Beyond The Ropes: Dearbhla Rooney Dearbhla Rooney, born in County Sligo, started boxing when she was just 11. Thirteen years later, the 24-year-old is now thirty-two fights into her boxing journey, a career that has already given her National titles, European medals, and more. “I had a fairly active upbringing,” Rooney says of her early … Continue reading Beyond The Ropes: Dearbhla Rooney
Beyond The Ropes: Terri Stuart The life of Terri Stuart started in 1999 in a small ex-mining village called Dipton in County Durham. The 25-year-old has had a life in sports. A wide variety that included kickboxing before she found boxing and a career in the Army. Stuart had a rural upbringing. "I lived with … Continue reading Beyond The Ropes: Terri Stuart
Beyond The Ropes: Millie Symons The Enfield-born Millie Symons was bullied at school. She found those early years hard for many reasons. But she found boxing and her life changed for the better. The 21-year-old struggled to find herself in those early formative years. "I got bullied for three years at school, which led me … Continue reading Beyond The Ropes: Millie Symons
The Two-Time World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman Sadly Passes Away Aged 76 I was a little too young to remember the first career of George Foreman. The surly demeanour. The brooding former Olympic heavyweight champion who was battering his opponents into helpless submission on his way to the world heavyweight title in the early 1970s. … Continue reading The Two-Time World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman Sadly Passes Away Aged 76
Tommy Frank Announces His Retirement From Boxing It was always a case of when this day was coming, and not if, so the announcement that Tommy Frank was waving goodbye to boxing hardly came as a surprise. Frank last fought in 2023, when he was stopped inside a round in Birmingham by the former Olympic … Continue reading Tommy Frank Announces His Retirement From Boxing
Beyond The Ropes: Carmen Lynch It was just twenty-four hours removed from her first-ever visit to the Institute of Sport in Sheffield. A long trip to spar with the elite GB talent that resides in that famous gym. Carmen Lynch struggles to get quality spars in her native Wales as her reputation grows with each … Continue reading Beyond The Ropes: Carmen Lynch
Miranda Davies: "Boxing has helped save me through some tough times." Miranda Davies was once a county standard runner. Like many, she fell into boxing by chance. Davies has overcome much adversity in her life. A fighter in many ways. The 31-year-old was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Davies was always likely to have a life … Continue reading Miranda Davies: “Boxing has helped save me through some tough times.”
Beyond The Ropes: Elisha & Mackensie Walton One family. Two fighters. This is the story of the fighting twins. The 14-year-old twin sisters have got thirty-one fights between them. Elisha, with sixteen fights. Mackensie has had one fight less. Where were you born? We were born in Middlesbrough at the James Cook Hospital. We were … Continue reading Beyond The Ropes: Elisha & Mackensie Walton
Beyond The Ropes: Jasmine Poole Jasmine Poole comes from a family with a high-level sporting background. It was perhaps always somewhat inevitable that the 24-year-old would follow in her parent's footsteps. And she has. Poole is now thirty-four fights and multiple honours into her boxing career. There are dreams of competing on the Commonwealth and … Continue reading Beyond The Ropes: Jasmine Poole
Michael Conlan: “You need to leave the past in the past and move forward." By Garry White “It’s a very hard game. When I lose, I lose in front of millions of people around the world. Fuck me, it’s not nice. People throw rubbish at you, and they do and say things that leave you … Continue reading Michael Conlan: “You need to leave the past in the past and move forward.”
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