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Title loss will prove costly for Walters

Published:Sunday | June 21, 2015 | 4:15 PMLeroy Brown

Jamaica's boxing fans are still at a loss for words, since hearing that their favourite international boxing star, Nicholas 'The Axeman' Walters, lost his World Boxing Association (WBA) Featherweight Super Champion title on the scale in New York...

Walters thrills the Garden with his A game

Published:Sunday | June 14, 2015 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

NEW YORK, New York:Nicholas 'The Axe-man' Walters produced a dazzling display on Saturday night to score a lopsided unanimous decision over his opponent, Colombian Miguel Marriaga, at the Madison Square Garden Theatre in New York.Walters, who had...

Overweight Walters loses title

Published:Friday | June 12, 2015 | 7:37 PMLeroy Brown

NEW YORK:The fight is on, but the title is gone. That was the bad news for Nicholas 'The Axeman' Walters yesterday, when he failed to make weight for his World Boxing Association (WBA) Featherweight Super Title bout, against Colombian Miguel 'The...

Veteran Contenders swear they’ll win Wray & Nephex boxing series

Published:Monday | June 8, 2015 | 8:46 AMLeroy Brown

The Wray and Nephew Contender competition will move into the highly anticipated semi-final stages on Wednesday, June 17, at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium, with crowd favourite Tsetsi Davis making an effort to get into his second...

Moncriffe in Contender semi-finals

Published:Thursday | June 4, 2015 | 2:38 PMLeroy Brown

It was not a dominant performance, but Devon 'Concrete' Moncriffe did just enough to score a unanimous decision over rival Jermaine 'Cross Breed' Bowen last Wednesday night at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium and to book himself a spot...

Moncriffe seeks semi-final spot

Published:Tuesday | June 2, 2015 | 7:23 PMLeroy Brown

Devon 'Concrete' Moncriffe, the man who is seeking to create history by winning the Wray and Nephew Contender middleweight title twice, will try for a semi-final spot tonight when he takes on another Jamaican, Jermaine Bowen, over six rounds, at the...

Russell turns on the power

Published:Thursday | May 28, 2015 | 1:51 PMLeroy Brown

There were boos and cheers at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium on Wednesday night as Kemahl Russell, one of the newcomers to the Wray and Nephew Contender series, gave a sparkling performance to completely overwhelm his opponent, Kevin...

Hylton banking on experience

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 8:14 PMLeroy Brown

What promises to be an intriguing encounter will take place tonight at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium on Old Hope Road, when promising young boxer Kemahl Russell, who is 25, takes on 34-year-old veteran, Kevin Hylton, in the third...

'Frog' Holmes leaps into Contender semis

Published:Thursday | May 21, 2015 | 12:53 PMLeroy Brown

Richard 'Frog' Holmes, from Stony Hill's Bruising Gym, earned himself and the Jamaica Green Team another semi-final berth in the Wray and Nephew Middleweight Contender 2015 series by scoring an impressive fourth-round technical knockout (TKO)...

Jab lovers Holmes, Richmond to stick it out in Wray & Nephew Contender Series

Published:Tuesday | May 19, 2015 | 3:14 PMLeroy Brown

There is a change in tonight's quarter-finals clash of the Wray...

Stephens, Cain top junior tourney

Published:Tuesday | May 19, 2015 | 5:49 PMLeroy Brown

Micheala Stephens, who is 12 years, and 13-year-old Damani Cain, were the outstanding players as the 2015 Hy-Lyte Open Junior Tennis Championships ended at the Liguanea Club, New Kingston, last Sunday afternoon.Stephens won the girls 16 and Under...

'Lights Out' Davis turns on the style

Published:Thursday | May 14, 2015 | 2:55 PMLeroy Brown

Tsetsi 'Lights Out' Davis booked himself a semi-final berth in the Wray...

Tsetsi aims to make it 'lights out' for Planter in Contender Series

Published:Tuesday | May 12, 2015 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

Two veterans of the 'Wray & Nephew Contender' series, Tsetsi 'Lights Out' Davis, and Ricardo Planter, will clash tonight in what promises to be a hard-fought quarter-final contest over six rounds...

Pennington's bold move backfires

Published:Thursday | May 7, 2015 | 7:43 PMLeroy Brown

Courtney Pennington's bold strategy to select 2013 'Wray and Nephew Contender' Middleweight champion Devon Moncriffe as his opponent for Wednesday night's encounter backfired on him as he dropped a close, hard-fought majority decision in the last...

Moncriffe, Pennington in big Contender showdown

Published:Tuesday | May 5, 2015 | 4:17 PMLeroy Brown

What promises to be one of the best fights in the preliminary round of the Wray and Nephew Middleweight Contender Series takes place at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium tonight, when two of the most talented boxers in the competition,...

Planter gets decision after clash of heads

Published:Thursday | April 30, 2015 | 8:40 PMLeroy Brown

Cuts suffered by his opponent, Anthony Osbourne, allowed the Green Team's Ricardo Planter to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Wray and Nephew Middleweight 2015 Contender series last Wednesday night, at the Chinese Benevolent Association...

Planter looks to bloom against journeyman Osbourne

Published:Tuesday | April 28, 2015 | 7:19 PMLeroy Brown

It will be an all-Jamaica clash in the Wray...

Holmes eases into Contender last eight

Published:Thursday | April 23, 2015 | 4:08 PMLeroy Brown

There were loud cheers for Richard Holmes, representing the Jamaica Green Team on Wednesday night at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium, after he scored a unanimous points victory over Charwin Estwick from Guyana, representing the...

Davis, Gardener give Canadians a bruising at PanAm box-off

Published:Tuesday | April 21, 2015 | 9:27 AMLeroy Brown

Welterweight boxer Kestna Davis and middleweight Michael Gardener, who are trained by AIBA 3-Star coach, Carl Grant, at Stony Hill's Bruising gym, showed that Jamaica still has excellent young boxing talent.They successfully shook off challenges...

Ja-Guyana ‘Contenders’ face-off again in Wray & Nephew series

Published:Tuesday | April 21, 2015 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

It will be another clash between a Jamaican boxer Richard Holmes and a Guyanese boxer, Charwin Estwick, when the preliminary round of the Wray and Nephew Contender Middleweight 2015 series continues at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium...

Hylton gets controversial decision over Declou

Published:Thursday | April 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

There were a few cheers and lots of boos at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium last Wednesday night as Jamaica's Kevin Hylton defeated Guyana's Edmond DeClou on points in the preliminary round of the 'Wray and Nephew Contender' 2015...

Jamaica’s Hylton aims to silence tough-talking DeClou in Wray & Nephew Contender boxing showdown

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2015 | 5:26 PMLeroy Brown

Edmund DeClou from Guyana will try to give the Caribbean Yellow Team its second victory in the Wray...

Lights Out for 'Shaka' Henry

Published:Thursday | April 9, 2015 | 8:00 PMLeroy Brown

"I am feeling great, and this is just the first step towards the title," declared Tsetsi 'Lights Out' Davis on Wednesday night, after he scored a very impressive fifth-round technical knockout (tko) victory over Barbadian Christopher 'Shaka' Henry...

‘Tsetsi’ aims to knock out ‘Shaka’s' lights in Wray & Nephew Contender boxing series

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2015 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

Tsetsi 'Light Out' Davis, who claimed the runner-up spot in last year's Wray & Nephew Contender show, begins his bid for the 2015 title tonight...

Donovan 'Razor' Ruddock returns to ring at age 51

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2015 | 11:55 AMLeroy Brown

Heavyweight boxer Donovan 'Razor' Ruddock, a Jamaican-Canadian who was once among the top 10 boxers in the world, has returned to the ring at the age of 51 years.He fought in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, March 28, and scored a fifth-...

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