Birmingham Mail - Other Sport - Boxing

Boxing: How Duggie the dog is helping get Frankie Gavin back on road to success

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:08:00 GMT

WHEN coach Tom Chaney said he would get all the help needed to put prodigal Frankie Gavin back on the road to success and glory nobody expected Duggie to play a major role. Duggie?

Muhammad Ali at 70: Why Cassius Clay was the greatest showman on earth

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:49:00 GMT

Muhammad Ali at 70 - what made Cassius Clay the legend.

Boxing: Frankie Gavin back living in Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:02:00 GMT

FRANKIE Gavin this week made a promise to live up to the expectations surrounding him when he turned professional.

Birmingham's boxing legends Tommy and Paddy Lynch

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:36:00 GMT

Paddy and Tommy Lynch have decided to call it a day after more than 50 years in boxing in Birmingham. Boxing correspondent Ian Johnson pays tribute to the brothers.

Frankie Gavin Birmingham Belt introduced to inspire city boxers

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:36:00 GMT

AMATEUR boxers in Birmingham have been given a terrific incentive to improve their standings and to encourage competition within the city boundaries.

Big chance for Wolverhampton light-welterweight Dean Harrison

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WOLVERHAMPTON light-welterweight Dean Harrison gets the chance to put his name back up in lights when he enters the Prizefighter competition in front of his home fans on February 11.

Boxing had us both hooked for 50 years!

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

PADDY Lynch knows how to fight. Better still, he knows how to win a fight.

Birmingham's boxing brothers Tommy and Paddy Lynch call it day

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:00:00 GMT

PADDY and Tommy Lynch have quit boxing. Now that is something I never thought I would be writing. But the dynamic brothers have called it a day and that is sad news for the sport.

Boxing: Khalid Yafal's weight drama results in recriminations flying

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:10:00 GMT

Khalid Yafai’s four year fight to make Great Britain’s London 2012 Olympic boxing squad ended in dramatic failure and fury yesterday.

Boxing: Khalid Yafai's Olympics push hangs on events in Bethnal Green

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:53:00 GMT

KHALID Yafai’s bid to win a place at the 2012 London Olympics comes to a climax at Bethnal Green tonight when he takes on Welshman Andrew Selby in a crunch box-off challenge.

Boxing: Tom Chaney "sick" after Frankie Gavin pulled out of Franck Horta fight

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:27:00 GMT

TOM Chaney said he felt “physically sick” when he heard about Frankie Gavin’s shock decision to pull out of his fight last night against Franck Horta in Manchester.

Shock as Frankie Gavin pulls out of Horta fight

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:30:00 GMT

MYSTERY and anger followed the late decision by Frankie Gavin to pull out of his fight against Frenchman Franck Horta scheduled for Manchester tonight (Friday).

Boxing Board of Control fears for safety of White Collar Boxing

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Pat Cowdell shook Birmingham boxing last week by announcing he has switched his promotional activities from official Boxing Board of Control events to the much less controlled but growing White Collar version of the sport – because of the big differences in the costs of staging boxing.

Boxing: Frankie Gavin is back on form - verbally at least

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:52:00 GMT

Frankie Gavin is back on form verbally which means deep trouble for French champion Frank Haraoche Horta when they meet in Manchester on October 28.

Boxing: Why the Warley Wonder has dropped boxing licences to take up White Collar fighting instead

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

“PAT Cowdell has quit boxing,” I was told.

Boxing: Don Broadhurst set to appeal in super-flyweight Prizefighter battle

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:10:00 GMT

IF BRUMMIE Don Broadhurst is the last man standing in Liverpool tonight he will collect a whopping £32,000 – but he will not be the favourite to win the super-flyweight Prizefighter battle.

Boxing: Matthew Macklin prepares for fight of his life in New York

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:31:00 GMT

Birmingham’s Matthew Macklin is in New York preparing for the fight of his life against world No.1 middleweight Sergio Martinez – and is confident he can succeed where Darren Barker failed.

Boxing: Terry Carruthers shock victory ensures Dave Coldwell's venture is off to a winner

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

TERRY Carruthers’ shock victory at the Tower Ballroom ensured Dave Coldwell’s first venture into promoting the sport in Birmingham was a winner.

Tamworth boxing club which helps keep teens out of trouble calls for help to expand

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:48:00 GMT

A BOXING club founded with the goal of turning troubled teenagers’ lives around is calling for help to find a bigger premises so it can reach out to more young men.

Boxing: Khalid Yafai eyeing podium finish at World Championships

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:00:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM’S vastly experienced Khalid Yafai is just one step away from having his name put down on the GB team sheet for the London 2012 Olympics – but he could have to fight up to seven times to do it.