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Barry Morrison
Barry Morrison Gutted By British Title Defeat At Hands Of Lynes
Barry Morrison lost his British Light Welterweight title at the Motherwell Civic Centre last night and was left pondering his future after a punch perfect performance from Colin Lynes. more
John Simpson
John Simpson Stops Barrett In Five To Retain British Featherweight Title
John Simpson made a successful first defence of his British Featherweight title by stopping Ryan Barrett at the Millennium Hotel in London’s Mayfair on Friday night. more
Gary McArthur Gets British Masters Title Shot
Gary McArthur will get the chance to hold his first professional title after just seven fights in the paid ranks when he takes on Chris Long at the Play Dome in Clydebank on Saturday night (April the 28th). more
Willie Limond
Willie Limond Khan Derail The Amir Roadshow
Willie Limond will defend his Commonwealth Lightweight title against the golden boy of English boxing, Amir Khan, at London’s O2 Stadium on the 14th of July it was confirmed today. more
John Simpson
John Simpson Robbed Again As Boxing Hits New Low
Thank God his British title wasn’t at stake. That’s all I can say after witnessing John Simpson’s WBU Featherweight title clash against Derry Matthews at Liverpool’s Olympia last night. Because yet again a Scottish boxer has found himself on the wrong end of some very poor and dubious judging. more
Colin McNeil
Colin McNeil Is Latest Contender To Face USA
Colin McNeil has been drafted into the Great Britain team that will face a team of boxers from the USA in the cross-Atlantic version of the TV boxing show, The Contender. more
Kevin Anderson
Brave Anderson Frozen Out In Title Thriller On Ice
Kevin Anderson lost his Commonwealth Welterweight title to Namibia’s Ali Nuumbembe in another epic battle at the Ice Arena, Kirkcaldy, while Paul Appleby truly sparkled on an excellent undercard. more
Inconsistent Judging Overshadows Yet AnotherClassic Title Fight On British Soil
Tough Tests Ahead For Paul Appleby And Mitch Prince In Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy’s own Stevie McGuire heads up the undercard at the Ice Rink in his hometown tonight with an eight rounder against Roman Vanicky at Light Middleweight. more
Ricky Burns
Brave Burns Loses On Points To Johanneson In British Title Fight
Ricky Burns got up of the canvas three times before losing on points to Carl Johanneson in their British Super Featherweight title fight at Leeds Town Hall last night. more
Alex Arthur
Alex Arthur Gets Liverpool Date With Russian
Alex Arthur’s world title ambitions will be marking time in Liverpool next month when he faces Alexander Hrulev for the vacant WBO Intercontinental Super Featherweight title. more
Barry Morrison
Barry Morrison Does The Bizness To Become Scotland’s First British Light Welterweight Champion
Barry Morrison has become the first Scottish boxer to be crowned British Light Welterweight champion with victory over Lenny Dawes at the Alexander Palace in London last night. more
Scott Harrison
Scott Harrison’s Licence Remains Suspended After No Show
Scott Harrison remains without a boxing licence after failing to attend a British Boxing Board of Control tribunal today in Cardiff. more
Darren Johnstone Still British Master After Defeating Steve Gethin
Larkhall Super-Feather Darren Johnstone headlined and retained his British Masters title over 10 rounds against Walsall’s Steve Gethin last night on St Andrew’s Sporting Club’s Annual Burns Night show at their new home in Glasgow’s Raddison Hotel. more
Colin McNeil
Colin McNeil Wins Scottish Title In Style
Fauldhouse southpaw Colin “Peely” McNeil showed true grit last night to win the Scottish Light-Middleweight title by stopping holder Barrie Lee in 4 rounds of a scheduled 10 in front of a full house at Glasgow’s Thistle Hotel on Morrison Promotions annual Christmas show. more
McArthur Brings Boxing Back to the ‘Bank!
The Play Drome Leisure Centre was the venue for the return of professional boxing to the town of Clydebank and hundreds of locals turned out in their droves to see their local fighter Gary McArthur top the bill. more
Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson's British Title Triumph Is Fight Of The Year
Ricky Burns has been nominated to fight current champion, Carl Johanneson, for the British Super Featherweight title. more
Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson Wins In Hartlepool Ahead Of Magee Defence
Kevin Anderson made it 18 wins out of 18 bouts with a convincing points win against Frenchman Anthony Guillet at the Borough Hall in Hartlepool tonight. more
Alex Arthur
Alex Arthur Stops Palomo To Retain European Title
Alex Arthur retained his European Super Featherweight title at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, on Saturday with a predictably easy win over Spain’s Sergio Palomo and is now on course for a world title fight come 2007. more
Willie Limond
Willie Limond Crowned Commonwealth Lightweight Champion
Willie Limond has become the first Scottish boxer to hold the Commonwealth Lightweight title after beating Kpakpo Allotey comfortably on points at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, on Saturday night. more
Boxing Returns To Clydebank After A 57 Year Absence Courtesy Of The Blitz
Big-time boxing is returning to Clydebank for the first time in 57 years with hometown lightweight prospect Gary McArthur and Pollock's former Commonwealth welterweight title challenger Craig Dickson headlining the bill at Clydebank Play Drome on Saturday the 2nd of December. more
Mark Hastie Stops Sekhon At St Andrew’s Club
Motherwell’s Mark Hastie made short work of Surinder Sekhon at the St Andrew’s Club, Glasgow, on Friday night, stopping his opponent in the first round. more
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Savage Edges It On Home Soil Against Old Rival Roberts
David Savage (Argo) edged a home victory at the Drumchapel Sports Centre on Saturday night after he and Forgewood’s Michael Roberts were all square going into the fourth round of an excellent contest between the two old rivals. more
Ryan Beverage And Richard Maxwell Get Best Boxers Awards At Garnock Valley Show
Garnock Valley Boxing Club held their annual boxing show in the Walker Hall, Kilbirnie, to a sold out audience who didn’t go home disappointed following a great night of boxing. more
Newarthill Youth Policy Showcased At The Club
Newarthill ABC held their annual show last night in “The Club” Newarthill, and a smashing wee night it was. With contingent from England to add flavour to the event it was well worth the admission fee. more
Four Isles Coaches Sacked For Showing Signs Of Mortality!
“Four Isles ABC secretary Jim Robertson last night sensationally sacked club coaches Martin Carroll and Gerry Brady for what was deemed Le Guentitas, (mediocrity at a club who demand success in abundance) and was in no mood to face the press to explain this hard-line tact following only 50% success at the Four Isles home show at the Airdrie Working Mens Club on Thursday night. more
Carslaw Silences The Doubters In Style
Paisley's Kris Carslaw ended a year or so of speculation on who the best welterweight in the country is with considerable style on Friday night at a packed Marriot Hotel. This was the bout everyone wanted to see and it didn’t disappoint. more
The Wild West - Greenock Style
As the amateur boxing entourage rolled into Greenock on Friday night the partisan crowd were in full voice. There were 10 bouts and 2 exhibitions inside the ring - and probably another couple of dozen in the car-park - however we’ll concentrate on those governed by the Queensbury Rules. more
Forgewood Topple The Irish - Just!
Forgewood ABC once again held their annual show at the Motherwell concert hall, which has proved to be an excellent venue. A strong crowd of around 600 filled the hall to see the Scots, made up mainly of Forgewood boxers, box against an Irish select from the North. more
Western Select Show A Massive Hit
The North v West select show at the Normandy Hotel, Renfrew was a magnificent evenings entertainment for the good folks who attended to support local charities, Erskine Hospital and SEMS. more
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Scotland Coach John McKay Made Redundant Because Of "Restructuring"
It’s official. John McKay was made redundant today and his position of National Boxing Coach for Scotland has been “terminated by way of redundancy following restructure of the Company”. more
Graham Roxburgh And Scott Cunningham Provide Fireworks To Light Up Cardenden Show
A belter of a contest between two bantamweights, the likes of which you may never see in a lifetime of boxing, was witnessed by one and all at this great night for the noble art at Dean Park Hotel, Kirkcaldy, on Friday the 3rd of November. more
Renfrew Over The Cuckoo's Next - Bellahouston ABC Show
It was a crazy night at the Bellahouston Show in the Normandy Hotel last night. Anything can happen at one of these shows, but they always turn out well. Those in the know understand what I mean. Some real cracking bouts however and the best was probably the closely fought contest between Elias Gear (Kingswell) and Forgewood’s Lee Gallagher. more
XXXX Versus X Factor In Biggar
As the amateur boxing road show rolled into Biggar on Saturday night all three districts were represented in a fine card courtesy of Wullie Downie and Newarthill ABC. Pick of the crop was a rematch of the Argo Show contest a fortnight ago between Forgewood’s Michael Roberts and Aussie, Ben Warburton, of the Magic Gloves Club in Sydney. more
Crisis? What Crisis? Twelve out of twelve for Four Isles ABC Show
Four Isles ABC put on their annual charity show for the Coatbridge and Airdrie Rotary Club last night in Airdrie Town Hall and there was no sign of the crisis currently dogging the amateur game in Scotland with the lack of affiliated clubs and officials. more
Argo ABC Get New Season Off To Flying Start Despite Affiliation Woes
With affiliated clubs in very short supply it is a brave (or foolish) man who signs up for the headache of running a show just now, but the good folks of Ardrossan were treated to a cracking wee night of boxing at the towns Civic Centre courtesy of Argo ABC. more
Kilsyth Golden Gloves Show Fitting Finale To Fantastic First Year
Just over a year after their formation, Kilsyth Golden Gloves (almost) closed the season with their first show at Croy Miners’ former stamping ground, St Patrick’s School Hall. more
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