JUNIOR ABA LONDON SEMI-FINALS – SUNDAY 21ST APRIL @ EARLSFIELD ABC GYM Islington Boxing club’s junior club captain Ben Turner (63.5kg, born 1997), fought his way to the London Junior ABA finals on Sunday, winning by unanimous decision in semi final contest held at the home of Earlsfield ABC. Ben’s opponent was Keenan Morrison from South Norwood & [...]

WEST HAM ABC CLUB SHOW – FRIDAY 19TH APRIL @EAST HAM WORKING MEN’S CLUB Islington’s Junior Michael McDonagh ended up on the wrong side of a unanimous points verdict, in a bout he appeared to dominate for large periods against West Ham’s Tony O’Driscoll. McDonagh, threw the more eye catching punches throughout, but O’Driscoll kept working steadily away. [...]

Islington and Jamaican International Reece Shagourie was in action on an Earlsfield ABC open show held at their club gym on Saturday 20th April 2013 against the very experienced middleweight from the hosts, Robert Garvery. Shagourie and Garvery have had over 180 bouts between them. Shagourie’s movement and combinations were too sharp for Garvery in [...]

LONDON v ARMY SHOW - FRIDAY 1ST FEBRUARY (FAIRFIELD HALLS, CROYDON) Two Islington boxers were in action on the prestigious London v Army show, held at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Islington’s Light-Welterweight James Woodward, was up against former 3-time National ABA champion Martin Stead. Woodward took the opener, as he stamped his authority, using a crisp jab to [...]

EDMONTON EAGLES CLUB SHOW – THURSDAY 31ST JANUARY (TOTTENHAM IRISH CENTRE) Islington Boxing Club came away from the Edmonton Eagles Open Show on Thursday, 31st January with two victories over opponents from the host club. Every improving Welterweight, Jeffrey Ofori, made it three wins on the bounce after stopping Michael Saky (Edmonton Eagles) in the last round. Both [...]

Report from London ABA Semi-Final and Finals – Saturday 16th March, held at Fairfield Halls Islington’s ABA championship hopefuls failed to progressed to the National Quarter Finals as all three were eliminated at the London stage on Saturday. Islington’s Under 60kgs, NW London Champion Carlos Moreno, looked hard done by, losing out on the tightest of majority [...]

Islington Boxing Club Show – Boston Dome, Thursday 14th March 2013 A bumper crowd at the Boston Dome witnessed some excellent, competitive bouts on the Islington Boxing Club show last Thursday, held at the Boston Dome, with each of the bouts on show featuring a boxer from the home club. Islington’s John McDonagh, was outworked over three [...]

Islington Boxing Club 11 day tour to South Africa and Boxing team match vrs Zama ABC (South Africa) – 15th to 26th February Islington Boxing Club recently embarked on a highly successful tour to South Africa (in and out of the ring), which culminated in winning a boxing team match 7-3 (plus one drawn match) against local [...]

BASEL BOXING CLUB SELECT v ISLINGTON (JAMAICA) SELECT – BASEL, SWITZERLAND, SATURDAY 23RD MARCH 2013 Islington Boxing Club saw five of their boxers who are of Jamaican descent compete in a team match with Basel Boxing Club from Switzerland at the annual ‘themed’ boxing show held in Basel Switzerland. At the end of a very good [...]