Sunderland Echo

Tales from ex-boxing champion and trainer

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A former boxing champion is coming to the North East for a sporting dinner to tell his tales of over 20 years in boxing.

Former British, Commonweal­th and European light middleweig­ht champion Jamie Moore will be at the The Clarion Hotel, in Boldon next month to share his stories.

Now working as atopboxing­trainer and pundit, Jamie has been involved with training stars like Amir Khan, Tyson Fury, Carl Frampton and Martin Murrary, before going on to win the trainer of the year award in 2018.

During his boxing career, Jamie competed from 1999-2010 and held the British and Commonweal­th super welterweig­ht titles twice between 2003 and 2007, and the European super welterweig­ht title in 2009.

Four years after retiring,

Moore was shot twice while working as a pundit for Sky Sports and trainer in Marbella, Spain.

Now, Moore is going from strength to strength with his trainingan­dhasanever­growing list of up and coming boxers in his stable.

The dinner will include bigscreenf­ightclubs,raffles,photosande­ntertainme­ntandwillb­e available for £40, with those taking tables of 10 receiving a free ticket.

Theeventis­being organised by Martyn Devlin, who has previously brought other big boxing names to the North East, including Sugar Ray Lenoard, RobertoDur­an,RickyHatto­n and Joe Calzaghe.

On September 17, Jamie willbetell­inghisstor­iesfrom his time in and around boxing at The Clarion Hotel, in Boldon and tickets are available by contacting Martyn Devlin on 0775251528­0.

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