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Premium • Archives John Dennen was ringside in Vegas for Floyd Mayweather’s stoppage win, a controversial fourth round victory over Victor Ortiz on September 17, 2011 FLOYD MAYWEATHER is destined to play the villain. In smashing Victor Ortiz to the canvas at the MGM Garden Arena, he didn’t violate the rules of boxing but he

In an epic investigation and definitive study, Oliver Fennell finds that deciphering the minor sanctioning bodies is not quite as easy as ABC… DID you know Danny Williams won a world heavyweight championship in 2018? Or that later the same year he was beaten by the only man to win world titles from lightweight to

Amateur • Issue • Premium Respected Kings Heath trainer Arthur Daly has retired. Matt Bozeat writes on his impact in this week’s Amateur Scene MIDLANDS amateur boxing has been rocked by the news that Kings Heath head coach Arthur Daly has retired after more than three decades in Northampton gyms. Daly turned out champion after

Boxers • Issue • Premium Albert St. Clair Ryan Charles tells George Storr about he started boxing, his comic book collection and more When and why you started boxing:I started boxing in 2006 at Islington Boxing Club, because at the time I’d been getting into trouble on the streets. I’d been stabbed and I was

History • Issue • Premium Britain-born Australian Eddie Miller dazzled UK fight fans, but returned to his birth country too late to fulfil his title ambitions NATIONALITY can be a contentious issue in boxing. When a leading fighter has lived for a long time in a place outside their birth country, fans will invariably debate

Issue • News • Premium Date scheduled but Board have not yet given Dillian Whyte the all-clear to take part, writes Matt Christie IT has been announced that Dillian Whyte will get the chance to level the score with Alexander Povetkin on November 21 at a British venue to be confirmed. Povetkin took the lead

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Steve Bunce remembers the not so famous fights and fighters that shaped Alan Minter FIGHTS with Shako Mamba in Munich, Emile Griffith in Monaco and Frankie Lucas in a nightclub made Alan Minter the fighter he was. The trilogy with Kevin Finnegan, the nasty fights with Gratien Tonna, the

Feature • Premium Ian Probert pays tribute to Britain’s former world middleweight king Alan Minter FOR a six-month period in 1980 Alan Minter was the only undisputed world champion in any weight division. That fact alone should have been enough to guarantee Minter, who sadly died from cancer on September 10 aged 69, a prominent

News Getty Images Paul Wheeler pays tribute to Jean-Baptiste Mendy, a man who twice reigned as a world lightweight king FORMER two-time world lightweight champion Jean-Baptiste Mendy sadly passed away in Paris at the end of last month (August 31). The 57-year-old Frenchman had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. Born in Senegal, Mendy won the

Floyd Mayweather too fast, sharp and good for Canelo Alvarez, but judge CJ Ross shared the headlines OUR then editor, Tris Dixon, was ringside at the MGM Grand for Floyd Mayweather’s eighth consecutive appearance at the resort in Sin City on September 14, 2013. The fight generated $150 million on Showtime PPV from 2.2 million

History Jack Dempsey stops Luis Firpo in two rounds but there were calls for him to be disqualified JACK DEMPSEY w ko 2 LUIS FIRPOSeptember 14, 1923; Polo Grounds, New York, NYIN the space of a mere three minutes and 57 seconds world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and challenger Luis Firpo exchanged 12 knockdowns. It

News Anthony Yarde gets the stoppage he promised against Dec Spelman, and invites comparison with British rival Lyndon Arthur ANTHONY YARDE had set himself a task. He’d declared he would halt Dec Spelman and, at 2-42 of their sixth round, he lived up to that promise. On Saturday (September 12) at York Hall in Bethnal

Frank Warren talks to Alex Steedman and Matt Christie about Daniel Dubois, the Matchroom proposal, that spat with Dillian Whyte, the road to Fury-Joshua and the future of British boxing YOU would have been disappointed if Daniel Dubois hadn’t put in that kind of performance against Ricardo Snijders? Well yeah. He was jumping out of

George Jupp hasn’t stepped inside a professional ring for well over three years. With a limited social media presence and a personality well suited to life behind the curtain, the 29-year-old is now happily retired in south-east London. He tells Lewis Watson of the best decision he’s ever made following a frustrating career TOUCHING down

News A brave venture but the only option available to promoters who want to return but don’t have a television deal INSIDE Hangar 34, a Liverpool venue built in 2016 to stage music events, small hall boxing makes its return behind closed doors. Promoter Clifton Mitchell hosts the five-fight show on Sunday (September 13) and,

John Evans talks to Denzel Bentley ahead of his enticing scrap with Mark Heffron ROUTINE never bites harder than during the damp, dull days of November. The mornings are dark, the evenings are darker and whatever your line of work, without self-motivation or a target to aim for, it is very easy to subconsciously switch

Issue • Premium • Preview Matt Bozeat previews Anthony Yarde vs Dec Spelman ANTHONY YARDE watched Lyndon Arthur keep his Commonwealth light-heavyweight title with a unanimous points win over Dec Spelman six weeks ago and wasn’t impressed. “It was boring,” he said. “He [Spelman] wouldn’t have gone 12 rounds with me.” On Saturday (September 12),

Premium • Archives A last round rally clinched revenge victory for ‘The Greatest’ – Muhammad Ali ENJOY our original report from an important fight in Muhammad Ali’s career. One in which he was forced to call on all his pride and all his courage, if need be, to prove to the world he was not