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Paul Wheeler considers where the Terence Crawford vs Kell Brook bout may be won and lost AGE AND PHYSICAL EQUIPMENTCRAWFORD: Although the 34-year-old Brook is regarded as the veteran in this fight, Crawford is only a year younger than the Brit. However, Crawford has not been involved in such punishing scraps as Brook, though he

Katie Taylor headlines as a trio of women’s world title fights top Eddie Hearn’s latest Matchroom offering, writes Declan Taylor NOBODY could have predicted that what would really help women’s boxing receive more mainstream exposure in this country was a global pandemic. In a boxing landscape where the age-old currency of ticket-sellers is just about

Issue • Premium • Preview After fighting to a draw two months ago, Mark Heffron and Denzel Bentley will now rematch for the British middleweight title THE vacant British middleweight championship is on the line when Mark Heffron and Denzel Bentley clash in a rematch at the BT Sport Studio in Stratford on Friday night

Feature • Issue • Premium Mikey Williams/Top Rank That one perfect night. Kell Brook may already have experienced his, but it seems that Terence Crawford’s is still to occur, writes Paul Wheeler WHEN they look back on their career, every boxer has that one special night. That one special fight. When their head hits the

News Updates from the Boxing News team over the course of the week IT’S a relief to know that Kell Brook and Terence Crawford have come through the first (of two) COVID-19 tests ahead of their WBO welterweight title fight in Las Vegas on Saturday. Boxing News subscribers can read exclusive columns from Brook here

Boxers • Issue • Premium George Storr talks to an unexpected crossword fiend in Jamie Cox When and why you started boxing:I started boxing when I was eight. My dad and my uncle got me into it. Favourite all-time fighter: Joe Calzaghe. My mother’s Welsh, so I grew up on him. He’s the best fighter

Issue • Opinion • Premium The recent success of Teofimo Lopez must come with a warning, writes Jack Hirsch WHEN Teofimo Lopez defeated Vasiliy Lomachenko last month a new star was born. Not just the fighter himself after a virtuoso showing, but the man who has trained him from childhood, his father Teofimo Lopez Snr.

Fitness • Technique Tony Jeffries talks about the pros and cons of the peekaboo guard On this video I talk all about the high guard in boxing. Lots of fighters have success with using the “high guard.” My favorites were Winky Wright and Arthur Abraham, to name a couple who where well known for this style

As only he can Steve Bunce tells the story of Dave Zyglewicz, the world title fight he secured and The Big Cat who was shot THE advert was in The Ring and the message was simple. It was an SOS, a few words to save our sport. The heavyweight boxing business was in turmoil, under

Issue • Opinion • Premium Hogan Photos De La Hoya loses his cash cow in Canelo Alvarez but plots his own return while bad boys Davis and Broner find themselves in hot water, writes George Gigney AS celebrations spread in countless areas of America in response to the news that Joe Biden will be the

Kell Brook in his own words explains why he’ll beat Terence Crawford I’M happy. I’m not worried about the weight, I’m not worried about my fitness and doing 12 rounds. I’m exactly the best I could be in this pandemic. We’re going to leave it all in that ring. Carlos Formento is an unbelievable trainer.

In his own words Terence Crawford considers where he stands in the boxing world today 2020 has been a rough year but at the same time we’ve got to go with the flow. Got to take it how it comes. I was expecting to at least have two to three fights this year but all

Feature • Premium In his own words Evander Holyfield reveals how he conquered ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson ON November 9, 1996 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Evander Holyfield halted Mike Tyson in the 11th round. The people said Tyson would kill me. I had lost to [Riddick] Bowe and looked bad against Bobby Czyz.

Caleb Plant is in the running for a December showdown with Canelo Alvarez. He talks exclusively to Thomas Gerbasi and Boxing News about his life, career and the Mexican superstar THE vultures came out in force for the head of Caleb Plant in February. Fresh from the second successful defense of his IBF super-middleweight title,

Devin Haney dominates an ageing Yuriorkis Gamboa but fails to impress the masses. Is the criticism fair? DEVIN HANEY, an emerging fighter of immense promise, scored a 12-round whitewash over an accomplished but faded former champion in 38-year-old Yuriorkis Gamboa. It was a typical coming of age contest, one where the young dominated the old

History • Reports The Boxing News report from the classic Inoue-Donaire barnburner THE ORIGINAL BOXING NEWS REPORT FROM 2019 TWO days before KSI and Logan Paul hijacked a boxing ring in Los Angeles and highlighted how difficult the sport is to master, Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire delivered a bedazzling exhibition of boxing at its

Canelo Alvarez is now a free agent after the lawsuit against DAZN and Golden Boy Promotions is resolved THE historic $365m contract Canelo Alvarez signed with DAZN through Golden Boy Promotions in 2018 is now history. It extended Alvarez’s deal with Golden Boy and was at the time the richest contract for a professional athlete.

History Heinz Kluetmeier Sugar Ray Leonard and Donny Lalonde engage in underrated barnburner SUGAR RAY LEONARD w rsf 9 DONNY LALONDENovember 7, 1988; Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV WHEN one looks back on the career of Sugar Ray Leonard, this victory over Donny Lalonde is rarely mentioned as one of his best nights. Perhaps it’s