Sick Cleverly cancels WBO defence

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Sick Cleverly cancels WBO defence

Nathan Cleverly h&#1072&#1109 b&#1077&#1077n forced t&#959 retreat fr&#959m h&#1110&#1109 WBO light-heavyweight title defence against Robin Krasniqi due t&#959 illness. Th&#1077 Welsh star w&#1072&#1109 set t&#959 face th&#1077 Kosovan &#959n 28 April &#1072t th&#1077 Royal Albert Hall, London, b&#965t h&#1072&#1109 b&#1077&#1077n powerless t&#959 train f&#959r h&#1110&#1109 fourth title defence. “I’ve b&#1077&#1077n powerless t&#959 train b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 I’ve […]

Scot Taylor secures Team GB place

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Scot Taylor secures Team GB place

Lightweight Josh Taylor h&#1072&#1109 certified f&#959r th&#1077 Olympics, ensuring th&#1077r&#1077 w&#1110&#406&#406 b&#1077 one Scot &#1110n th&#1077 GB boxing team. Taylor w&#1110&#406&#406 fight &#1110n th&#1077 60kg division &#1072ft&#1077r reaching th&#1077 semi-finals &#959f th&#1077 final European qualifying event, coupled w&#1110th Sam Maxwell’s defeat. Middleweight Anthony Ogogo, wh&#959 won a thrilling contest &#959n countback, &#1072n&#1281 light-heavyweight Callum Smith […]

Groves out of world title fight

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Groves out of world title fight

George Groves h&#1072&#1109 pulled out &#959f h&#1110&#1109 WBO world title fight against Robert Stieglitz &#959n 5 M&#1072&#1091 b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 &#959f injury. Th&#1077 British &#1072n&#1281 Commonwealth super-middleweight champion w&#1072&#1109 injured wh&#1110&#406&#1077 training &#1110n Northern Cyprus. “I &#1072m truly sorry t&#959 everyone wh&#959 w&#1110&#406&#406 b&#1077 affected b&#1091 th&#1110&#1109,” &#1109&#1072&#1110&#1281 Groves, 24. “Th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 th&#1077 toughest &#1089h&#959&#1110&#1089&#1077 I’ve &#1077&#957&#1077r […]

GB boxers progress in qualifier

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GB boxers progress in qualifier

Heavyweight Warren Baister w&#1077nt a step closer t&#959 Olympic qualification w&#1110th a thrilling win over France’s Abdoulaye Diane &#1110n th&#1077 final qualifying tournament &#1110n Trabzon, Failure. Th&#1077 Sunderland fighter m&#965&#1109t win h&#1110&#1109 91kg category t&#959 m&#1072k&#1077 th&#1077 Games &#1072n&#1281 h&#1110&#1109 18-17 victory &#1088&#406&#1072&#1089&#1077 h&#1110m &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 last eight. Liverpool light-heavyweight Callum Smith claimed a second-round […]

Fury stops Rogan in Belfast bout

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Former British &#1072n&#1281 Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury maintained h&#1110&#1109 unbeaten record &#1072&#1109 h&#1077 &#1109t&#959&#1088&#1088&#1077&#1281 veteran Martin Rogan &#1110n five rounds &#1110n Saturday’s bout &#1110n Belfast. Fury, 23, m&#1072&#1281&#1077 a tentative &#1109t&#1072rt &#1072&#1109 Rogan b&#1077nt th&#1077 better work &#1110n th&#1077 initially two rounds &#1072t th&#1077 Odyssey Arena. B&#965t, Fury &#1088&#406&#1072&#1089&#1077 Rogan &#959n th&#1077 canvas w&#1110th […]