Boxing

He was knocked out by Mexico's Mauricio Lara at the Motorpoint Arena

Gedling boxer Leigh Wood will put his WBA Featherweight World Title on the line against big-punching Mexican Mauricio Lara next month at Motorpoint Arena.

Wood was due to defend his WBA 'regular' featherweight title on 24 September 24 against Mauricio Lara at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham.

Gedling's very own WBA featherweight champion boxer Leigh Wood will be back fighting in Nottingham on September 24 when he defends his title against Mauricio Lara at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham.

Leigh Wood had been losing before the knockout and himself been knocked down in the first round.

The fighters will meet at the city's Motorpoint Arena on March 12

Sinead is now the most successful female amateur boxer from Nottingham

Phoenix ABC held its first boxing show of the season at the Arnold Liberal club last week.

National junior champion, Sinead Willbye, 14, travelled to Hayes, in London, to take on another national champion Lavinia Ghia, of Northolt ABC.

The youngsters earned two golds and two silvers for the Burton Road club at the East Midlands Box cup in Grantham.

Phoenix ABC had a weekend to remember with two of their talented young boxers being crowned national champions.

13 boxers from the club in Carlton took part against fighters from around the country.

Two wins on the road for young boxers

Young fighters secure victories in competitions around Midlands

Jordan Bradley was victorious during latest bout in Cotgrave

Kyle Birkett traveled to Liverpool to take on local boxer David Thompson

Zahraan Asif Suleman was declared the winner on a points decision.

Club squad is now one of largest in East Midlands region

14-year-old Kai Jones made his mark at the inaugural East Midlands Box Cup competition

Talented young boxers gave Arnold crowd a great show.

Arnold School of Boxing coaches praise recent performances from Joel Severn and Kyle Burkett

Young Arnold School of Boxing hopeful Connor Brown put behind him the disappointment of missing out on the chance to compete at a recent boxing tournament by putting in a great performance in a very competitive skills bout.

Three young boxers from Arnold were invited to compete with some of the best amateur talent from across the country at an event held in Rotherham last week.

Arnold School of Boxing's Jordan Bradley was crowned East Midlands belt champion with a unanimous points win over local rival Ryan O'Donnell from the Jawild Khailq Boxing Academy.

The new amateur boxing season got off to flying start for Arnold School of Boxing.Their welterweight elite star boxer Jordan Bradley put in one...