BN Staff
Olympic Games Countdown: The mysterious world of North Korea
NORTH KOREA or to give it its formal recognised title of The People’s Democratic Republic of North Korea (DPRK- for short) has a population of
Amateur Boxing
BN Staff
Olympic Games Countdown: The Dragon stirs
GIVEN that China, or to give its proper title The Peoples Republic of China (PRC for short), is the most populous country in the world
BN Staff
Olympic Games Countdown: Cuban miracle suggests small is beautiful
IT is nothing short of a sporting miracle that the island nation of Cuba stands second to the might of the United States in terms
John Dennen
European Olympic Qualification Event recap
49: GALAL YAFAI (Britain) outpd Amis Enver (Romania) unan, YAFAI bt Danil Platanovschi (Moldova) dq 3rd, YAFAI outpd Samuel Carmona (Spain) unan, YAFAI outpd Artur Hovhannisyan (Armenia) unan.
BN Staff
Olympic Games Countdown: Can Hungary restore its fortunes?
HUNGARY, now a democratic republic, once big on the Olympic boxing medal scene, has fallen on hard times. Are they set to stay or will
BN Staff
Olympic Games Countdown: Can Brazil win their first boxing gold medal in Rio
SOUTH American countries, Argentina apart, have a poor record of winning medals in the summer Olympics. Will Brazil who have yet to strike gold succeed
John Dennen
WEEKEND REVIEW GB Boxing’s statement of intent
MUHAMMAD ALI is British and he’s going to the Olympic Games. Well, the flyweight from Bury that is, so the slightly less famous Muhammad Ali.
John Dennen
Nicola Adams reacts to qualifying for the Olympic Games
NICOLA ADAMS, the first female boxer to win an Olympic gold medal, booked her place at Rio 2016, reaching the final of the qualification tournament
John Dennen
Galal Yafai and Qais Ashfaq win Rio 2016 places
GALAL YAFAI may be the most inexperienced member of the GB team, but he became their first male boxer to qualify for the Rio 2016.
John Dennen
Nine Brits one win away from Rio Olympic Games
NINE British boxers are one win away from qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games. At the qualification event in Samsun, Turkey a shock loss saw
John Dennen
GB Boxing team progressing at Olympic qualifier
ON Tuesday at the Olympic qualification event in Samsun, Turkey, GB’s new welterweight Cyrus Pattinson picked up a great win over Arajik Marutjan, beating the
John Dennen
Opening wins for Katie Taylor and Nicola Adams at Olympic qualifier
OLYMPIC gold medallists Nicola Adams and Katie Taylor were both victorious on Monday (April 11) in their first contests at the European Olympic Qualification Event