Article: Boxing club is under threat ; Group told to quit base

THE future of a Black Country boxing club that produced European and British champion Pat Cowdell was hanging in the balance today after officials were told to quit their base after more than 63 years.

Warley Amateur Boxing Club volunteers were left devastated when their ring at Warley Health and Fitness Centre in Abbey Road, Smethwick, was torn down at the weekend.

Club officials have also been told that coaching and training must stop by the end of next month.

Brian Loveridge, who leases the building at the rear of the Pheasant Inn from owners Punch Taverns, said today that the ring was no longer safe and he needed the room for health and fitness equipment.

But furious boxing club ...

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