Height and reach advantage gave the awkward Light Heavyweight Shakan Pitters the edge in a toughly contested bout that went the distance in Redditch as the Birmingham born unbeaten boxer won the Lonsdale Belt on all three of the judges’ scorecards. Pittance, now 14 wins and no losses, was always favourite against Sugden who entered…
Newark born boxer Chad Sugden will fight live on free-to-air television on Saturday night as he faces Shakan Pitters for the British Light Heavyweight title. Former kick boxer Sugden who has 11 wins from 13 fights professionally, drew with the much rated Craig Richards in an eight round bout at the York Hall in December…
As outdoor sports slowly return and gyms finally re-open after covid-lockdown, one parent of a young amateur boxer in Nottingham feels that local boxing clubs are slipping under the radar and being forced to stay closed due to government guidance which has put an insurmountable amount of pressure on them leading to a struggle of…
It was six years ago to this very day when we made the journey south down the M1 from Nottingham to London ticketless, as usual, anything when my mate Joe is involved it usually means we have to go through the houses to get things sorted but in this case, he promised us our seats…
Newark Boxer Chad Sugden has been awarded a surprise shot at the vacant British light-heavyweight title after challenger Craig Richards has withdrawn from his bout against Shakan Pitters next month. 30 year old 6ft6in Birmingham born Pitters has 13 wins and 4 KO’s and will go into the fight as favourite against Sugden who has…
It wasn’t to be for Nottingham Boxer Leigh Wood as he was beaten in a sensational Golden Contract semi-final at York Hall in a thrilling contest with the slenderest of margins favouring his opponent Jazza Dickens. Wood started slowly with Dickens coming out on top of the earlier rounds as he had Wood on the…
In just over 24 hours’ time Nottingham Boxer Leigh Wood will defend his WBO European and Commonwealth titles against Jazza Dickens as both fighters bid to make the final of the Golden Contract at York Hall live on SKY Sports. A promotional deal worth a six-figure sum is at stake as the final four do…
Not since our very own Carl “Cobra” Froch sparked George Groves in front of 80,000 fans at Wembley has a rematch been so hotly anticipated. Nottingham boxing fans prepare yourselves, take a night off from your almost healthy lifestyle and indulge with me, order those pizzas, crack those beers, get that coffee on because it’s…
Featherweight boxer Leigh Wood has been drawn to fight Jazza Dickens in the semi-final of the Golden Contract this Friday at the Royal Albert Hall. On hearing the news live on Sky Wood stated “It’s a good fight for sky and for TV, Jazza has a lot of experience is a good fighter with British…
Ask anyone outside of the ‘golden contract’ circle what the biggest fight of the week is and they’ll tell you “the biggest fight of the week is also the biggest fight of the year and not even that it is also the biggest fight of the decade and maybe even the century”. Tyson Fury v…
Newark Boxer Chad Sugden drew with Craig Richards last night in a light-heavyweight bout at London’s York Hall screened on Sky Sports. The higher ranked Crystal Palace born Richards (Britain’s no4) with 15 wins and 1 defeat from his previous sixteen fights was favourite but Sugden with a 11-1 pre-fight record came into the contest…
MTK Global have announced the semi finals for the Golden Contract featherweight tournament which involves Nottingham born boxer Leigh Wood. The event includes some of the country’s finest young boxers and will be held at London’s iconic York Hall on February 21st 2020 involving two divisions the featherweights and super-lightweights over an action packed evening…
Nottingham Boxer Brad Daws enters the ring on Saturday 7th December at the Cedric Ford Pavilion at Newark Showground as he hopes to continue his winning pro streak to go 7 wins from 7 fights. His fight will be one of the main events of the evening which also features Newark’s Tom Cowling with Stanley…
