Glasgow Lightweight Barry Hughes is looking for a rematch against Charles Shepherd following Saturday night’s draw decision according to tonight’s Evening Times.

Here are some Semi Final results from the Four Nations Cadets Championships held in Ballybunion, Ireland, between the 27th and 30th of May for boxers born in 1988.

46kg category
Stephen Tiffney (Scotland) lost to Eamon Finnegan (Ireland) 3-14 pts

48kg category
Richard Munice (Scotland) beat Luke Davies (Wales) 15-4 pts

50kg category
Stephen Smith (Scotland) beat Darren Jones (Wales) 8-7 […]

Patrick Mullings, who was stripped of his British Super Bantamweight title 18 months after failing a post-bout drugs test, is to be one of Scott Harrison’s sparring partners in the build up to his world title defence on the 19th of June.

Mullings is hoping to resurrect his career under the guidance of Eugene Maloney, brother […]

The WBU International Lightweight title remains unclaimed with the bout between Barry Hughes and Charles Shepherd ending in a draw at the Thistle Hotel last night.

Hughes, younger, taller and the more natural lightweight, did much to impress, taking the fight to Shepherd at every opportunity, but without the power expected from him to end the […]

Welterweight Kevin Anderson was in explosive form last night when he stopped Gateshead’s Danny Moir inside the first round of their scheduled for six contest at Huddersfield last night.

Moir, the British Masters Light Middleweight title holder who took the fight at 72 hours notice, was floored twice by left hooks before the referee stepped in […]

Lightweight Barry Hughes wants to use his fight against Charles Shepherd at Glasgow’s Thistle Hotel on Friday the 28th of May as a stepping stone to a British title fight.

Hughes and Shepherd will battle it out for the vacant WBU International Lightweight title, but it’s a shot at the British Lightweight crown that really interests […]

Results from Leith Victoria’s annual show are below and you can read a report of the night’s entertainment in The Scotsman.

Youths:
Tommy Philbin (Leith Victoria) bt Kris White (Alloa) rsc round 2

Bantamweight:
Ken Dinse (Leith Victoria) bt Sean Short (Dunfermline) rsc round 2

Flyweight:
Stephen Halliday (Sparta) bt Mike McKenzie (Elston Cadell, Danderhall) 8-2 pts

Light Welterweight:
Darren Docherty (Alloa) […]

Kpakpo “The Exciting” Allotey is seeking a rematch with Craig Docherty following his six round defeat against the Scotsman last month.

Allotey’s camp believe the fight was stopped prematurely and have a long list of complaints ranging from poor refereeing to having to “carry our luggage and walk for long distances.”

It could be more to do […]

Leith Victoria hold their annual boxing show in the Edinburgh Masonic Club, Shrubhill, with the action starting at 1.30pm.

Excellent pre-fight analysis in today’s Scotsman courtesy of Brian McDonald.

Edinburgh’s Craigmillar boxing club are holding a night of boxing at Dalkeith Miners Club on Thursday the 27th of May.

Six Scottish boxers are on their way to Italy to represent Scotland in the Six Nations Tournament in Rome on the 6th of June.

The Scottish squad is as follows:

Tony Lee (Springhill)
Jason Hastie (Gilmerton)
David Appleby (Craigmiller)
Willie Bilan (Denbeath)
Edward Finney (Kingdom, Kirkcaldy)
Joe Kelso (Blantyre)

The European Boxing Union has confirmed that Glasgow’s Craig Docherty is in line for a crack at the EBU Super Featherweight title against current champion, Boris Sinitsin.

The fight between Docherty and the 32 year old Russian is likely to take place in September and manager Tommy Gilmour is already in talks to bring the fight […]

WBO World Champion Scott Harrison has resumed full ahead of his title defence against William Abelyan and is promising his American based Armenian foe “the hammering of a lifetime” when they meet on the 19th of June.

Meanwhile, press reports from The Philippines say that Harrison is one of four fighters being considered as an opponent […]

Here are some results from Friday’s amateur boxing at Ingliston in Edinburgh that were gleaned from the The Scotsman.

Steven Tiffney (Gilmerton) beat Steven Halliday (Sparta) 11-9 pts
Duncan Bruce (Gilmerton) beat Matthew Docherty (Alloa) 5-4 pts
Edward Finney (Kirkcaldy Kingdom) beat George Clarke (Gilmerton) 13-9 pts
John Thain (Leith Victoria) beat Danny Woods (Gilmerton) pts

Lee McAllister delighted a full house of partisan fans at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen on Saturday when he outpointed game Yorkshireman Martin Hardcastle.

The Scottish lightweight took the battle to the Leeds fighter from the first round, with his faster footwork and hand speed keeping Hardcastle on the back foot.

McAllister dominated the first four […]

Former Commonwealth Welterweight champion, Scott Dixon, is in hospital recovering from a vicious gang attack that will end his boxing career.

The Hamilton boxer was walking home on Wednesday night when he was attacked by four men who bundled him into a car and then attacked him with a sword and baseball bats.

He was […]

The British Boxing Board Of Control have nominated Alex Arthur to fight Craig Docherty for the British Super Featherweight title recently vacated by Michael Gomez.

It’s a match Scottish boxing fans would love to see made, but it’s unlikely to happen any time soon with Docherty more likely to go down the European title road.

Following the news of an injury to Scott Harrison’s arm, Scottish Boxing talked to Dr Niall MacFarlane, the man behind Scott’s diet regime, about the world champion’s build up to his forthcoming title defence.

Niall in turn talked to trainer Peter Harrison and Scott himself with regards to how training was going in the run […]

Some of Scotland’s most talented amateurs will be fighting at the Gilmerton club show at the Ingliston Showground in Edinburgh tonight (Friday the 14th of May).

The Scotsman today carries a detailed build up to the night’s entertainment.

Broadwood ABC played host to a Scotland Select versus North East Select at the Moodiesburn House Hotel, Glasgow on Saturday the 8th of May with the visitors from south of the border going home with a 7-5 win.

Greenock’s Martin O’Neill was one of the stars of the night, beating the English Schoolboys champion, Tom Collins.

Results:

Karl […]