Sports Journalist · 257 articles
The row of pastel-coloured houses keeping watch along the shoreline in Aberystwyth, West Wales, look entirely tranquil, with the sun bouncing off their long, welcoming windows. They are beautifully picturesque, as are the rolling green hills and crumbled castle ruins. This isn’t the type of traditional seaside town you’d expect to find troublemakers or tough […]
“Boxing’s a mad game, isn’t it?” asks unbeaten Kirkby fighter, Brad Strand (4-0, 1 KOs). From his tone, it was apparent the question was rhetorical and he’s right – boxing is quite mad at times. Still relatively early on in his own journey towards professional honours, Strand understands that pursuing a career in gloves was […]
There’s something slightly nasty about Kirkby’s Nick Ball (13-0, 6 KOs). Not in his personality or the way he conducts himself outside of the ring; in fact, he couldn’t be more of a gentleman. But when slipping between the ropes, the diminutive wrecking ball from Everton Red Triangle wants to hurt his opponents. Speaking to Boxing […]
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say, and that’s certainly the case for Liverpool’s explosive talent, Andrew Cain (6-0, 6 KOs), currently enjoying a return to boxing after almost four years in the wilderness. It wasn’t injury or suspension; it wasn’t issues with vices or brushes with the law. It was just about survival. […]