RICKY Hatton is relishing his return to the North-East as the IBO light-welterweight champion prepares to aid Glenn McCrory’s attempts to revitalise boxing in the region. more
GEORDIE David Pendleton, a former ABA light heavyweight champion, is to spend five weeks in Cuba undergoing intensive top-level training in the hope he can still gatecrash the Beijing Olympics next year. more
Floyd Mayweather has confirmed his intention to end his short-lived retirement in order to set up a pay-per-view blockbuster against Ricky Hatton. more
Ricky Hatton's dream showdown against Floyd Mayweather has moved closer to becoming reality after his stunning win over Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas on Saturday night. more
Ricky Hatton can start planning for a lucrative pay-per-view future against the biggest names in his sport after sinking Jose Luis Castillo in style at the Thomas & Mack Center. more
Bernard Dunne's manager believes the fighter is entering the danger zone when he makes the mandatory defence of his European super-bantamweight title. more
Ricky heads home Jun 25 2007
RICKY Hatton is planning a triumphant homecoming after elevating himself among his generation’s pound-for-pound greats with a crushing fourth-round win over Jose Luis Castillo. more
Ricky Hatton will never compromise his all-action attacking style but accepts there must be method to his madness when he comes up against Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas tonight. more
Jose Luis Castillo has warned Ricky Hatton not to wreck their potential super-fight in Las Vegas tomorrow night by resorting to the illegal tactics he claims have become Hatton's trademark. more
Newcastle's former British featherweight cham- pion John Davison will be guest of honour on foreign soil when North East heavyweights lead the parade at the Stadium of Light on Sunday. more
High Fell's Ryan French will lead the North East charge in the semi-finals of the Golden Belt national competition at Stoke Mandeville on Saturday. more
Bilton Hall's top senior prospect Sean Moore won the best boxer award at the club's last show of the season at the Temple Park Leisure Centre in South Shields after a terrific win over Marco Marsden. more
White collar boxing is proving so popular in the North East that the European Boxing Federation are to stage another show at the Stormont Main Social Club in Wrekenton on July 12. more
Veteran Paul Araniello will say goodbye to his fighting days on Bilton Hall's final club show of the season at Temple Park Leisure Centre in South Shields on Friday night. more
