With a fire burning in their bellies and acute focus, the team of fighters from Grafton Amateur Boxing Club are ready to bring home the gold from the Australian Amateur Boxing League Novice Titles at Woy Woy this weekend. Club coach Dean Cribb has gloved up a team of four fighters – Zac, Ryan…
TEENAGER Russell Cable said he weighed 135 kilograms when some mates dragged him into the Team Machine Boxing Club gym, in Toronto, one night a couple of years ago after footy training. On Friday, he will step into the ring at Woy Woy Leagues Club having stripped to 86 kilograms. Russell, 18, of…
JOLIET – More than 500 amateur boxers traveled to Charleston, West Virginia last week to compete in the 2017 USA Boxing Junior Olympics. Among them was Joseph “Jojo” Awinongya of Joliet, and he came home a champion. Awinongya was among 12 fighters from Illinois competing, and he won the 9-to-10-year-old, 85-pound division. …
Amateur boxing in Belfast is to receive funding in the region of £45,000 over the next four months. Belfast City Council agreed to support the Amateur Boxing Strategy following a vote at City Hall on Monday night. The proposal to continue the funding was made by Sinn Fein Councillor Matt Garrett and was won by…
AIBA is the world’s governing body for amateur boxing and holds its World Championships every two years. The pathway for qualification isn’t an easy one. AIBA divides the world’s countries into five regions, and boxers must reach the final of their weight division in their region’s most recent championships to qualify for the World Championships.…
Promising young Hemsworth boxer Codie Smith is making a name for himself in amateur boxing after proving himself among the best in the country at his age. In just two-and-a-half years in the sport Codie, 13, has already made it past county level to national level and has several titles to his name with…
Out of respect to Julio Cesar Chavez and his family, due to the tragic loss of his brother, Rafael “Borrego” Chavez, we didn’t publish this column earlier. May God bring prompt resignation to Dona Isabel and the rest of the family. On a happy note, the boxing community of the world has been following…
Irish amateur boxing may have been down after the Rio Olympics but it wasn’t out. The team performance at the European Championships is the equivalent of a fighter getting off the canvas, shaking the cobwebs out of his head and returning to the fray with renewed vigor. There has been a tendency to regard…
Sean Garcia will compete in his final amateur boxing bout and tournament tonight. The six-time amateur national champion will compete in the Roy Jones Jr. National Invitational held in Las Vegas. Garcia, a senior at Silverado, is the younger brother of professional and undefeated fighter Ryan Garcia, who is signed with Golden Boy…
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Fivestar MMA in Fort St. John and Boxing BC are going to be bringing the BC Golden Gloves competition to the Energetic City next year. Fivestar MMA owner and coach Justin Donally says that he’s been planning to bring the competition to the Peace Region since hosting Fivestar Fight…