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Amir Khan's world title fight under threat

15.06.09

Boxing: Amir Khan's world title shot this month is in doubt after it emerged champion Andreas Kotelnik may have to postpone the fight due to a tooth infection... more

Reality check for James DeGale as jeers greet first pro win

02.03.09

Boxing: James DeGale was jeered by the crowd after securing a points victory over Georgian journeyman Vepkhia Tchilaia... more

Gavin turns attentions to weightier matters

27.02.09

Boxing: World amateur champion Frankie Gavin insists he has nothing to prove when he makes his professional debut in Birmingham... more

Warren looks at job offer for Olympic coach

12.01.09

Axed British Olympic boxing coach Terry Edwards may be offered a job by professional promoter Frank Warren... more

DeGale's debut date

08.01.09

Olympic middleweight gold medallist James DeGale will make his professional debut in Birmingham next month alongside former amateur team-mates Frankie Gavin and Billy Joe Saunders... more

Olympic boxing champion James DeGale turns professional

02.12.08

Great Britain's Olympic boxing champion James DeGale has turned professional and signed up with promoter Frank Warren... more

Edwards accuses ABA of trying to 'undermine' GB boxers

21.08.08

Terry Edwards reacted furiously to the news that one of his Olympic boxers, Billy Joe Saunders, has been suspended by the Amateur Boxing Association... more

British chiefs hit back at Saunders whinge

15.08.08

British Olympic chiefs defended the way they prepared athletes for the Beijing Games after boxer Bradley Saunders said he was "happy to lose" because he had been "homesick"... more

Double blow hits boxers hard

14.08.08

To lose one Saunders was unfortunate but to lose two Saunders in a day felt like a wholesale calamity for Britain's much-touted boxing team... more

Torture of Olympic addiction is bringing tears of joy to my eyes

11.08.08

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Britain's boxers suffer another knockout as tough draw shatters hopes

08.08.08

Britain's boxing team, already reeling from the withdrawal of world champion Frankie Gavin, were today dealt a new blow with a nightmare draw ... more

Time for sport to take our breath away

08.08.08

An Olympic Games to take the breath away was about to be ignited amid the red glow of Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium... more

Storm as Brit star is ruled out of Olympics

07.08.08

ABA demands answers as distraught boxer flies home... more

Britain's best ready to scale new heights

31.07.08

A pep talk from Amir Khan has convinced 6ft 8ins super-heavyweight David Price that his team have a huge chance in Beijing... more

Brits prepare for bumper medal haul in Beijing

02.07.08

British athletes will enjoy their most successful Olympics since the 1920 Games in Antwerp, according to forecasts... more

Boxers are confident of medal spree

25.06.08

The British boxing team for the Olympics are in "super-confident" form, according to their captain... more

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