1+ hour, 58+ min ago   (455+ words) A boxing gym in the heart of its community in Bolton is celebrating the completion of a milestone renovation project. This comes after Elite Community Hub CIC finished work on its Halliwell Hive on Wordsworth Street with help from JUMA…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (397+ words) Stealth Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has been named on our shortlist of the ten best gyms for the Bolton News Gym of the Year Award. The gym in Halliwell, opened by Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Wing Chau Cheung in August 2021, at which…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (337+ words) At only 19, Bolton's Jack Halliday is fast emerging as one of the North West's most exciting young martial arts fighters. His recent victory at Enigma Fight Series 4 at Park Hall Hotel, in Chorley, earned him the World Muay Thai Organisation…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (178+ words) Bolton comedian Paddy McGuinness'has shouted out a young kickboxing prodigy'as he competes'to become European champion. 13-year-old Lucas Collinge'won the world kickboxing championship last year in Budapest and will be heading to Italy this year to fight for the European title....

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (323+ words) Bolton fighter, Jack Cartwright, will fight for the vacant OKTAGON MMA bantamweight title on August 9 against former UFC fighter, Igor Severino, in Prague. The pair had been scheduled to meet in April but an injury to the Lancastrian forced a…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (463+ words) A Bolton technician will be taking her martial arts skills to the national stage, with hopes to go further still to international competitions. Ashlie Fowler, who works as a technician at the Porsche Centre on Manchester Road in Burnden, is…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago   (422+ words) New martial arts classes have been launched to teach women "essential self-defence skills." "The women-only eight-week course has been launched at the long-standing Roger Gracie Academy, which teaches Brazilian Jui-Jitsu, on St Edmund Street near Bolton town centre. Coaches say…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago   (493+ words) Mixed martial arts youngster Jack Clare has been picked to represent England at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Youth World" Mixed martial arts youngster Jack Clare has been picked to represent England at the International Mixed Martial Arts…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (814+ words) A rising boxing talent as taken his message of hope and positivity right back to the Bolton youth club where he got his start ... A rising boxing talent as taken his message of hope and positivity right back to the…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (275+ words) Donald Trump has said MMA fighter Conor McGregor is "great" when asked who his favourite Irish person is. The US president also called Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy a "talented" and "fantastic" player, who he had played a round of…...