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Premium • Preview Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker alongside promoter Frank Warren Top contenders Joyce and Parker go the traditional route and fight for the right to challenge the very best, writes Matt Christie FOR many reasons, Saturday night’s heavyweight contest between Putney’s Joe Joyce and Morecambe’s favourite New Zealander, Joseph Parker, is one to

Premium • Preview Maxi Hughes and Kid Galahad pose ahead of their lightweight fight on September 24 (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) Wood-Lara being postponed is a blow but two 50/50 clashes remain, writes Declan Taylor DESPITE the postponement of the scheduled main event, Matchroom have decided to press on with their latest show at Nottingham

Preview Shakur Stevenson and Robson Conceição weigh in ahead of their WBC and WBO junior-lightweight title fight in New Jersey on September 23, 2022 (Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) Examining the chances of the underdog SUPER-FEATHERWEIGHT Robson Conceição, 17-1 (9), is 33 years old and just shy of 6ft. Those dimensions alone will

Feature • Opinion Maxi Hughes and Kid Galahad go head to head at the final press conference ahead of their lightweight fight on September 24 (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) No guarantee of a clean, fair fight makes an already dangerous sport sometimes difficult to watch, writes Elliot Worsell SOME will say that if you agree

Feature • Premium Joseph Parker shadowboxes in the ring How Andy Lee and Tyson Fury have created a new me, one with no doubts, one who won’t stop until I reach the top THE relationship with Andy Lee just keeps getting better and better. When you’ve worked with someone for so long, you become very

Feature • Premium Shakur Stevenson ahead of his fight against Oscar Valdez at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 30, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada (Steve Marcus/Getty Images) Shakur Stevenson is brash and cocky but thus far has delivered on his promises. Ahead of his next bout he talks to Phil Rogers about that self-belief,

Feature Yordenis Ugas training with Ismael Salas. Photo: PBC Top Cuban coach Ismael Salas, who will be in Joe Joyce’s corner this weekend, walks Declan Warrington through his journey from Cuba to Asia, Australia and the United States of America THE son of a middle-class Cuban-American engineer and Cuban mother, Ismael Salas was one of

Feature • Premium MAY 1988: Marlon Starling poses in Hartford, Connecticut (The Ring Magazine via Getty Images) Marlon Starling still hopes to one day take his rightful place in the International Hall of Fame, writes Thomas Gerbasi FOR MANY in the boxing world, especially in New York City, Mark Breland was going to be the

Editor’s letter Promoter Frank Warren reacts during the Tyson Fury vs. Dilian Whyte press conference at Wembley Stadium on March 01, 2022 (James Chance/Getty Images) Frank Warren is a very proud man, so it’s little surprise he took offence at last week’s issue, writes Matt Christie IT WAS terrific to see some quality boxing take

History • Premium Packey Mahoney Irishman Packey won over the fans with his fighting style but met his match against Bombardier Billy Wells BY ANY stretch of the imagination Packey Mahoney of Cork was a fearsome-looking heavyweight.   He boxed in an era where the majority of heavyweights looked like someone to be avoided at all

News Michael Watson and Johnny Nelson (Derek Rowe) Michael Watson steals the show at the seventh annual British Ex-Boxers Hall of Fame ceremony, with our fearless editor, Matt Christie, also inducted THE seventh annual British Ex-Boxers Hall of Fame took place on Sunday (September 17) inside a packed conventional hall at the Thistle Hotel at

Letters • Premium Dave Portnoy and Dan “Big Cat” Katz of Barstool Sports announce Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol during their WBA light heavyweight championship bout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Ed Mulholland/Matchroom) As well as the fight being somewhat anti-climactic, there were other issues for DAZN PPV the night of Canelo-GGG

Letters Saul “Canelo” Alvarez with his belts following a September 17 win against Gennadiy Golovkin in their trilogy fight (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) In his own words, Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez outlines his plan for the future and says sometimes “defeats are good things” AFTER yet another big win in my career, I’m going

Letters • Premium Gennadiy Golovkin shadowboxes during a media workout on March 20, 2018 in Big Bear, California (AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. Brown) This week’s panellists were asked for their thoughts on the career of Gennadiy Golovkin, the one-time scourge of the middleweight division who now appears to have reached the end of the road Wayne

Letters • Premium Matthew Macklin tries to survive against Gennadiy Golovkin Rather than remember the 40-year-old Gennady Golovkin who struggled against Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez on Saturday, here are 10 fights displaying him at his middleweight best… 1 Saúl Álvarez 1 Though it may seem odd for Golovkin’s “best” performance to have ended in a draw,

News • Opinion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez punches through the target against Gennady Golovkin on September 17 in Las Vegas (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez settles the score with Gennady Golovkin at the T-Mobile Arena, with Golovkin, at 40, nothing like the fighter of old, writes Elliot Worsell from Las Vegas WHEN the

News Jesse Rodriguez lands on Israel Gonzalez in Las Vegas on September 17 (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Jesse Rodriguez remains unbeaten and a work in progress, writes Elliot Worsell from Las Vegas IT will take much more than a super-flyweight champion defending a WBC belt to make me believe in reincarnation, yet the sight of Jesse

News Austin Williams opens up on Kieron Conway in Las Vegas on September 17 (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Elliot Worsell reports live from ringside in Las Vegas, where Austin Williams and Ali Akhmedov both secure 10-round decision victories THE last time Kieron Conway tasted defeat he was boxing in America (Arlington, Texas to be