http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/ North East boxing news. All the latest boxing news and updates on the progress of local boxers in the North East. en-gb http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/06/23/nose-injury-ends-jeffries-hopes-61634-21133290/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/06/23/nose-injury-ends-jeffries-hopes-61634-21133290/ INJURY ended Tony Jeffries’ gold medal hopes at the European Union Elite Championships but the Sunderland boxer was delighted by his performances in Poland. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/06/21/jeffries-faces-medical-battle-before-olympics-61634-21127367/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/06/21/jeffries-faces-medical-battle-before-olympics-61634-21127367/ TONY Jeffries is today aiming for a gold medal in his last fight before this summer’s Olympics. But before stepping into the ring with Ireland’s Kenny Egan he may have a battle with the medics. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/06/04/a-new-generation-is-ushered-in-61634-21019651/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/06/04/a-new-generation-is-ushered-in-61634-21019651/ Glenn McCrory wants the return of ‘big-time boxing’ to the North East – and the former world champion has secured an influential ally in promoter Frank Maloney. Mark Douglas reports on the first spark in a boxing revolution in the region http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/06/04/promising-boxers-have-the-raw-talent-to-succeed-as-professionals-61634-21019652/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/06/04/promising-boxers-have-the-raw-talent-to-succeed-as-professionals-61634-21019652/ FOR the quartet of boxers signed to the newly-forged partnership of Glenn McCrory and Frank Maloney, the chance to play a lead role in the resurgence of boxing in the North East is a chance not to be missed. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/06/02/north-east-set-to-be-a-force-in-the-ring-61634-21007594/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/06/02/north-east-set-to-be-a-force-in-the-ring-61634-21007594/ ON the day Sedgefield’s Bradley Saunders staked his claim as a serious medal contender for this summer’s Olympics with a triumphant return to the ring, his brother Geoff and Northumbria’s Michael Watson were laying a marker for the 2012 Games. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/05/10/parade-of-champions-61634-20889162/ Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/05/10/parade-of-champions-61634-20889162/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/05/01/we-want-to-win-everything-defoe-61634-20845321/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/05/01/we-want-to-win-everything-defoe-61634-20845321/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/30/cash-worries-distract-from-olympic-goal-61634-20839417/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/30/cash-worries-distract-from-olympic-goal-61634-20839417/ 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 http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/30/calzaghe-training-hope-for-jeffries-61634-20839416/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/30/calzaghe-training-hope-for-jeffries-61634-20839416/ ENZO Calzaghe could help Tony Jeffries’ Olympic bid by inviting the Sunderland fighter to his Newbridge base. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/23/resurgent-saunders-is-aiming-high-61634-20804095/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/23/resurgent-saunders-is-aiming-high-61634-20804095/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/21/calzaghe-had-the-hunger-mccrory-61634-20793007/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/21/calzaghe-had-the-hunger-mccrory-61634-20793007/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/18/glenn-s-there-for-calzaghe-61634-20784597/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/18/glenn-s-there-for-calzaghe-61634-20784597/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/11/speedy-sparring-is-key-for-heavyweights-61634-20749690/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/11/speedy-sparring-is-key-for-heavyweights-61634-20749690/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/11/bessey-i-had-to-return-home-61634-20749692/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/04/11/bessey-i-had-to-return-home-61634-20749692/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/03/26/how-we-can-punch-above-our-weight-61634-20673380/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/03/26/how-we-can-punch-above-our-weight-61634-20673380/ 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 http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/03/18/mccrory-s-fighters-spoil-st-partick-s-day-for-irish-select-61634-20637640/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/03/18/mccrory-s-fighters-spoil-st-partick-s-day-for-irish-select-61634-20637640/ NORTHUMBRIA’S boxers spoiled Steve Collins’ St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Gosforth last night. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/03/15/gosforth-glamour-fight-for-clauzel-61634-20627057/ Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2008/03/15/gosforth-glamour-fight-for-clauzel-61634-20627057/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2007/12/07/hatton-is-such-a-true-blue-61634-20215794/ Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2007/12/07/hatton-is-such-a-true-blue-61634-20215794/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2007/08/21/havana-link-is-set-to-pay-off-61634-19666850/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2007/08/21/havana-link-is-set-to-pay-off-61634-19666850/ GEORDIE David Pendleton has been allowed to train with the elite Cuban Olympic boxing squad in Havana. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2007/07/31/local-boxers-are-a-knockout-61634-19547050/ Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/newcastle-sports/north-east-boxing/2007/07/31/local-boxers-are-a-knockout-61634-19547050/ GEORDIE Jon-Lewis Dickinson has scooped two prestigious boxing awards.