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Scott Quigg will find Saturday night’s WBA world super-bantamweight title eliminator against Franklin Varela a stroll. The big fight is being staged at Bury’s Castle Leisure Centre and that means Quigg will walk to the venue from his house. Quigg, 22, doesn’t need telling just how important it is to …

Scott Quigg insists his boxing career is ready to move onto the next level under new trainer Pat Barrett. The former European light-welterweight champion has taken over as Quigg’s trainer following the retirement of Brian Hughes.

Scott Quigg will risk his unbeaten record against Franklin Varela in Bury next month. The 22-year-old will make the second defence of his WBA intercontinental super-bantamweight title against the Venezuelan at Castle Leisure Centre on Saturday July 23. Quigg’s popularity is growing all the time, and there are no longer …

Scott Quigg is preparing for his final contest in hometown Bury until he becomes a world champion. The fastest rising star in British boxing will defend his WBA intercontinental super-bantamweight title in his hometown at Castle Leisure Centre on Saturday July 23. A boxing ban in Bury was lifted last …

Unbeaten Dublin Featherweight Patrick “The Punisher” Hyland heads to London this weekend as he bids to extend his perfect record to 22 and 0 when he takes on Daniel Kodjo Sassou on the undercard to the Darren Barker – Domenico Spada European Middleweight title fight in the Olympia on Saturday …

An action packed night of boxing, stacked with Britain’s finest prospects, has just got even better as British Lightweight Champion Anthony Crolla is now lined up to face former WBA Super Lightweight Champion Gavin Rees on the April 16 ‘King Khan Returns’ card taking place at the M.E.N Arena in …

Stephen Foster Jr is waking up every morning and forgetting that he will be defending his European super-featherweight championship later this month. The Salford boxer puts his title up for grabs against mandatory contender Ermano Fegatilli in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Friday February 26. Foster, 30, …

Ermano Fegatillo has revealed he took up boxing after his dad refused to pay for surgery to make his nose smaller. It was a good decision with Fegatillo now sniffing around Stephen Foster Jr’s European super-featherweight championship.

Stephen Foster Jr is reaping the rewards after trainer Maurice Core persuaded him not to quit. Core’s words of wisdom worked and Foster Jr has been in dreamland since landing the European super-featherweight championship when he knocked out world ranked Levan Kirakosyan last year.

Scott Quigg has spent £4000 of his own money in order to spend three weeks training at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card gym. The WBA intercontinental super-bantamweight is currently enjoying his second trip to the Los Angeles gym that also house the world’s top fighter Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan.

Stephan Foster Jr is hoping big fight opponent Ermano Fegatilli isn’t as clever in the ring as he is outside of the ropes. The Belgian is arguably the cleverest boxer in the world, having attained a Masters in Economics with the highest honours at Liege University in 2007. Fegatilli, 26, …

Ryan Rhodes and Denton Vassell both scored impressive inside the distance on Hatton Promotions Christmas dinner bash at Manchester’s Palace Hotel on Saturday. Local fighter Vassell stretched his unbeaten winning record to 16 stopping Brazilian Welson Alves de Oliveira in the third round. The South American held his own in …