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Embed from Getty Images By Nathan John, University of Gloucestershire Pound 4 Pound king Canelo Alvarez takes on unbeaten Billy Joe Saunders at the AT&T stadium in Texas on Saturday night with the British super middleweight WBO looking to dethrone the current WBA and WBC champion for his belts. The Mexican comes into this fight […]
Jack Williams has entered the professionals in style following his 40-34 point win vs an experienced Jake Pollard. 29-year-old Williams looked comfortable in his pro debut facing an opponents with 80 pro bouts under his belt, this performance looks to be the first of many for the super flyweight who won’t be wasting any time. […]
Gloucestershire boxer Adam Harper says boxing in his home county is “on a real boom at the minute” with fighters in the local gyms looking extremely promising. Harper, who is one of only three men to win a recognised British boxing title while originating from Gloucestershire has moved on to coaching upcoming prospects. With the […]
Gloucester’s Shabir Haidary is set to undergo state of the art fitness testing to aid his recovery and future development following his most recent victory. Speaking to his Strength and Conditioning coach and lecturer before the testing, Ed Baker listed the benefits of the programme which the Super Featherweight is set to complete tomorrow. “It’s […]
Shabir “The Afghan Warrior” Haidary impressed once more with a well earned 60-54 points victory against Kent’s Tatenda Mangombe. “I loved every moment of it, I could tell the crowd did as well and I live for knowing that I can entertain the fans whilst I fight. “Before mine, most of the fights were a […]
The Afghan Warrior lit up Fight Town with a 60-54 points victory against Tatenda Mangombe to thrill the fans on Saturday night. It was another successful bout for the Super Featherweight who impressed the Swindon crowd with some impressive displays of movement and punching power. Despite securing the win comfortably on the scorecard, Mangombe proved […]
Embed from Getty Images Tim Paine V Ravi Ashwin India’s victory over Australia is without doubt going to go down in history as one of the best test series of all time. It was full of iconic moments, sadly for Australia captain Tim Paine there’s one in particular that he won’t remember fondly. It happened […]