Opinion In a bonus podcast we look back on the Loma-Lopez fight and get the Board’s reaction to Terry O’Connor taking his eyes off the action IN this special Loma-Lopez Big Fight Reaction bonus episode, Matt Christie and Alex Steedman wipe their weary eyes and look back on Teofimo Lopez defeating Vasiliy Lomachenko in Las
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Opinion • Premium On a night where boxing officials turned in some questionable cards it was refreshing to hear the commentators criticise the poor performances Broadcasts On a night of upsets and eyebrow-raising scorecards, broadcasters and commentators often draw criticism for their coverage of fights, with fans claiming bias, negligence and other such shortcomings. Thankfully,
News ‘I am very disappointed,’ Robert Smith says after Terry O’Connor is caught looking at his phone during fight he was judging THE British Boxing Board of Control’s Robert Smith promises that the performance of ringside judge Terry O’Connor will be investigated after he was seen looking at what appeared to be his phone before
Opinion • Opinion Do the WBC really need three lightweight champions? THE WBC are guilty of tying themselves in knots regarding tonight’s Vasiliy Lomachenko-Teofimo Lopez showdown. The contest is officially for Lomachenko’s WBA and WBO titles and Lopez’s IBF belt. Yet the WBC are adamant that all four versions of the lightweight title are on
News But Lewis Ritson tells Roy Kelly he won’t be going from round one to to 12 against Miguel Vazquez ‘giving it the big ones’ SAY what you like about Lewis Ritson, but he never fails to entertain. The Sandman, here in Peterborough to defend his WBA Inter-continental super-lightweight belt against Miguel Vazquez, rose to
History Mickey Hughes and Gary Jacobs wage war in a small hall classic MICKEY HUGHES w ko 8 GARY JACOBSOctober 17, 1990; York Hall, LondonIN a rip-roaring British welterweight bout staged inside the appropriate surrounds of York Hall in Bethnal Green, Mickey Hughes and Gary Jacobs produced an oft-forgotten classic. The commentators don’t appear to
News Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev will fight behind closed doors for the IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles ANTHONY JOSHUA will defend his IBF, WBA and WBO titles against Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev at The O2 in London on Saturday December 12. Sky Sports Box Office will broadcast in the UK while DAZN will show the event
History • Issue • Premium East Ender Mike Milligan made his mark on boxing in various roles Any serious collector of boxing ephemera will have seen the name Mike Milligan many times on British programmes and handbills of the 1930s to 1960s. He was, at various times, a pro boxer, trainer, second, whip and matchmaker.
Matt Christie breaks down the fascinating Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez clash AGE AND PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT LOMA: Ukraine’s Vasiliy Lomachenko is 32 years old and if he’s already not past his peak, there can’t be long left of it. He’s made no secret of his desire to walk away from the sport after a fighting
Opinion Tony Bellew and Eddie Hearn make a new fight at short notice. Roy Kelly reports from inside the Bubble Just how did we all cope in the age before mobile phones could do everything? There were fax machines to send vital correspondence through on – those of you under a certain age may need
Eddie Hearn tells Matt Christie and Alex Steedman about pay-per-view in the current marketplace, why Lomachenko-Lopez is not on Sky Sports and the good and bad of working with other promoters WE caught up with Eddie Hearn when he was in thick of his isolation period after testing positive for COVID-19 for the Boxing News
Amateur • Issue • Premium The situation for competitive amateur boxing in the UK remains challenging and complex. John Dennen rounds up the amateur scene THERE are European Youth and European Junior championships scheduled for next month, the former from November 11 to November 23 in Montenegro, the latter from November 23 to December 2
Fitness • Gear Chris Bevan/GB Boxing As he waits to resume his boxing career, Cyrus Pattinson has come up with an invention AS it has for so many, the pandemic has placed Cyrus Pattinson’s boxing career in limbo. While he waits to find out when his next chance to compete will be, the GB boxer
John Dennen considers Vasiliy Lomachenko’s place in history THE FINEST AMATEUR YET?Vasiliy Lomachenko is often said to be the greatest amateur boxer of all time. You can see why. Hardly anyone has ever achieved what the Ukrainian has done. A two-weight Olympic gold medallist, winner of the Val Barker trophy in 2008 for the best
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium After a summer flirtation with the hardcore’s affections, Eddie Hearn is once again a figure of hate IT didn’t take long for the inevitable to occur. Eddie Hearn is again being cast as the villain after a triumphant summer spent planning, hosting and executing a four-week fight festival in
Fitness • Technique Tony Jeffries demonstrates the combinations Floyd Mayweather and Tyson Fury have mastered BELOW I’ll show you four great head-body combinations that you can be using on the heavy bags. I’m sure you have heard people talking about boxing being like a chess match. Well, what they mean when they say that is
Issue • News • Premium Matt Bozeat and Matt Christie pay tribute to the heavyweight who greeted Lennox Lewis into the pro ranks has passed AL MALCOLM, the former Birmingham heavyweight who died last week aged 62 years old, used to say he was inches away from rewriting boxing history. Malcolm was chosen as Lennox
Emanuel Navarrete wins WBO title at featherweight but he doesn’t impress, writes Eric Armit EMANUEL NAVARRETE became a two-division titlist when he won the vacant WBO featherweight belt with a unanimous 12-round victory over Ruben Villa in Las Vegas on Friday (October 9) . On the surface, it opens the door to some tasty fights