Sam Eggington: "After my last decision, I'm leaving nothing to the judges" By Ian Aldous Boxing returns to Channel 5 this Friday night when Hennessy Sports delivers domestic boxing to UK fans for free. Former British, Commonwealth and European 147-pound champion, Sam Eggington (28-7) battles Ashley Theophane over twelve rounds in a cracking super-welterweight clash. Last … Continue reading Sam Eggington: “After my last decision, I’m leaving nothing to the judges” →

Ebanie Bridges: "I Go After What I Want." Fighters are creatures of habit, the repetition and monotony are on daily repeat. Some love it, many more probably complain, thoughts of a normal life never far away. But take it away and fighters become in many ways incomplete. The unbeaten Australian Ebanie Bridges saw a world … Continue reading Ebanie Bridges: “I Go After What I Want.” →

Ashley Theophane: "It's My Homecoming Fight And It's My Last Fight Here" By Ian Aldous He turned professional in 2003 and will participate in his sixtieth paid contest on Friday December 11th, live on Channel 5. Ashley Theophane (50-8-1) is in the twilight of his competitive career and returns home to fight in the UK … Continue reading Ashley Theophane: “It’s My Homecoming Fight And It’s My Last Fight Here” →

Jordan Latimer: From Adversity To The Comeback By Henry Walter Jordan Latimer speaks out on the highs and the lows of boxing and what it's like to come back from adversity. Once undefeated and touted to go far, Jordan Latimer's career was spectacularly derailed when he suffered a brutal first round loss at the hands … Continue reading Jordan Latimer: From Adversity To The Comeback →

Mikaela Mayer: The Teenage Rebel Who Found A Cause Boxing has saved many lives over the years. A life seemingly heading in the wrong direction, the discipline of boxing turned many drifting lives away from the road to nowhere. The American Mikaela Mayer lacked discipline in her youth, no direction, a rebel without a cause. … Continue reading Mikaela Mayer: The Teenage Rebel Who Found A Cause →

Dennis Hobson: ‘Straightener in the Car Park’ Testing times often brings innovation, and veteran promoter Dennis Hobson chose to do exactly that. On December 11th, Hobson will promote another show, but one with a difference. Car parks have seen many a fight, but usually alcohol-induced ones, Hobson has gone down a different route in more … Continue reading Dennis Hobson: ‘Straightener in the Car Park’ →

James Moorcroft: “Learning Will Never Exhaust The Mind, and I Will Be a New Fighter” By Jack Rainbow James Moorcroft certainly had an interesting, if frustrating start to the year. After losing his British title eliminator to an impressive Martin Harkin in January he then had to deal with the first national lockdown: “Obviously, the … Continue reading James Moorcroft: “Learning Will Never Exhaust The Mind, and I Will Be a New Fighter” →