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Amateur boxers will not wear headguards for the first time in Bermuda for many years when they step into the ring tonight at The Fairmont Southampton.
The controversial decision for amateurs aged 18 or above to box without headguards is in accordance...
DATE: Nov 21, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Boxing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Teresa Perozzi has a simple but bold piece of advice for challenger Kali Reis ahead of the Bermudian southpaw’s defence of her IBA world middleweight title at The Fairmont Southampton: “Forget about victory.”
Perozzi, who meets Rhode Islander Reis in...
DATE: Nov 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Boxing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Chioke Tucker, the Bermuda boxer, has vowed to “take care of business” when he makes his long-awaited professional debut against Martello Jones in a superheavyweight bout at The Fairmont Southampton on Friday.
Tucker, who spent eight years training i...
DATE: Nov 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Boxing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Teresa Perozzi insists that she is itching to get back into the ring to defend her IBA middleweight title against American Kali Reis in “Friday Night Fights” at Fairmont Southampton.
Perozzi had initially been scheduled to meet Reis at Berkeley Insti...
DATE: Nov 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Boxing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Teresa Perozzi believes her new baby boy has given her “super powers” as she prepares for her long-awaited return to the ring against American Kali Reis.
The Bermuda boxer will defend her WBA middleweight title against Reis, of Rhode Island, at Berke...
DATE: Sep 09, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Boxing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Boxers from the New Controversy Gym will be showcasing their pugilism skills “under the stars” with several exhibition bouts to be held outside at Devonshire Recreation Club tonight.
Organised by the Queen’s Club-based gym and sponsored by the Bermud...
DATE: Aug 08, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Boxing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Leo Richardson insists that he has no regrets about his decision to withdraw from his scheduled super-heavyweight bout against Chioke Tucker in the Bermuda International Boxing Association’s debut card at BAA Gymnasium on Saturday night.
Richardson, ...
DATE: May 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Boxing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Reyel Bowen, of the Bermuda Sanshou Association, earned a split-decision victory over Deandre Morris, of the Bermuda Karate Institute, what became the main event at BAA Gymnasium on Saturday night.
Bowen and Morris topped the bill in the Bermuda Inte...
DATE: May 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Boxing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Chioke Tucker has accused Leo Richardson of behaving in a “cowardly” manner after his withdrawal at the eleventh hour from the Bermuda International Boxing Association’s ten-bout card at the BAA Gymnasium on Saturday night.
The pair had been schedule...
DATE: May 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Boxing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Chioke Tucker has spent more than six years training with a “professional mentality” in the United States and England, but has never had an amateur bout in Bermuda.
That all changes tomorrow night, when he headlines the Bermuda International Boxing A...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Boxing
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright