Boxing

Cherbourg Visit Was A Knockout

Cherbourg Visit Was A Knockout

A bunch of veteran sportsmen dropped into Cherbourg on Thursday to pay their respects to some of the community’s sporting legends of the past.

Liam To Fight For World Title

Liam To Fight For World Title

Former Kingaroy boxer Liam Wilson will be in the fight of his life on Saturday when he takes on Mexican Emanuel Navarrete for the WBO super featherweight title.

Boxing Shed Starts To Shape Up

Boxing Shed Starts To Shape Up

Cherbourg’s Boxing Group is growing so much – and the Cherbourg Sporting Complex has been so busy lately – that the young boxers needed a new shed to house their training.

Mitta Heads Into Hall Of Fame

Mitta Heads Into Hall Of Fame

A special ceremony will be held later this month to induct one of Cherbourg’s sporting greats, Jeffrey “Mitta” Dynevor, into the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame.

Boost For Boxing Club

Boost For Boxing Club

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has congratulated the Kingaroy Sporting Club on receiving a $34,689 Gambling Community Benefit Grant through a recent round of the program.

Funeral For Top Boxer

Funeral For Top Boxer

A funeral will be held in Cherbourg on Friday for former Australian boxer Edward Claude – “Eddie” – Barney.

Liam Bows Out In Quarter-Final

Liam Bows Out In Quarter-Final

Former Kingaroy junior boxer Liam Wilson’s dreams of winning Commonwealth Games gold evaporated on Tuesday afternoon with a 5-0 defeat by English boxer Luke McCormack in a quarter-final bout.

Boxing Results

Boxing Results

Junior boxing returned to the Kingaroy RSL Club on Saturday after a two-year break.

Mitta Dynevor … A Champion Remembered

Mitta Dynevor … A Champion Remembered

Friends, family members and former boxers honoured a sometimes forgotten South Burnett sportsman on Saturday … gold-medal winning boxer Jeffrey “Mitta” Dynevor (1938-2008).

Good Sports Launch NAIDOC Week

Good Sports Launch NAIDOC Week

Cherbourg’s NAIDOC celebrations were kicked off in a spectacular fashion with the official opening on Monday of the Ration Shed’s new Play The Ball exhibition.

Hard-Hitters Of The Future

Hard-Hitters Of The Future

The South Burnett’s “boxers of the future” were on display at the Kingaroy RSL Club on Sunday afternoon, and local trainer Len Hams was happy with what he saw.