12 MONTHS OF PUNCHING – THE NORTH EAST LOOKS BACK
Title winners and losers; careers starting and ending; more shows; local derbies; knockouts and points winners – we’ve seen it all in the North East this year. Here John Hannen catches up with some of the players from the region to find out their highlights from 2012, and their dreams for 2013.
‘RETURN OF THE CA$H’ SHOW REPORT
After an 18 month layoff, Akash Hussein was given a tough welcome back to the ring on Steve Wraith’s promotional debut – ‘Return of the Ca$h’ – at Newcastle’s O2 Academy on September 9. Newcastle’s Hussein was in with late substitute Lubo Hantak but didn’t get an easy night’s work against his vastly more experienced [...]
YOUNG GUNS ON NEWCASTLE SHOW
Press Release from Wraith Promotions as follows: Steve Wraith’s rallying call for young talent to step forward and live the dream has had an immediate effect with Davey Ferguson, Shafiq Asif (pictured with Amir Khan) and Taylor Ward all joining the fight card for the High Noon showdown on Sunday September 9 at the 02 [...]
WATCH THE ‘SUMMER RUMBLE 2′ WEIGH-IN
The North East will break records on July 15 at Sunderland’s Stadium of light, with ‘Summer Rumble 2’ showcasing an incredible 17 fights making it the biggest professional boxing bill ever staged in the region. Headlining is former world title challenger Jason Booth vs. hard hitting Irishman Willie ‘Big Bang’ Casey for the WBA European [...]
RECORD BREAKER!
History will be made at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on July 15 with promoter Phil Jeffries’ ‘Summer Rumble 2’ show breaking the record for the most amount of fights ever on a single bill of professional boxing in the North East. “We’ve got 18 bouts confirmed so far, and there’s possibly one or two more [...]
DOLAN ADDED TO ‘SUMMER RUMBLE 2′ BILL
Sunderland’s Stadium of Light plays host to both Bruce Springsteen and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers over the coming weeks, but the famous football stadium looks set to rock even more on July 15 when the opening bell for ‘Summer Rumble 2’ sounds. Living up to it’s promise of being the sporting event of the [...]
CALLING ALL PRESS
All media are invited to attend a press conference ahead of the ‘Summer Rumble 2’ professional boxing show – the North East sporting event of the summer – which takes place on July 15th at Sunderland’s ‘Stadium of Light’. The press conference will take place at 12.30pm on Wednesday 20th June at the ‘Stadium of [...]
ONE AFTERNOON – TWO TITLE FIGHTS!
“Two title fights on one afternoon! This show just can’t come quick enough,” stated promoter Phil Jeffries about ‘Summer Rumble 2’, the big bill of professional boxing which takes place at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light of July 15. “There will also be another 12 bouts taking place involving boxers from right across the North East, [...]
SUMMER RUMBLE 2
North East fight fans are set for the sporting event of the summer after the news that ‘Summer Rumble 2’ (formerly known as ’3′ but now changed due to a ticket pritning error!) will be staged at Sunderland’s ‘Stadium of Light’ on July 15. The professional boxing show, which has firmly established itself as a [...]
FIGHTING FERGUSONS – BACK IN BUSINESS
The fighting Ferguson family are back in business with the news that David Ferguson Junior will join the professional boxing ranks under the tutelage of older brother, and former pro heavyweight, David Mark Ferguson and father David Ferguson Senior. When it came to punching for pay, the light-welterweight, who boxed for Birtley ABC and won [...]