With 50 wins in 64 fights spanning a glittering amateur career, many representing his country, some would say Claypole boxer Eddie O’Rourke was destined for the very top of British boxing.
But four years on, having taken a two-year break from the sport, O’Rourke is looking to get his career back on track with a return to the ring in July.
Newark Amateur Boxing Club’s Regis Sugden progressed to the national quarter-finals of the Junior ABA Championships with a comfortable win in Manchester on Sunday.
Two-weight British Masters champion Andrew Lowe has been given a crack at the English light-middleweight title on the undercard of Carl Froch’s world title tilt at Nottingham Arena on May 26.
Determined Andrew Lowe brushed aside opponent Terry Maughan on his way to a second British Masters title at the Grove Leisure Centre, Balderton, on Saturday.
Newark’s Andrew Lowe returns to the scene of his British Masters middleweight title win on Saturday looking to become a two-weight British Masters champion with victory over Terry Maughan.
