8+ hour, 37+ min ago  (619+ words) Local lad Leo Beale describes himself as "a footballer through and through" but always wondered how he'd handle himself in combat sports. Now he knows, having just competed in a novice charity cage fight organised by Ultra MMA at the…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (314+ words) SOUTHAMPTON'S Taylor Bevan admitted his professional boxing career is going "perfectly so far" after winning a fifth straight fight via knockout. Bevan, 24, stopped'Zdenko Bule in the third round of their'super middleweight bout at the'Bournemouth International Centre on Saturday. This was…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (453+ words) SOUTHAMPTON boxer Ryan Garner vowed there will be "fireworks" when he fights heavy-hitter Reece Bellotti in Bournemouth this summer." European champion and 17-0 Garner is set to take on British and Commonwealth super featherweight champion Bellotti (20-5) for the belts." After a…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (150+ words) Saudi Arabian boxing chief Turki Alalshikh has suggested Tyson Fury will come out of retirement and return to the ring in 2026. Fury retired from the sport following December's rematch defeat to Oleksandr Usyk. And he is still yet to face…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (198+ words) Darla Anderson, 13, from Ringwood, trains at Southern Quarter Amesbury in Salisbury and Ippon Gym in Bournemouth'and has been involved in the sport for around four'years. Her hard work and dedication have recently led her to become the number one in…...