Boxing

Pauls overwhelms Heaney to claim British middleweight title in Birmingham rematch

Brad Pauls’ persistence saw him score two knockdowns and swarm Nathan Heaney to become the new British middleweight champion. Chantelle Cameron was classy in her Queensberry debut while Andrew Cain’s concussive power saw him unify bantamweight titles – after Ekow Essuman’s thrilling comeback knockout against Owen Cooper to win WBO European welterweight gold. Continue reading “Pauls overwhelms Heaney to claim British middleweight title in Birmingham rematch”

Boxing

Noakes notches career-best win, outboxes Mendy to become new European champion

Sam Noakes didn’t extend his knockout streak but bossed proceedings from start-to-finish against esteemed former European lightweight champion Yvan Mendy in their York Hall main event to unify British, Commonwealth and European titles at 135lbs – the first to do so since Dave Charnley in 1961 – as manager Francis Warren hinted at big plans for the 26-year-old afterwards.
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