Boxing news


Futures are on the line in Prizefighter

Prizefighter hopefuls Dean Harrison and Young Mutley will be fighting for their futures when they compete at Wolverhampton Civic Hall.


No English title shot for Chris Truman

Aston’s Chris Truman will box Lenny Daws next week as planned – but the bout will not be for the vacant English light welterweight title.


James Beech in ABA Schoolboys war

Pleck ABC’s James Beech was today tipped to be “as sharp as a razor” when the fights for the third time in nine days in the ABA Schoolboys national championships.


Tommy Ghent’s new Prizefighter test

Coseley’s Tommy Ghent will now face William Warburton in the opening bout of Saturday’s Prizefighter at Wolverhampton Civic Hall.


James Beech defies odds to advance

Walsall’s James Beech made it through to the quarter-finals of the ABA Schoolboys national championships – after nearly having his Midlands title took away from him.


The shows must go on at the Civic

Wolverhampton Civic Hall will stage its second pro boxing show in as many months in March with a Midlands welterweight title fight at the top of the card.


Chris Truman in English title frame

Aston’s Chris Truman was today waiting to discover whether he will get a shock crack at the English light welterweight title against Lenny Daws.


Area kings go forth in ABA Schoolboys

Midlands champions Liam Gould and James Beech are set to take their first foray into the national stages of the ABA Schoolboys competition.


Magnificent Seven in ABA Schoolboys

A  ‘Magnificent Seven’ of local amateurs will get the chance to win Midlands titles and progress to the national stages of the ABA Schoolboys competition.


Jamie Ball set to face Nasser Al Harbi

Coseley’s Jamie Ball was today lined up for an English title eliminator on West Midlands soil against Birmingham’s Nasser Al Harbi.

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