FORMER Birmingham City footballer Curtis Woodhouse blew his bid to go on and challenge Blues fan Frankie Gavin when he was outpointed 76-77 by Peter McDonagh at York Hall on Saturday night.Read
MATTHEW Macklin will face a former world title challenger at Liverpool’s Echo Arena on December 11 when he defends his European middleweight belt against Ruben Varon.Read
BIRMINGHAM’S talented Khalid Yafai reckons England will collect four gold medals in the Commonwealth Games – and it would have been five had he been boxing.Read
BIRMINGHAM’S Max Maxwell has boxed himself into a possible challenge for the Commonwealth light-middleweight title after earning a draw in Bury at the weekend.Read
MATTHEW Macklin has been promised a world title challenge within the next six months by promoter Frank Warren and it will be in Birmingham. Frankie Gavin will not be far behind.Read
FRANK Warren called his Saturday night promotion at the Birmingham LG Arena “magnificent.” And it was. It was the bill that had everything. Nine title fights and only one went the distance.Read
FRANKIE Gavin made it win and title No.2 for Birmingham boxers. He is the new Irish light-welterweight champion after overpowering Belfast’s brave Michael Kelly.Read
FRANKIE Gavin admitted this week that he is going into the ring at the LG Arena tomorrow night for the first time as a professional without the fear of losing.Read
FRANKIE Gavin admitted this week he is going into the ring at the LG Arena tomorrow night for the first time as a professional without the fear of losing.Read
BRITAIN’S top promoter, Frank Warren, who has staged world-class boxing in Birmingham as far back as Curry v Jones in 1985, says he has never put on such an ambitious show as Saturday’s Magnificent Seven spectacular at the LG Arena.Read
STAFFORD welterweight Rob Hunt took his victory tally to 15 and set himself up for title contention in the near future at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall yesterday afternoon.Read
ROB Hunt, who punched his way to success in kickboxing, is now unbeaten in 14 professional fights in the orthodox version of the sport and intends to go title hunting after his next outing.Read
MATTHEW Macklin v Darren Barker was being hailed as Britain’s most memorable middleweight showdown since Chris Eubank defeated Nigel Benn in nine brutal rounds for the WBO crown in November 1990.Read
After much plotting and planning Frankie Gavin’s first shot at a professional title will be for the Midlands light-welterweight crown against Wolverhampton’s Dean Harrison at the Birmingham LG Arena on September 18.Read
AFTER much plotting and planning Frankie Gavin’s first shot at a professional title will be for the Midlands light-welterweight crown against Wolverhampton’s Dean Harrison at the Birmingham LG Arena on September 18.Read
WHAT a pity the TV cameras couldn’t film Andrew Patterson’s mighty match against Keith Sheen at the Holiday Inn on Thursday night. It was fantastic entertainment deserving a wider audience.Read
