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Editor’s letter • Premium All those who fire-walked in Portsmouth to raise money for Ringside Charitable Trust (RCT) The Ringside Charitable Trust fire-walk was a triumph but the lack of big-name support is alarming, writes Matt Christie WHEN you’re the editor of Boxing News, the biggest enemy is not the delicate egos of promoters, disgruntled

News • Premium Oldham’s Mark Heffron tries to win a British title at the third attempt this weekend, writes Elliot Worsell ALTHOUGH it is said you should never waste time on regrets, Oldham’s Mark Heffron has for almost four years been ruing the day a British middleweight title fight against Jason Welborn turned into a

Letters • Premium Hopkins before fighting Felix ‘Tito’ Trinidad (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) This week’s panellists were asked to pick a favourite moment from the career of Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins Jordan Gill (Current European featherweight champion) So many amazing moments. Personally, seeing him beat a 40-0 Felix Trinidad as an underdog was

Feature • Premium Bernard Hopkins and Bouie Fisher (Photo by: The Ring Magazine via Getty Images) Bernard Hopkins was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this year and there was a quiet elderly man on his shoulder the Philly icon gave credit to, writes Tris Dixon “WE USED to remember this sharp old

Letters • Premium Ryan Hafey/PBC This week’s panellists were asked to close their eyes and imagine what would happen should the paths of Deontay Wilder and Dereck Chisora cross Jordan Gill (Current European featherweight champion) It’s a fight I really don’t want to see. Dereck is a cult hero of the sport and delivers entertainment

Feature • Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Having just got back in the win column with a decision against Kubrat Pulev, heavyweight Dereck Chisora will soon be on the hunt for his next opponent. Elliot Worsell offers some ideas IN keeping with the tradition of selling a product as something it’s not, the promised 41 potential

Feature • Premium Frank Warren (Scott Rawsthorne / Queensberry Promotion) In the year that Frank Warren turned 70, Declan Warrington got the chance to sit down with the legendary promoter and have him reflect on his career To mark Frank Warren’s 70th birthday and his four decades in boxing, the Boxing Writers’ Club hosted a

Letters • Premium Paul Charters Former two-weight Northern Area champion Paul Charters is the focus of this week’s Yesterday’s Heroes I RECEIVED a text this week from a stalwart of the North-Eastern scene, Paul Charters, telling me that he is stepping back from the game. Paul has been a familiar face on the North-Eastern circuit

Feature • Premium Hamzah Sheeraz (Scott Rawsthorne / Queensberry Promotions) Slough’s Hamzah Sheeraz has experienced both isolation and ramshackle living during his American adventure, but knows it’s all for the best, writes Declan Taylor THE RISE of Hamzah Sheeraz had been about as serene as any of British boxing’s other blue chip prospects since the

News • Opinion Dereck Chisora lands on Kubrat Pulev (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) Dereck Chisora wins his 45th pro fight, beating Kubrat Pulev by decision, but winning and losing have come to mean the same thing for the entertaining heavyweight, writes Elliot Worsell HOLLYWOOD is littered with stories of confused and often troubled protagonists stuck

Letters No sport has gifted as many idioms to everyday language as the sport of boxing and no sport embraces a cliché quite like boxing, either. Here are 10 of the best… 1 Styles make fights This is often said in response to an assumption that Boxer A beats Boxer B due to their form

Premium • Preview Derek Chisora and Kubrat Pulev at the press conference to announce their rematch (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) Veterans Pulev and Chisora set to collide in bizarre return, writes Matt Christie EVEN if we include Teenwolf Too, Neverending Story III and Chad Dawson-Antonio Tarver II, it’s unlikely we’ll be able to find a

Letters • Premium Matchroom This week’s panellists are asked to name their favourite characters in boxing Dave Allen (Heavyweight contender) I think the biggest character in boxing right now is Tyson Fury. He’s big and loud and, while his controversial days are behind him, he’s always making headlines. Michael Conlan (Featherweight contender) I think the

Letters • Premium Jack Thomas/Getty Images This week’s panellists are asked to pick a next opponent for undefeated heavyweight Joe Joyce Dave Allen (Heavyweight contender) I think Joe Joyce could beat everyone, but I could also see his lack of defence leading to early knockout defeats if he faces the likes of Anthony Joshua or

Feature • Premium Mark Magsayo fights Gary Russell Jr. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) Featherweight Mark Magsayo tells Lewis Watson all about the moment he was first inspired by countryman Manny Pacquiao MARK MAGSAYO is in good spirits. It’s easy reminiscing on his childhood now he’s regarded as one of the best featherweights on the

Feature Herbie Hide in 1995 (John Gichigi/ALLSPORT) Days before Chisora and Pulev attempt to bring “total carnage” to the O2 Arena, Elliot Worsell tells the story of a man who made both appear quite tame and predictable THE first time I met and interviewed Herbie Hide we were in Spitalfields market on a weekday and

Feature • Premium Ellie Scotney looks on during her super-bantamweight fight against Eva Cantos (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images) Ellie Scotney is her own worst critic and pains over every performance. That desire for perfection is a quality that could take her to the very top, writes John Evans IT’S SAID that if you do

News Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall will fight on September 10 in London (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images) While en route to the press conference to announce Shields vs. Marshall on September 10, Peter Fury, Marshall’s coach, tells Elliot Worsell why the fight means so much to him SEVEN years ago, Peter Fury was accompanying