Boxing

Carly Skelly headlined the card at the Grand Central Hall in Liverpool as she defeated Dorota Norek by unanimous decision to claim the WBC International title. The 10-round-fight was chaotic throughout and was by no means routine for Skelly, as her Polish opponent took her the distance.

Boxing Index reporter George Priestman believes Liverpool is in line to deliver another big night of fighting in 2022. It comes after the success of Liverpool’s ‘derby-night’ when a packed M&S Arena watched Anthony Fowler and Liam Smith go head to head.

Two Liverpool fighters Liam Smith and Anthony Fowler clash in a 12-round super welterweight bout in the M&S Bank Arena this weekend. The fight has been eagerly anticipated since the announcement at the back end of July.

With the current crop of boxers in Liverpool in and around 30 years old, who are the next generation coming through in the Liverpool scene? Merseysportlive's George Priestman takes a closer look

A former Merseyside boxer who was forced to hang up his gloves following a serious injury has now turned his attention to personal training.  Tyler Cliffe, who represented North Mersey ABC for five years, sustained a torn rotator cuff and...

Natasha Jonas is relishing the underdog role against Katie Taylor in a rivalry that has been nine years in the making.  The pair faced each other at the 2012 Olympics, when Taylor edged out the Liverpool born Jonas in a...

James Metcalf takes on Ted Cheeseman this weekend as they face off for the British Super Welterweight title. Metcalf is fighting for the heralded British title for the first time and faces stiff competition from the experienced Cheeseman. Liverpool based fighter...

Anthony Fowler returns to the ring this weekend as he takes on the Spaniard Jorge Fortea on Saturday Night. The Liverpool boxer feels he's coming into his prime years and feels that he has massively improved under the renowned trainer Shane McGuigan.

Liverpool boxer Liam Smith will break his near 18 month layoff to face an undefeated Russian in May. Smith's fight announcement came via MTK Global earlier today, pairing him with Russia's Magomed Kurbanov for the WBO International Super-Welterweight title.

Today is International Women’s Day and Merseyside has produced many great sportswomen over the years who deserve to be celebrated! So we've drawn up our own ‘Super Six’ who have done the region proud and become role models for the next generation of great sportswomen.