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Feature Jai Opetaia lands on Mairis Briedis in Australia (Photo by Peter Wallis/Getty Images) As Australia’s Jai Opetaia becomes the latest champion to emerge at cruiserweight, Elliot Worsell investigates why its previous suitors rarely stuck around NO division in boxing is used and abused quite like the cruiserweight division and therefore its abandonment issues are

Letters • Premium Ginger Sadd and his manager Wally Day Ginger Sadd was a clever and majestic boxer who could hold his own with, and beat, the best, writes Miles Templeton AT ONE time, it was said, Ginger Sadd was more famous in his own city than the local football club, Norwich City. Ginger was

News • Premium Tyler Denny celebrates beating River Wilson-Bent (Pic Lawrence Lustig) Tyler Denny, the new English middleweight champion, has done things the hard way so far and is now hoping for some kind of security, writes Elliot Worsell THEY say there is no sport as lonely as boxing, which, if true, means there is

News Boxing News win big at the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) annual writing awards BOXING NEWS figured prominently in the Boxing Writers Association of America annual writing awards, The Bernies, with the brand being named as the leading publication/website for 2021. Several writers and contributors also picked up key individual awards. In addition

News • Opinion Joe Joyce wades into Christian Hammer at Wembley (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images) After taking two rounds to clear his throat, Joe Joyce walked through Christian Hammer in round four, writes Elliot Worsell LIKE a 19-stone, monosyllabic metaphor for life itself, heavyweight Joe Joyce offers opponents so much hope and opportunity only

Feature • Premium Tyson Fury with Wladimir Klitschko, Andy Lee and Emanuel Steward Twelve years ago, a number of respected fighters in Detroit were seeing things in Tyson Fury the rest of the world would come to discover many years later, writes Declan Warrington Tyson Fury was a bullish 21-year-old when, in 2010, and partly

Letters • Premium This week’s panellists are asked to pick the ideal location to have a boxing match Maxi Hughes (Lightweight contender) Before I retire, I’d love to box in the USA, either in Vegas at the MGM Grand, or in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. Both cities are on my holiday list, too.

Feature • Premium Boxing: WBC Heavyweight Title: Closeup of fight promoter Don King with cigar and miniature flags in locker room before Deontay Wilder vs Eric Molina title bout at Bartow Arena. Birmingham, AL 6/13/2015 CREDIT: Kevin Liles (Photo by Kevin Liles /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images/Getty Images) (Set Number: X159703 TK1 ) The end

Feature Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua at a press conference to announce their August 20 rematch in Saudi Arabia (Picture: Mark Robinson) After everything that has happened to his country this year, Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk is even less concerned about the threat of Anthony Joshua in August, writes Declan Taylor OLEKSANDR USYK sits in a

Bunce Diaries • Premium Eddie Avoth celebrating his victory against John ‘Young’ McCormack in 1969. (C. Maher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) British underdogs jetting off to bizarre locations in August is nothing new, writes Steve Bunce WE ARE off to Saudi Arabia during a month when the old boxing game would close in Britain. There was

News Any hope that Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jnr will fight in the near future was today strengthened by the news that Smith will now fight on Sky Sports IT could end up being the latest installment in the long-running series of ‘Fights Too Good and Obvious to Actually Happen’ but today there is

Letters • Premium This week’s panellists are asked to pick a winner in the October light-heavyweight fight between Artur Beterbiev and Anthony Yarde Maxi Hughes (Lightweight contender) I give Yarde a puncher’s chance. After studying Beterbiev, it’s clear there’s a lot more to his game than destructive power. He also has great balance, timing, and

Feature • Premium Joe Joyce (Harry How/Getty Images) Joe Joyce is no stranger to travelling around the world to seek out the best possible training. Here, in Las Vegas, while working with Cuban Ismael Salas, he speaks with Declan Taylor THE temperate is in the 40s by the time Joe Joyce emerges through the sliding

Editor’s letter • Premium Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua at a press conference to announce their August 20 rematch in Saudi Arabia (Picture: Mark Robinson) Is it fair to criticise Usyk and Joshua for accepting big money to fight in the Middle East? SAUDI ARABIA, here we go again. It’s been two-and-a-half years since Anthony

Feature • Long read Michael Conlan makes his ringwalk ahead of Leigh Wood fight (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) Fifteen weeks after the first knockout defeat of his life, Irish featherweight Michael Conlan returns to the ring for his first sparring session, writes Elliot Worsell ON Monday, June 27, Michael Conlan sparred eight rounds for the

News Action Images/Reuters/Andrew Couldridge Many weeks after the video went viral, former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua addresses the now infamous confrontation at Loughborough University, writes Declan Taylor ANTHONY JOSHUA has finally explained why he felt the need to confront a group of Loughborough University students in the early hours of one morning last month.

News Oleksander Usyk and Anthony Joshua at press conference (Picture By Mark Robinson) Heavyweights Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua met in London today ahead of their fight on August 20 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, writes Declan Taylor ANTHONY JOSHUA is adamant he will not ‘make the same mistake twice’ against the man he described as

Letters • Premium NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 18: Artur Beterbiev punches Joe Smith Jr during the light heavyweight title bout at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on June 18, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) I’ve fought, sparred and trained some top light-heavyweights. None compare to Artur, says