The BBBofC are delighted that Thomas Fattorini’s are once again sponsoring and supplying trophies for this year’s Annual Awards.

Fattorini’s have been producing the prestigious Lord Lonsdale belt for many years. A total of 22 Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belts were issued by the National Sporting Club until the British Boxing Board of Control began its governance in 1929 and began awarding the belts. The belts then became the property of any champion who won three title fights in a division. This has since been changed to four wins including one mandatory contest.

Heavyweight Henry Cooper won three Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belts outright in his seventeen year professional career. The most recent outright winner was Brad Foster in 2020.

General Secretary, Robert Smith said ‘We would like to thank Fattorini’s for their continued support of the BBBofC Annual Awards. We are very lucky to have a strong working relationship with Fattorini’s, who also produce, on our behalf, the best sporting trophy in the world’.

To find out more visit https://fattorini.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/LEAFLET-Lonsdale-Boxing-belt-by-Fattorini.pdf

This year’s Awards will take place on Sunday 6th March 2022. We have limited remaining tickets still available at £130 per head/£1250 for a table of 10 and can be booked on awards@bbbofc.com. Other packages are available as follows: - Platinum - £2700, to include a table of 10 in a prime location, sponsorship of an Award and an advert in the afternoon's programme. - Gold - £2000, to include a table of 10 in a premium location and an advert in the afternoon's programme. - Silver - £1600, for a table in a preferred location.

The British Boxing Board of Control First Aid Course has been designed to provide emergency first aid and injury prevention specifically for the sport of boxing covering those injuries that may occur in the gym environment.

All licensed Trainer/Second and Seconds must hold a current British Boxing Board of Control First Aid Certificate which demands retraining or examination every three years.

If you're a current Trainer/Second or Second, and require retraining, we currently have the following upcoming dates:

Saturday 12 February : Newcastle

Saturday 19 February : Motherwell

Saturday 19 February : Cardiff

Thursday 24 February : London

Friday 25 February : London

Friday 4 March: Epping, Essex

Saturday 5 March : Epping, Essex

Wednesday 23 March : Sheffield

Thursday 24 March : Sheffield

Friday 25 March : Liverpool

Saturday 26 March : Manchester

Thursday 31 March : London

Boxer of the Year Chantelle Cameron, Sunny Edwards, Maxi Hughes, Lawrence Okolie, Josh Taylor, Leigh Wood

Contest of the Year Ted Cheeseman v James Metcalf, Katie Taylor v Natasha Jonas, Sam Eggington v Bilel Jkitou, Oleksandr Usyk v Anthony Joshua, Troy Williamson v Ted Cheeseman

Boxing News Trainer of the Year Ben Davison, Shane McGuigan, Tony Sims

Overseas Boxer of the Year David Avanesyan, Mauricio Lara, Katie Taylor, Oleksandr Usyk

This year’s Awards will take place on Sunday 6th March 2022. We have some tickets still available at £130 per head/£1250 for a table of 10 and can be booked on awards@bbbofc.com. Other packages are available as follows: - Platinum - £2700, to include a table of 10 in a prime location, sponsorship of an Award and an advert in the afternoon's programme. - Gold - £2000, to include a table of 10 in a premium location and an advert in the afternoon's programme. - Silver - £1600, for a table in a preferred location.

Following the publication of the new UK Anti-Doping Assurance framework in April 2021, the British Boxing Board of Control are committed to working with UKAD to ensure a Clean Sport. Below is a brief summery of the anti-doping activates carried out over the past year through the British Boxing Board of Control

CLEAN SPORT EDUCATION AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 2022 will see the introduction of our new anti-doping Education strategy. Our mission over the next 2 years is to protect the integrity of Clean Sport within the British Boxing Board of Control. Our Education strategy aims to target key Anti-Doping topics, in line with UKAD’s clean sports curriculum in conjunction with our sport specific needs. We plan to draw attention and understanding to all members of the British Boxing Board of Control to the following topics: Principles and values of clean sport, Strict liability, rights and responsibilities of Boxers, Trainer/Second’s, Second and Managers, The Consequences of Doping, The Anti-Doping Violations, The Prohibited list, supplements, medications and TUE’s, the testing process, the testing pool and ADAMS, how to report doping, substances and abuse.

EDUCATION Training courses are held over a day and half and include education on anti-Doping At the end of 2021 the following training courses had been held (due to Covid conditions, more courses were held in Cardiff, then would normally be held) throughout the Country 16/17th April – Cardiff 17/18th April – Cardiff 4/5th June – Cardiff 5/6th June – Cardiff 31st July/1st August – London 14/15th August – Cardiff 28/29th August – Staffordshire 16/17th September – Cardiff 25/26th September – Motherwell 16/17th October – Manchester 4/5th December - London The Plan for 2022 is for the British Boxing Board of Control to hold around 7 or 8 training Course which will have a continued anti-doping section and a new emphasis on clean sport. The Boxer’s Handbook issued to all newly issued licenses will be updated with UKAD clean sport information and upon renewal, updates will be sent with Anti-doping practices. In addition, all UKAD information and resources will be made available on all members through our website, updates, documentation and social media

TESTING As of the 1st January 2022 the British Boxing Board of Control had 1124 licensed professional Boxer’s of which 11 are on the Whereabouts programme.

Unfortunately, further to the suspension of all Boxing Tournaments in January and the ongoing pandemic, the Board’s Awards have been postponed.

The Awards Luncheon will now be held on Sunday 6th March 2022, all details, including start time of 1pm, remain the unchanged.

If you were due to attend and are now unable to, please contact Head Office.