McCracken's new role

Darren Barker has been hit with late change of opponent ahead of tomorrow night's vacant British Middleweight title showdown at the Brentwood Centre. Former British Champ and original foe Wayne Elcock was forced to pull out earlier this week due to a sto

Full article : 27th November, 2009

Unbeaten Middleweight "Dazzling" Darren Barker admits he's been casting an envious eye towards the Super Middleweight division and the exciting new Super Six World Boxing Classic.

Full article : 26th November, 2009

The British Middleweight title will be up for grabs at the Brentwood Centre in Essex this weekend when Commonwealth Champ Darren Barker aims to add the Lonsdale belt to his list of honours while Birmingham's Wayne Elcock looks to regain his old title.

Full article : 25th November, 2009

Tyson Fury has been pretty quiet of late. After winning a disputed decision to grab John McDermott's English heavyweight title in September the 21-year-old fighter made his Irish debut against Tomas Mrazek just a few weeks later.

Full article : 25th November, 2009

Unbeaten Sheffield prospect Steve "Superbad" Barnes will be hoping for an early night when he features on the undercard of the Darren Barker - Wayne Elcock British Middleweight title showdown at the Brentwood Centre this Saturday night.

Full article : 24th November, 2009

Essex trainer Tony Sims is likely to be the busiest man in boxing on Saturday night with no fewer than five of his boxers in action at the Brentwood Centre including headliner "Dazzling" Darren Barker.

Full article : 24th November, 2009

WBC World Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch has been nominated for the BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year award. The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony at Loughborough University on Thursday 3rd December in front of a sell

Full article : 24th November, 2009

Carl Froch was denied a world title unification clash after his next opponent Mikkel Kessler was left complaining about the decision to stop him in the 11th round against Andre Ward.

Full article : 23rd November, 2009

Carl Froch is used to turning people's lights out in the ring but last night he was in Nottingham's Old Market Square to turn the Christmas lights on in the city.

Full article : 19th November, 2009

OLYMPIC boxing chief Robert McCracken has a simple, specific, straightforward goal for the London 2012 games - beat last year's Beijing medals count.

Full article : 19th November, 2009

Details of the nominees for the BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year Award 2009.

Full article : 19th November, 2009

Carl Froch last night insisted his trainer Robert McCracken would be able to continue as his cornerman as well as nurturing Britain's Olympic hopefuls.

Full article : 18th November, 2009

Waltham Abbey boxer Daniel Cadman returns to the ring later this month for the first time in almost 3 years when he fights on the undercard of the Darren Barker - Wayne Elcock British Middleweight title fight at the Brentwood Centre on November 28th.

Full article : 18th November, 2009

Lee "Lights Out" Purdy will make the first defence of his Southern Area Welterweight title later this month as he looks to end 2009 on a high. The Colchester man defends his title against Mark Douglas in the chief support to Darren Barker and Wayne Elcoc

Full article : 17th November, 2009

THE city's festivities start in style tomorrow when thousands of Christmas lights are officially switched on.

Full article : 17th November, 2009

Former British Middleweight Champion Wayne "Mad Dog" Elcock believes that two weeks spent in Rocky Marciano's hometown of Brockton, Massachusetts will see him write his own Rocky story by regaining his old title and handing Darren Barker his first defeat

Full article : 17th November, 2009

WORLD Super-middleweight boxing champion Carl Froch will be making an appearance at WHSmiths in the Victoria Centre tomorrow.

Full article : 16th November, 2009

FIGHT fans had a night to remember as Furness' top boxing talent entered the ring for Barrow ABC's Night at the Nines.

Full article : 12th November, 2009

With the recent falling apart of the Pavlik-Williams fight, plus Arthur Abraham moving up to 168 to participate in the Super Six, the middleweight division might be the weakest it's been in years, and possibly even in the long and storied history of the

Full article : 12th November, 2009

From Arthur Abraham's KO of Jermain Taylor and Yonnhy Perez claiming the IBF Bantamweight Title to Antonio DeMarco winning the WBC Interim Lightweight title and Yuriorkis Gamboa successfully defending his title, these men all had great months. But who to

Full article : 12th November, 2009

Former British Champion boxer Rob McCracken is coming to Sheffield to lead the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) to more success in his new role as Performance Director.

Full article : 12th November, 2009

Today Matt (Matti) O'Brien is off to Ireland on a quest for the Irish Super Middleweight boxing title, a quest that began innocently enough 20 years ago.

Full article : 11th November, 2009

For a man whose professional career yielded British and Commonwealth titles and culminated in a challenge for the world middleweight title at Wembley Arena, Robert McCracken still has a lot of regrets.

Full article : 11th November, 2009

ROB McCRACKEN has been chosen to lead Great Britian's boxers to glory at the 2012 Olympics.

Full article : 9th November, 2009

Rob McCracken, the trainer of Carl Froch, the WBC super-middleweight champion, has been appointed Great Britain performance director with the task of ensuring home success at the London Olympics in 2012.

Full article : 9th November, 2009

ANDRE Dirrell may get a re-match with Nottingham champion Carl Froch for the WBC super-middleweight title.

Full article : 9th November, 2009

The domestic feud continues between WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan and WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch

Full article : 9th November, 2009

"Dazzling" Darren Barker's preparations are well underway for his British title showdown with Wayne "Mad Dog" Elcock at the Brentwood Centre in Essex on Saturday, November 28th.

Full article : 6th November, 2009

Former world middleweight title challenger Robert McCracken has been handed the task of getting Great Britain's amateur boxing hopes back on track after he was confirmed as the sport's new performance director today.

Full article : 6th November, 2009

WBC World Super Middleweight Champion Carl "The Cobra" Froch will be on FA Cup duty this Sunday when he makes the draw for the second round of British football's most treasured competition live on ITV1 (and ITV.com) from 3:35pm.

Full article : 6th November, 2009

Wayne Elcock has helped build a Birmingham club with a bright future

Full article : 6th November, 2009

Rob McCracken, trainer of world super middleweight champion Carl Froch, has been appointed as British Boxing's new performance director to replace Kevin Hickey, who quit earlier this month.

Full article : 6th November, 2009

DAVID HAYE can come out on top against Russian man-mountain Nikolai Valuev in his world title bid in Nuremberg tomorrow.

Full article : 6th November, 2009

A HUCKNALL football club has raised £6,500 to send a young mum who is suffering from cancer on a final family holiday.

Full article : 6th November, 2009

Craig Watson is looking at taking a change of direction in a career that he is in the process of rebuilding.

Full article : 5th November, 2009

Birmingham boxer Wayne Elcock tells BBC WM his British middleweight title fight against Darren Barker later this month will be a tough task

Full article : 4th November, 2009

THERE will be a distinct military feel to Barrow Amateur Boxing Club's fourth sell-out show at the Nines.

Full article : 4th November, 2009

Boxing legend turned promoter Ricky Hatton is planning to stage a fight night in Norwich.

Full article : 3rd November, 2009