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Lewis Roberts celebrates winning the Commonwealth Silver

Undefeated Swindon boxer eyeing English title after winning maiden belt

Lewis 'El Gordito' Roberts to fight for Commonwealth Silver strap

Undefeated Swindon boxer excited by 'massive' belt fight this weekend

Lewis Roberts hoping to make a statement in forthcoming bout

Undefeated Swindon boxer looking for 'statement' victory

Kyle Neilson and Mark Neilson have opened their own amateur boxing club in Swindon

Boxing club run by son of legendary Swindon heavyweight hosting open day

Lewis 'El Gordito' Roberts is crowned the winner

BOXING Roberts triumphs on night of mixed emotions for Swindon boxers

Swindon bantam weight Lewis Roberts has his arm raised after one of six professional wins

BOXING Roberts faces ex-Commonwealth contender with vastly superior KO record

Swindon's Tom Brennan in action during a previous fight

BOXING Swindon boxer set for 'thrilling showdown' in title eliminator

Kickboxer Patty Kelly

Kickboxing RE school teacher Patty packs a punch

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Swindon cruiserweight Luke 'The Duke' Watkins before his bout with Tyrone Williams at a Fight Town show in September 2021 Photo: Mark Page/Point Five Photography

BOXING 'I'm getting him out of there' - Watkins announced in European title clash

Swindon Brunel ABC Ashton Shin claims victory on competitive debut

BOXING Shin wins on competitive debut for Brunel ABC

Luis Alberto Lopez training at Neilson Boxing's Alpha gym in Swindon

BOXING World-title challenger training at Swindon gym

Swindon’s Lewis Roberts (left) with trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick after signing his first professional deal during November 2022

BOXING Home support means everything to Roberts ahead of final fight of the year

Johnny Ward is crowned victorious after his first-round stoppage against Konstantin Aleksandrov Photo: George Stratford

BOXING Ward calls out champion after fourth pro win

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury may be getting into the ring before the end of 2022 (PA)

Anthony Joshua accepts terms for fight with Tyson Fury this year

Friday sporting events cancelled after death of Her Majesty The Queen

Friday sporting events cancelled after death of Her Majesty The Queen

Super-middleweight boxer Johnny Ward in action during his second professional fight back in 2019 Photo: Mark Page

BOXING Ward 'raring to go' after making fresh start with Neilson Boxing

Swindon’s Lewis Roberts celebrates his points victory over Ricky Leach at a Fight Town show at Swindon’s MECA Photo: Callum Knowles

BOXING Unbeaten Roberts 'feeling the love' from his home town

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Luke Watkins Photo: Naomi Youd

BOXING Watkins 'destroys' opponent to land English title

Lawn Manor Academy pupil Haydon Young

BOXING Lawn pupil 'keen as ever' to represent England after missing out on national title

Swindon’s Lewis Roberts celebrates his points victory over Ricky Leach at a Fight Town show at Swindon’s MECA Photo: Callum Knowles

BOXING Roberts and Gray hang on to unbeaten records

Oxfordshire boxers Bradley Townsend (left) and Gary Sweeney are in action in Swindon this weekend Pictures: Mark Page/Neilson Boxing

Fighters aim to extend faultless records in Swindon bought

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Swindon featherweight Lewis Roberts in action at the first Fight Town event of 2022 at the MECA Photo: Callum Knowles

BOXING Lewis keen to ‘stay busy’ in his rise up the ranks

Swindon fighter Lewis Roberts in action against Luke Fash at the first Fight Town event of 2022 at the MECA Photo: Callum Knowles

BOXING Roberts claims sparkling win at home-town show

Swindon fighter Jensen Irving secured a comeback win against Evgenii Vazem at the latest Fight Town event Photo: Giuseppe Bruni

BOXING Unbeaten Irving says best is yet to come ahead of fifth fight

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Lewis Roberts signed a professional deal with Paddy Fitzpatrick back in 2020 but has only fought once so far due to the Covid-19 pandemic

BOXING Roberts aiming to pack a punch in second pro bout

James Aghabi and Mark Neilson of Neilson Boxing

BOXING Neilson Boxing set for break-out year after agreeing base move

Swindon-based promoter Mark Neilson (right) alongside promising welterweight contender- Ryan Martin back in 2018 Photo: Mark Page

BOXING Cancelled shows, boxing debuts, and gaining momentum - 2021 as a promoter

Swindon’s Ryan Martin in action against Craig Morris back in 2017 Photo: Naomi Youd

BOXING Martin ‘ready' for Intercontinental title fight that could change his life

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Swindon fighter Jensen Irving secured a comeback win against Evgenii Vazem at the latest Fight Town event Photo: Giuseppe Bruni

BOXING Irving and Roberts claim dominant wins at Fight Town event

Swindon’s Lewis Roberts will appear on the bill of the latest Fight Town event when he makes his debut next Saturday

BOXING Debutant Lewis relieved Mexico trip was a no-go

Swindon boxers Jensen Irving and Luke Watkins

BOXING Irving signs for Neilson as pro tale continues

Swindon fighter Luke 'Duke' Watkins about to head into the ring for his Fight Town bout with Tyrone Williams Photo: Mark Page/Point Five Photography

BOXING Fight Town return a success after wins for home fighters including Watkins

Luke Watkins v Lawrence Okolie at York Hall back in 2019 Photo: Naomi Youd

BOXING Watkins looking to 'shake up division' upon return to ring this weekend

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1984 Olympic champion Evander Holyfield at a press conference back in September 1996 Photo: Nick Potts/Action Images

FIGHTING TALK Age is not just a number in boxing

Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank will appear at MECA in Swindon on November 11

Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn coming to Swindon

Professional boxing promoter Mark Neilson (right) travelled to Birmingham to watch Akeem Ennis-Brown in his British and Commonwealth Super Lightweight bout Photo: Dave Cox

FIGHTING TALK It’s not all rosy after the fans return

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Manny Pacquiao looks into the camera as he celebrates his win against Ricky Hatton in the Light Welterweight Fight at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas back in 2009 Photo: Dave Thompson

FIGHTING TALK We’ll never see another Pacquiao

Swindon fighter Jamie Cox signs foe Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing

FIGHTING TALK A new era of TV coverage has begun as Matchroom leaves Sky Sports behind

Fight Town promoter Mark Neilson alongside ‘Lady Luck’ Bec Connolly

BOXING Fight Town series to make September return

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Contestants at an Ultra White Collar Boxing event Photo: UWCB

OPINION Amateur boxing's return gives youngsters something to train for

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Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder were scheduled to meet in a heavyweight boxing bout in Las Vegas on July 24 before the event was postponed due to Covid Photo: Richard Vogel - AP

FIGHTING TALK Do Fury and Wilder genuinely want to fight each other again?

Rich Loveday boxing

Boxing fans to return for white collar show at MECA

Fitzpatrick Boxing Gym

Paddy's 'boxing clever' with project to help out young people in Swindon

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BEST operations manager Craig Hiscock, councillor Ellen Baker Lee and BEST chairman Don Bryden Photo: Haydon Wick Parish Council

Youth programme with boxing and martial arts launches for the summer

Fight Town promoter Mark Neilson alongside ‘Lady Luck’ Bec Connolly - the experienced fighter is set for a Commonwealth title eliminator bout against Australian, Ebanie Bridges

Fighting talk ‘Lady Luck’ is on the title trail with Matchroom Boxing's Fight Camp show

Floyd Mayweather previously fought UFC star Conor McGregor in an exhibition bout before the boxing superstar’s “official” fight with YouTuber Logan Paul Photo: Christian Petersen

Fighting talk Paul vs Mayweather - It’s not real so it doesn’t matter

Luke “Duke” Watkins has been the main event on several of Mark Neilson’s Fight Town events since its inception in 2019 Picture: Naomi Youd

Fighting talk: Boxing venues - where are you?

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Luke Watkins pictured before his Commonwealth and WBA Continental cruiserweight title fight defeat to Lawrence Okolie atYork Hall, Bethnal Green on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Picture: NAOMI YOUD

Fighting talk: The optimism is growing - small-hall boxing is almost back

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Britain’s Billy Joe Saunders was stopped at the end of the eighth round Photo: PA Images

OPINION Fighting talk: A brutal end for battling Billy Joe

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Billy Joe Saunders is the unfancied underdog for his bout with Canelo Alvarez for the WBC & WBA world super-middleweight titles, and WBO belt Photo: Paul Harding/PA Wire

Fighting talk: Alvarez vs Saunders – head vs heart

Former Commonwealth gold medallist Jamie Cox was once a signing foe Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing Photo: Lawrence Lustig

Fighting Talk: What next for Sky after Matchroom duck out?

OPINION Fighting talk: The wait for boxing to begin again is over

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Swindon boxer Ryan Martin defeated South African champion Mziwoxolo Ndwayana in November 2019 Photo: Mark Page – Point 5 Photography

OPINION Fighting talk: Martin set for big bouts under new coach Booth

BOXING: Cox promises to “put on a clinic” in comeback bout