“It’s a shitty business,” Les McQueen, once the creator of Crème Brulee, said more than once in the incredibly gloomy world of The League of Gentlemen....
BOXING is a sport that exposes your weaknesses and forces you to overcome them or submit to a humiliating beating. There are no hiding places under...
The left hook is my favorite punch in boxing. Once a fighter learns how to throw a hook, you realize how powerful your supposedly tender hand...
BOXING is a machine that never stops, bringing modern headlines every day, and with them the possibility of a modern champion emerging or the current one...
CHRISTIAN MBILLI passed a test testing his knowledge over the weekend. Ukrainian Sergey Derevyanchenko, a troublesome opponent for world-class fighters in the past, was the man...
You CAN only overcome what is put in front of you. This is a common saying you hear in boxing when fighters are matched up against...
WHEN Turki Alalshikh speaks, the boxing world listens. His influence on the sport has grown exponentially in 2024, and in the February 8 issue he was...
WHO was your idol when you were younger? Boxers often tell us it was a parent or a fighter from the past. Responses to expectations, responses...
On a gloomy Wednesday afternoon, James DeGale and George Groves sit a few feet apart in the empty upstairs banqueting room of a west London pub....
THERE’S NO denying the heavyweight division is on the brink of a radical change. Undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk is now 37, while Tyson Fury, who will...
MARC RAMSAY names super middleweight title contender Christian Mbilla alongside airy heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, as one of the best fighters he has ever trained. Ramsay’s...
I sat with two Olympic dreamers 10 days before the first bell in Paris. Guests included Callum Smith and Tasha Jonas, and the event took place...
EVERY time Anthony Cacace leaves the house he has something novel to remember. “I always take a seat belt with me in the car, just in...
NEW WBA Super Welterweight Champion and WBO Interim Super Welterweight Champion Terence “Bud” Crawford proved he was a Hall of Fame champion by crushing every opponent...
IF we count the points scored in the pre-match adventures of Canelo Álvarez and Edgar Berlanga, the Mexican has a huge advantage, and the half hasn’t...
Less than half of Manchester Arena in April 2022. Back then, Conor Benn only had his last name. That wasn’t enough to sit in the audience....
BUSINESS is booming in the heavyweight division and there’s never been a better time to be a part of it. It’s even more rewarding when you...
“BOXING is the coolest compared to other sports I’ve done. From the moment I started doing it, I found it to be a chilly sport.” Yes,...
