Sam Noakes is craving a knockout. After notching up 13 straight stoppage victories, Noakes went the distance with the wily Yvan Mendy in April to win the European lightweight title but the 27-year-old - who also holds the British and Commonwealth tit...
Raw talent and enthusiasm can take a young sportsman a long way but – and it doesn’t matter what sport they are playing – if they are to really push on, there needs to come a moment where everything suddenly slows down around them, and it dawns on th...
In April, Sam Noakes, 14-0 (13 KOs), comfortably outboxed quality French veteran, Yvan Mendy, to add the European title to his British and Commonwealth belts, turning what appeared to be a calculated gamble into a 12-round procession.
Sam Noakes may have been taken the distance for the first time in his career, but that matters little. The unbeaten 26 year old produced an excellent display to outbox and out-fight the accomplished Yvan Mendy and add the European lightweight titl...
Rather than trying to find the path of least resistance, Sam Noakes seems determined to take the most direct route possible to the top. Just two months after winning the British lightweight title – and maintaining his 100 percent knockout ra...
The efforts of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority are benefitting unheralded fighters such as Gavin Gwynne and Mark Chamberlain, who meet in a pivotal lightweight bout Friday on the Anthony Joshua-Francis Ngannou undercard in Riyadh.
Ryan Walsh has called for a shot at newly crowned British lightweight champion Sam Noakes. Walsh (28-4-2, 12 KO’s) proudly reigned at the British featherweight champion for five years between 2015 and 2020. In March 2022 he leap frogged the super fea...
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In many ways, Saturday night was just another day at the office for Sam Noakes. Another win, another stoppage and another belt. In years to come, however, the 26 year old from Maidstone will look back on his victory over Lewis Sylvester as a job part...
