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Get Fell in for battle

High fell have been invited to Leeds United's ground Elland Road for a dinner show hosted by Hunslet ABC on Thursday. Read

Clauzel in injury blow

Newcastle's Mark Clauzel has been denied his second England international vest after having to pull out of a four-team tournament because of injury. Read

Crack Cubans set to punch in

The Cubans are coming to town! Glenn McCrory has pulled off another Havana scoop by clinching a deal for a crack Cuban boxing team to visit Tyneside. Read

Beaten Glenn gets no reward

When Glenn McCrory decided to help out brother Gary what he got in return was - nothing! Read

Consett party as Luke is triumphant

Consett's Luke O'Rourke stormed into the finals of the Junior ABAs when he knocked out Waqas Hussain in the fourth round in Bristol. Read

Seconds Out

The North Road Gym, a new club in Catchgate, will have its first boxers out competitively at Sutherlands in Windy Nook on Thursday. Read

Tynesiders lead bid for ABAs glory

Tyneside duo Mark White and Andrew Toner lead the North East charge in the semi-finals of the Junior ABA Championships in Bristol on Saturday. Read

Four-star show from Park boys

Grainger Park scooped the pool when all four of their boxers won on their own show at the Throckley Union Jack Club. Read

Glenn on the road to Rouen

Glenn McCrory is taking his Newcastle boxers to France next month. Read

NE boxing a knockout, says world champ

Light heavy-weight IBF world champion Clinton Woods says North East boxing is on the up, (writes Gareth Deighan). Read

Chagaev can scale height

Ruslan Chagaev is adamant size will not be a factor as he seeks to dethrone WBA world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev in Stuttgart tonight. Read

Mighty Phillip a real Golden boy

Phillip longstaff spectacularly carried Newbiggin's colours to success on their own turf to reach the Golden Gloves Class 4, 5 and 6 quarter-finals. Read

Stunning debut for Clauzel

Geordie Mark Clauzel made a stunning international debut with England, knocking out his opponent in his own backyard. Read

Joe Calzaghe deflected a largely irrelevant controversy over the timing of his third-round stoppage win over Peter Manfredo, after successfully defending his WBO super-middleweight title for the 20th time in Cardiff. Read

Sugar Ray hails Khan's skills

Amir Khan was showered with superlatives by legendary five-time world champion Sugar Ray Leonard after making a successful American television debut at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Read

Joe just wants a big fight

Joe Calzaghe will lose no sleep over the identity of his next opponent after successfully defending his WBO super-middleweight title for the 20th time with a third round stoppage of Peter Manfredo. Read

Khan's knockout show

Amir Khan made a big impression on his American TV debut last night with a crunching third round stoppage victory over Doncaster's Steffy Bull at the Millennium Stadium. Read

Glory without fame for Joe

Joe Calzaghe has sent opponents and records tumbling during his nine-year reign as WBO super-middleweight champion, but his most coveted prize remains the ability to walk down the street unnoticed. Read

Khan on mission

Amir Khan has vowed to seize his shot at trans-Atlantic stardom when he makes his American television debut against Steffy Bull at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium tonight. Read

Crowd to inspire Calzaghe

Joe Calzaghe has 35,000 incentives to turn in the most devastating perfor-mance of his career tomorrow night as he finally begins to reap the rewards his talent deserves. Read