What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Boxers who train with Tristan Haynes at his Beeston gym are hopeful that 13 will prove a lucky number as they compete on Haynes Promotions 13 at The Angler’s in Burmantofts next Saturday (13 September 2025). These included Kieran MacMillan who turns 18 on the day. Rodillian Academy sixth-former MacMillan
Middleton boxer Kai Gale is delighted at winning his first professional bout and wants to be seen as ‘first and foremost representing South Leeds.’ Gale won all four rounds of his super middleweight contest against Londoner Robbie Chapman on an open-air show at Wakefield’s DIY Kitchens Stadium organised by Manchester-based
Fighters from the MSA gym in Beeston showed their skills at the two-day Magic of Thailand Festival in Manchester. The event was one of a number held in various locations this summer promoting the culture, food and sport in the south-east Asian nation of over seventy million people. “We put
Middleton boxer Kai Gale is looking forward to his first professional bout on a show at Wakefield’s DIY Kitchens Stadium on Saturday 12 July 2025 and wants to be seen as “first and foremost representing South Leeds.” Former Rodillian School pupil Gale recently completed four years in the Royal Engineers
Belle Isle’s Matty Sylvester did a little Thai boxing or Muay Thai early in 2023 and then flew out to Thailand that summer. He’s now built an impressive record of fight wins culminating in a silver medal at 81kg in the WMF World Championship tournament in Bangkok. “I’d always admired
Charlie Kirk started boxing only recently “to learn how to handle myself and toughen up frankly,” and is grateful to Beeston promoter Tristan Haynes for the chance “to showcase the skills I’ve learnt in what is the best sport I’ve ever done.” “Everyone should learn to box to feel more
A Thai boxer from Beeston’s Master Sken Academy (MSA) has just returned from two weeks of intense training and competition in Thailand. Gracjan Krupski emerged as an elite member of the England team winning a gold medal in the 66kg pro-am category which allows older amateur fighters to compete under
Three boxers who hope to join the paid ranks over the next couple of years joined twelve others from Hunslet’s Golden Team gym on a show at the Aria Suite in Woodhouse attended by upwards of four hundred people. Middleton’s Nicola Aldred, 31, faced Manchester fighter Frankie Taylor. “I did
Brothers Thomas and Aidan Winstanley train together at Hunslet’s Golden Team gym and are looking forward to representing their club on Golden Team’s March home show fittingly themed as ‘Brothers in Arms’. Thomas, 17, admits that until he started boxing training eighteen months ago “I was going off the tracks
The local South Leeds boxing scene continues to thrive with three late autumn shows giving boxers the chance to showcase skills and demonstrate courage. Middleton’s Rawa Rashid won his first boxing bout on Beeston promoter Tristan Haynes eleventh show at Leeds Angler’s Club. Sixteen-year-old Rashid beat his opponent Bradford’s Ibrahim