Alex Arthur is still hoping to fight Craig Docherty in September according to the Daily Record today.
The Edinburgh boxer had a cyst removed from his knee last week and has returned to light training. The knee injury has kept him out of the ring since March when he beat Michael Kizza to claim the IBF […]
28 year old marine and ex-Scottish amateur boxing champion, Scott Fallon, was among the eight British servicemen released by Iran yesterday after they mistakenly entered Iranian waters while on duty in Iraq.
Scott, who is part of 45 Commando based in Arbroath, still trains at the Camelon Amateur Boxing Club in Falkirk when home on leave […]
Unbeaten Arbroath boxer Barrie Lee and Craig Lynch from Edinburgh are to meet again in September, this time for the vacant Scottish Light Middleweight title.
The two fought on the Harrison - Abelyan bill, with Lee winning by a single point.
Aberdeen’s promising Light Welterweight boxer, Lee McAllister, has been seriously hurt in a motorbike accident while holidaying on the Greek island of Crete.
The 21 year old is currently in the Heraklion General Hospital on the island where his situation is said to be “serious but stable”. As well as a broken jaw and cheekbone, he […]
Scotland’s World Featherweight Champion Scott Harrison was in devastating form tonight as he stopped William Abelyan inside three rounds at the Braehead Arena tonight.
Abelyan came to Glasgow as the mandatory challenger and a genuine top ten world rated Featherweight, but this was not the night to mess with Harrison who looked leaner, bigger and more […]
Glasgow’s Willie Limond is the new European Union Super Featherweight Champion following a points victory over Frenchman Youssef Djibaba at the Braehead Arena tonight.
The French champion took the fight to Limond throughout the 10 round contest, but his inaccurate brawling style never seriously troubled the Scotsman.
Limond for his part seemed content to box on […]
Edinburgh’s Gary Young made it ten wins out of ten as a professional with a four round points victory over seasoned pro, David Kirk, on the Harrison v Abelyan undercard tonight.
The 21 year old southpaw took the fight to Kirk throughout the contest, putting the man who has been in with the likes of Eamonn […]
With just two days to go, the war of words between Scott Harrison and William Abelyan will soon be settled in the ring.
The final word, just as it will be in the ring at the Braehead Arena on Saturday, goes to the Featherweight Champion of the World.
“I don’t give a damn what he says, I’m […]
Shortly after publishing the news that trainer John McDermott had been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Boirthday Honours List, we received an email from an old friend of John’s, ex-professional boxer Bernard Rea who now lives in Canada.
“When I read your information on the MBE bestowed on John I was overjoyed,” wrote Bernard. “It […]
Scott Flynn’s opponent for his professional debut on the Harrison v Abelyan undercard has been named as Swansea’s Henry Janes.
Flynn leaves behind behind an amateur career that saw him win 36 of his 46 bouts, including three victories over Janes, but the Welshman comes to the ring with a wealth of professional experience, having had […]
Craig Docherty is to challenge Boris Sinitsin for the European Super Featherweight title in Glasgow, in September.
The 33 year old Russian comes to the ring with an impressive 45 wins out of 53 professional fights, with 24 of those wins coming by way of knockout. He is currently ranked 11th in the world by the […]
Edinburgh’s Sparta boxing club hold their annual summer show at the Hibs Supporters Club just off Easter Road on Sunday the 13th of June.
12 bouts have been scheduled including Sparta’s youth flyweight champion Gary Halliday versus Paul Irvine (Barn) and Steven Tiffney (Gilmerton) versus Sparta’s Steven Halliday.
Boxing starts at 1.30pm.
Stuart Green made it three wins out of three starts when he beat Gavin Tait at the St Andrew’s Club, Glasgow, on the 7th of June. The Glenrothes Light Welterweight won on points over six rounds.
Larkhall Super Featherweight Darren Johnstone has made a similarly successful start as a professional, chalking up his third win from […]
Barn professional, Martin Watson, has replaced Lawrence Murphy on the Harrison v Abelyan bill. The 23 year old from Coatbridge lost his unbeaten record last time out against highly rated lightweight, Steve Murray, and will be keen to get back to winning ways.
Two other Barn professionals are also on the undercard - unbeaten light welterweight […]
Scotland came home from the Four Nations Schoolboys tournament held in Liverpool (3rd to 6th of June) with two gold medals and six silvers.
Duncan Bruce of Gilmerton ABC won gold in the Class B 44kg category, as did Gary McCallum of O’Neill’s gym, Cambuslang, in the Class B 60kg category.
Results:
Class A Semi-Finals
36kg S. Millar Scotland […]
Scottish Light Welterweight Kevin McIntyre returned to the ring on the 2nd of June at Hereford Leisure Centre after a sixth month absence with a 60-55 points win against Keith Jones.
It was the punching postman fae Paisley’s first fight since losing to David Barnes in December when challenging for the British Welterweight title. Despite some […]
Scotland’s Junior squad were in action in Rome on the 5th and 6th of June at the 2nd Six Nations tournament.
Joe Kelso (Blantyre), David Appleby (Craigmillar) and
William Bilian (Denbeath) were all losing finalists while Gilmerton’s Jason Hastie overcame defeat in his opening bout to claim third place in the 54kg division.
Preliminary Bouts:
54kg Giuseppe Picardi (Italy) […]
Glenrothes welterweight Stuart Green takes on England’s Gavin Tait at the St Andrew’s Club in Glasgow tonight.
Meanwhile, fellow Glenrothes boxer, middleweight Steve McGuire, will fight on the undercard of the WBF Super Middleweight title fight between champion Brian McGee and Robin Reid in Belfast on the 26th of June.
Scott Harrison’s WBO Featherweight title defence on the 19th of June is being billed as Risky Business - underlining the fact that the challenger William Abelyan is a genuine contender for Scott’s crown.
Willie Limond will be on the undercard in a bid to gain the vacant EU Super Featherweight Crown as will Uddingston’s Lawrence Murphy […]
The Kingdom Amateur Boxing Club will be holding their annual summer show this Sunday, the 6th of June at their gym on Rosslyn Street, Kirkcaldy.
Boxing starts at 1.30pm and some of the best amateurs in Scotland will be competing.