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Parade of champions

THE self-styled world’s most under-rated heavyweight boxer will top the bill as three men who once fought Muhammad Ali meet up at Dunston Federation Brewery on Tuesday. Read

We want to win everything – Defoe

DARIUS Defoe believes Newcastle Eagles have proven they have what it takes to win this weekend’s play-offs with their never-say-die performances in the league, writes STUART RAYNER. Read

Cash worries distract from Olympic goal

Last month Tony Jeffries became the first boxer from Sunderland to qualify for an Olympic Games. But, he tells Stuart Rayner, his struggles in the ring were the least of his worries Read

Calzaghe training hope for Jeffries

ENZO Calzaghe could help Tony Jeffries’ Olympic bid by inviting the Sunderland fighter to his Newbridge base. Read

Resurgent Saunders is aiming high

WHEN Sedgefield’s Bradley Saunders was told two years ago he might never box again, it scarcely registered. Now he admits a third serious injury would break his heart. Read

Calzaghe had the hunger – McCrory

GLENN McCrory felt Joe Calzaghe’s extra hunger saw him through his super-fight with Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas and finally established him in world boxing’s top echelon. Read

JOE Calzaghe will have a North East influence in his camp this weekend after pestering Glenn McCrory to attend a night of boxing as a paying customer for the first time in a quarter of a century. Read

Speedy sparring is key for heavyweights

HAVING finally adapted to heavyweight pace, North East boxers David Dolan and Dave Ferguson will once again be men in a hurry tonight, they tell Stuart Rayner. Read

Bessey: I had to return home

DAVE Ferguson’s opponent in the first fight on tonight’s Prizefighter Series card will be familiar to North East boxing fans but those who have not followed his career since leaving Hartlepool may be disappointed to learn Billy Bessey’s hunger for the sport has not matched his ... well, hunger. Read

How we can punch above our weight

Glenn McCrory’s ambition is to make a North East gym home to the world’s best boxers. It seems unlikely but, says Stuart Rayner, he has done it before Read

McCrory’s fighters spoil St Partick's Day for Irish select

NORTHUMBRIA’S boxers spoiled Steve Collins’ St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Gosforth last night. Read

Gosforth glamour fight for Clauzel

NEWCASTLE boxer Mark Clauzel is turning professional, with his last amateur fight coming up on Monday night in a glamorous fixture involving two of the British game’s most famous champions, writes STUART RAYNER. Read

Hatton is such a true Blue

I’LL be without my usual sidekick when I go around the lounges following Saturday’s Premier League game at St James’s Park because John Beresford is going to Las Vegas. Read

Havana link is set to pay off

GEORDIE David Pendleton has been allowed to train with the elite Cuban Olympic boxing squad in Havana. Read

Local boxers are a knockout

GEORDIE Jon-Lewis Dickinson has scooped two prestigious boxing awards. Read

Hatton’s relishing date on Tyneside

RICKY Hatton is relishing his return to the North-East as the IBO light-welterweight champion prepares to aid Glenn McCrory’s attempts to revitalise boxing in the region. Read

Ferguson’s relishing pro chance

WALLSEND heavyweight David Ferguson is relishing being a pro boxer after thinking he’d blown his chance big time. Read

Cuba trip to boost David’s Beijing bid

GEORDIE David Pendleton, a former ABA light heavyweight champion, is to spend five weeks in Cuba undergoing intensive top-level training in the hope he can still gatecrash the Beijing Olympics next year. Read

Fighters queue up to hit the Hitman

Floyd Mayweather has confirmed his intention to end his short-lived retirement in order to set up a pay-per-view blockbuster against Ricky Hatton. Read

Cash can 'persuade' Mayweather to fight Hatton

Ricky Hatton's dream showdown against Floyd Mayweather has moved closer to becoming reality after his stunning win over Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Read