, who in 2009 won the European Gold on his first attempt , beat local favourite Krisztian Nagy 8-5 …
Read More »Boxing In Britain: Amateur Star Campbell Wins Four Nations
Following his successful return to International competition at the WBC Night Of Champions in Cardiff, 2008 European Bantamweight Champion Luke Campbell was back in action this past weekend at the Four Nations Challenge in Sheffield. On Saturday Luke, who convincingly won his Featherweight (57kg) fight by a 11-5 points margin …
Read More »Boxing In Britain: Amateur Star Campbell Eyes 2012 Olympics
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro 2008 European Amateur Bantamweight Gold Medalist Luke Campbell’s 2012 London Olympic dream is well and truly back on track. Following his successful return to International competition last week at the WBC Night Of Champions in Cardiff, Luke is set to be back in action again …
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