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The British Middleweight title will be up for grabs at the Brentwood Centre in Essex this weekend when Commonwealth Champ Darren Barker aims to add the Lonsdale belt to his list of honours while Birmingham’s Wayne Elcock looks to regain his old title. The Hennessy Sports event is live on …

Unbeaten Sheffield prospect Steve “Superbad” Barnes will be hoping for an early night when he features on the undercard of the Darren Barker – Wayne Elcock British Middleweight title showdown at the Brentwood Centre this Saturday night. The Sheffield teenager has so far scored a hat trick of wins in …

WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch has been nominated for the BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year award. The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony at Loughborough University on Thursday 3rd December in front of a sell out audience.

Essex trainer Tony Sims is likely to be the busiest man in boxing on Saturday night with no fewer than five of his boxers in action at the Brentwood Centre including headliner “Dazzling” Darren Barker. The Barnet man tops the bill as he faces Birmingham’s Wayne Elcock for the British …

Darren Barker might be a Chelsea fan but if Wayne Elcock’s trainer is to be believed then he’s definitely not the special one. Veteran Birmingham fight figure Paddy Lynch says he’s seen enough of Barker to form the opinion that he won’t stand in the way of Elcock regaining his …

Waltham Abbey boxer Daniel Cadman returns to the ring later this month for the first time in almost three years when he fights on the undercard of the Darren Barker – Wayne Elcock British Middleweight title fight at the Brentwood Centre on November 28. The former Repton amateur turned pro …

Undefeated middleweight “Dazzling” Darren Barker will finally get the chance to add the British title to his Commonwealth crown next month when he meets former champ, Wayne “Mad Dog” Elcock for the vacant British title. The two men will clash live on ITV4 in the headline bout on a Hennessy …

Back in 2004 just prior to winning the British Super Middleweight title an outspoken Carl “The Cobra” Froch made the British sporting public sit up and take notice with a venomous attack on some of the nations sporting icons including David Beckham, Tim Henman and Jenson Button. Froch described Beckham …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing After their bout in Nottingham, England on Saturday night, WBC super middle champion Carl Froch and defeated opponent Andre Dirrell spoke to the media. Carl Froch: “It was close but I had no doubt in my mind that I had won the fight. He’s …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing There was high drama at the historic Old Market Square in Nottingham today when Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell failed to make the weight at the first time of asking ahead of his Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown with Carl …

© Andy Couldridge / Action Images As Carl Froch’s WBC super middleweight title defense against Andre Dirrell draws near, the fighters who open Showtime’s Super Six Tournament came face to face at a press conference in Nottingham, England, where the pair will clash on Saturday at Trent FM Arena.

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing WBC super middleweight champ Carl Froch worked out for the media yesterday in Nottingham, England in preparation to his title defense against American prospect Andre Dirrell.