Cwmbran's Jamie Arthur needed under five minutes to take the Welsh title away from champion Dai Davies at the Newport Centre last night and in doing so probably became the first Scot to ever hold the Welsh title.
John Murray’s ring entrance for his vacant British lightweight title fight against Lee Meager, in Wigan’s Robin Park Centre last night, belied the recent criticism that had settled on Murray’s shoulders.
Next Saturday's show at the Aston Events Centre in Birmingham which was due to feature Enzo Maccarinelli and Audley Harrison against Martin Rogan has been postponed due to television scheduling according to a press release from Sports Network.
In the second part of his series, David Statham looks at the past attempts of British fighters who beat the obstacles, defied the odds and challenged for world glory.
It's being billed as the domestic fight of the year and Friday's British lightweight title fight does look like a 50/50 fight on paper, but the bookies are making John Murray an odds on favourite to claim the Lonsdale belt that Jon Thaxton has vacated to challenge for the European title.
Super-middleweight boxer Carl Froch faces more frustration in his quest for a shot at the vacant WBC title as his bout against US star Jermain Taylor is thrown into doubt amidst a cash row.
As Danny Williams prepares for his British heavyweight title defence with John McDermott next Friday he has launched another verbal attack on Audley Harrison who will be fighting against Martin Rogan in a non-title fight the following night.
Peter Buckley will make a return to the ring this weekend in Wigan against Ali Shah after much speculation that the Brummie had hung up the gloves after a career that has spanned 19 years and 291 fights.
Irish favourite Bernard Dunne takes another step on the road back into title contention when he battles Argentine Damian Marchiano on July 12th in Dublin’s National Stadium.
Scottish boxing guru Eric Armit takes over BBN's weekly global digest from Oliver Fennell, who is too busy sunning himself in Thailand to bother with the likes of us. And who can blame him?