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Published:Friday | April 15, 2016 | 6:40 PMLeroy Brown

Nicholas 'The Axeman' Walters, the Jamaican boxing star, is learning the hard way that although he can knock out opponents on a regular basis, (he has done so 21 times in 27 fights), it is much more difficult to win a negotiating battle with 84-year...

Published:Thursday | April 14, 2016 | 12:25 PMLeroy Brown

Ramel 'Sub Zero' Lewis made a successful return to the ring after a break of nearly two years, when he defeated American boxer Fard 'The Messenger' Muhammad, by technical knockout, one minute and 46 seconds into round four, of their Wray and Nephew...

Published:Tuesday | April 12, 2016 | 6:55 PMLeroy Brown

Ramel 'Sub Zero' Lewis, a former finalist in the 'Wray...

Published:Thursday | April 7, 2016 | 3:05 PMLeroy Brown

Jamaican welterweight Michael Gardener made a spectacular debut to the professional ranks of boxing on Wednesday night when he scored a knockout victory over JosÈ Guzman from the United States SA in the fifth week of competition in the Wray and...

Published:Tuesday | April 5, 2016 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

Jamaican Michael Gardener, representing the Cawribbean team in the Wray and Nephew Contender 2016 Series, makes his debut as a professional boxer tonight.Gardener will face USA boxer José Guzman, over five rounds in the fifth week of competition at...

Published:Thursday | March 31, 2016 | 4:03 PMLeroy Brown

Things finally heated up in the Wray and Nephew Contender series on Wednesday night, as Guyana's Revlon Lake secured a hard-fought majority decision over Anthony Woods, from the Bahamas, in their five-round, preliminary bout.It was all out action...

Published:Thursday | March 31, 2016 | 4:17 PMLeroy Brown

More than $700,000 in prize money will be up for grabs when the 2016 General Accident Insurance Company tennis tournament serves off tomorrow at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston. The tournament will end on Sunday, April 10.This tournament will be...

Published:Tuesday | March 29, 2016 | 5:44 PMLeroy Brown

Revlon Lake from Guyana and Anthony Woods from The Bahamas clash tonight in the fourth week of the preliminary round of the Wray and Nephew Contender boxing series for welterweights at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium, beginning at 9 p....

Published:Thursday | March 24, 2016 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

  Jamaica's Tsetsi Davis, one of the favourites to take the 2016 version of the Wray and Nephew Contender title, had an easy first fight, on Wednesday night, as he completely overwhelmed his young American opponent Courtney McCleave in...

Published:Tuesday | March 22, 2016 | 11:36 AMLeroy Brown

Tsetsi Davis, one of the crowd favourites over the years in the Wray...

Published:Saturday | March 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

"We had a great night and everyone is happy" gushed Wray and Nephew  Welterweight Contender 2016 promoter Mark Kenny,  to The Sunday Gleaner last Wednesday night, after  American boxer DeMarcus Corley gave an excellent...

Published:Tuesday | March 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

Two experienced boxers - DeMarcus 'Chop Chop' Corley from the USA and Iwan 'Pure Gold' Azore, a Guyanese-born fighter who lives in Trinidad and Tobago - will exchange punches tonight over five rounds in the second preliminary bout of the Wray and...

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 5:50 PMLeroy Brown

There was an eerie silence and then disbelief at the Chinese Benevolent Association last Wednesday night, when the first fight in the 2016 Contender series between Richard 'Frog' Holmes and American Xzaviar Ford ended after only 55 seconds.Holmes...

Published:Tuesday | March 8, 2016 | 5:07 PMLeroy Brown

Jamaica's Richard 'Frog' Holmes, 28, one of the leading boxers on the Caribbean team, will take on 19-year-old Xzaviar Ford from North Carolina, USA, in the opening salvo of the Wray...

Published:Friday | March 4, 2016 | 8:58 PMLeroy Brown

Wray and Nephew's popular, made for television Contender boxing series, will premier next Wednesday March 9, with a contest between Jamaica's Richard Holmes and Xzaviar Ford from North Carolina, at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium, Hope...

Published:Sunday | February 28, 2016 | 8:06 PMLeroy Brown

BOXING: Wray & Nephew   (SUB DECK) Popular series gets under way on March 9 Welterweight boxers will be in the spotlight this year when the very popular Wray and Nephew 2016 Contender boxing series kicks off on Wednesday, March 9, at the...

Published:Thursday | February 18, 2016 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

I was glad when Digicel launched its Digiplay 3 feature package: Internet, cable, and phone service. However, I could not be more disappointed with the service. This is much more than I bargained for, and now...

Published:Thursday | February 4, 2016 | 3:58 PMLeroy Brown

Stony Hill's Bruising gym, coached by Carl Grant, took top honours in the Jamaica Boxing Board's National Senior Championships, held recently at the Stanley Couch gym on Victoria Avenue.These were the 2015 Championships, which should have been held...

Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2016 | 7:31 PMLeroy Brown

Jamaican female boxing sensation Alicia 'Slick' Ashley won the World Boxing Council (WBC) Comeback of the Year Award last Friday night at the 2016 Female Boxing Convention, which was held in Tijuana, Mexico, from January 27-31.Ashley, who lost her...

Published:Monday | January 25, 2016 | 7:02 PMLeroy Brown

Sixty-eight boxers, 63 males and five females, will take part in the Jamaica Boxing Board's National Senior Amateur Boxing Championships from Thursday, January 28, to Saturday, January 30, at the Stanley Couch Gym, on Victoria Avenue in Kingston....

Published:Monday | January 25, 2016 | 8:02 PMLeroy Brown

World Boxing Council (WBC) Female Super Bantamweight champion, Jamaica's Alicia Ashley, has been nominated for three awards that will be made during the second WBC Female Convention that will be held in Tijuana, Mexico, from January 27-31.On October...

Published:Friday | January 22, 2016 | 2:10 PMLeroy Brown

Although former World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight Super Champion Nicholas 'The Axeman' Walters is yet to formally decide whether he will fight as a featherweight (126 pounds) or super featherweight (130 pounds) this year, it is clear that...

Published:Thursday | January 21, 2016 | 4:52 PMLeroy Brown

The World Boxing Association (WBA), one of the leading controlling bodies in professional boxing, has a new president. He is Gilberto Mendoza Jr, a former vice-president who succeeds his father, Gilberto Mendoza Sr. The latter resigned recently...

Published:Wednesday | December 23, 2015 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

Wray and Nephew Middleweight Contender 2015 champion, Kemahl Russell, ended a three-month overseas training stint in fine style last Saturday night, when he knocked out his Mexican opponent Hector Nava at one minute and 35 seconds of the first round...

Published:Sunday | December 20, 2015 | 5:04 PMLeroy Brown

"I clearly won the fight; that was no draw. I am shocked by this decision," were the words of a disappointed Nicholas 'The Axeman' Walters yesterday, when asked to comment on the majority draw decision of the judges in his fight against Jason Sosa,...

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