Audley Harrison returns to a British boxing ring for the first time since being knocked out by Michael Sprott in February 2007 when he takes on Prizefighter tournament winner Martin Rogan over ten rounds in Birmingham on July 19th.
If Steve Bendall was knocking back his final shot of whiskey in the last chance saloon before his Commonwealth title fight with Barnet’s Darren Barker in February – a contest he would go on to lose – then the Coventry fighter only has a few drips left at the bottom of his glass ahead of his title bout next week.
Talented amateur Ashley Sexton is turning professional with promoter Mickey Helliet and is already setting his sights on equalling Charlie Magri's feat of winning the British title in his third contest.
Talk about a fighter who once occupied his fair share of the spotlight disappearing completely from view. Who has seen or heard a thing from the once very popular former British heavyweight champion Gary Mason lately?
Britishboxing.net has four pairs of tickets up for grabs, courtesy of Setanta Sports, for this Saturday's British welterweight title clash between Kell Brook and Barrie Jones.
Jon Thaxton has relinquished his British lightweight title and former champion Lee Meager will now meet John Murray for the vacant belt on the 11th July 2008, no venue has been confirmed as yet.
Throughout Kevin Mitchell’s last two fights – against Carl Johanneson and Walter Estrada respectively – the cry from the onlookers remained the same. In his fight with Johanneson, Mitchell was hit repeatedly by a fighter who is slower than molasses. Against Estrada, Mitchell was caught with flush headshots by a man who, despite mixing in good company, should not have caused Mitchell as many problems as he did.
Andy Lee has been handed an acid test as he looks to bounce back from the first defeat of his career when he headlines the next Ladbrokes.com Fight Night in his native Limerick on July 19th.
Paul Appleby, the newly crowned British featherweight champion, is being directed towards a European title shot, when it emerged on Monday that the Tommy Gilmour, the 20-year-old's manager, has already had preliminary discussions with European Boxing Union representatives.
Former British welterweight champion Neil Sinclair failed to wrestle the EU title away from hometown hero Daniele Petrucci on Saturday night, losing a 12 round decision in Rome.
A writer new to BBN, Allan Williams, profiles a very worthy initiative in our sport.
'Fight For Peace' has recently launched in Woolwich, south London. The project was founded by former English amateur boxer Luke Dowdney in 2000 in the Complexo da Mare, a complex of favelas (shantytowns) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.