Where To Play Sport In London: Part B
Badminton, baseball, basketball, bikram, boules, bowls, boxing.
Boxing
Olympic Sport Lowdown: Boxing
London gets ready to rumble.
Olympic Boxers Demand Shorts Not Skirts
The London Boxing International Invitational begins at ExCel but what will the women wear?
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Boxing Review: It’s Personal @ York Hall
A full house of raucous punters witnessed a highly entertaining night of glovework, bloodied noses and black eyes at legendary boxing venue York Hall on Saturday night. “It’s Personal” featured several exciting debuts, a series of quality undercard matches and two starkly contrasting title fights …
Boxing Preview: Personality Clash
Bethnal Green’s York Hall, holy ground for London’s boxing scene, hosts an epic evening of fisticuffs and spilled claret for Londoners seeking a pugilistic thrill this weekend. The Steve Goodwin promoted event ‘It’s Personal’ features a quality line-up of UK boxing’s finest, and the long awaited professional debut of British female …
Britain’s Oldest Boxing Club Gets New Gym
Jared Kelly An old boxing gym where your grandfather’s pop might’ve battled other pugilists, Queensberry Rules style, is to get a pre-Olympic rebuild. St Pancras Amateur Boxing Club in Kentish Town, which claims to be the oldest boxing club in Britain (something that Borough’s Lynn …
Review: The Real Fight Club – Showtime @ Troxy
Photo by Lynton Peddie The Real Fight Club introduced white collar boxing to London in 2000 and have raised a laudable £1.2 million+ for charities, with fight galas like this, along the way. They should also be applauded for their efforts in safeguarding the country’s …
Review: White Collar Boxing @ Real Fight Club
“There Will Be Blood!” the dramatic posters assured us as we walked into York Hall, the Mecca of London boxing, for The Real Fight Club’s evening of ‘white-collar’ boxing on Friday. Punters gathered in the bar, which had a distinctly cosy local sports club feel, …
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London played conference host to President Karzai today. Goldsmith scion found dead in vaguely mysterious circumstances. Rebranding of London starts here: design company Saffron have been appointed. Immigration ain’t exactly a bundle of laughs for many Indian arrivals. More Kensington Nimbyism triggered by the prospect …
Will Women Boxers Compete In 2012?
Jared Kelly A year after submitting a proposal to allow female boxers to lace up their mitts at the 2012 Olympics, this week the Amateur Boxing Association of England will find out if their application was successful. Encouraging sounds are emanating from the direction of …
