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In September 1973 a young Simon Euan-Smith was in his early days as a Boxing News reporter when he was handed the golden ticket – a trip to Paris and a ringside seat for Carlos Monzon’s rematch with Jean-Claude Bouttier OF course I had no business going to Paris to cover a world title bout.

Opinion James Chance/Getty Images A panel of experts on Daniel Dubois vs Joe Joyce Mike CostelloBBC commentatorDubois will rightly start favourite but Joyce could be difficult to shift and his win against Bryant Jennings is better than anything on Dubois’ record. Dubois handled the build-up to the Gorman fight well and from my experience last

Opinion Listen to the latest episode of the Boxing News podcast, featuring Frank Warren FRANK WARREN joins Alex Steedman and Matt Christie to discuss: Daniel Dubois’ thrashing of the overmatched Ricardo Snijders; the likelihood of Joe Joyce coming next; the state of British boxing post-lockdown; the proposal to Matchroom and Eddie Hearn; that spat with Dillian Whyte;

Alex Dilmaghani will find out where he’s at against Ziani, writes Matt Bozeat HIS Saturday (September 5), Channel 5 screens Alex Dilmaghani’s bid to take the European super-featherweight title away from all-action French southpaw Samir Ziani. The Crayford portsider will have his hands full with the 30-year-old visitor at Production Park Studios in South Kirkby.

Feature • Issue • Premium Don Majeski knows more about boxing history than almost anyone and his knowledge of the sport has seen him employed by almost everyone in the sport, writes Jack Hirsch WHEN you are goaded into a debate by Don Majeski it is advisable that you put your ego aside, because by

Jamel Herring plans to power through Jonathan Oquendo to reach a fight with Carl Frampton. He speaks to John Dennen JAMEL HERRING has been watching Carl Frampton. The WBO super-featherweight champion expects to meet the Northern Irishman in November, if Herring gets through Saturday’s (September 5) defence against Jonathan Oquendo. It made him an interested

History Meldrick Taylor starts as underdog but hammers the brilliant Buddy McGirt to defeat in 12 rounds MELDRICK TAYLOR w rsf 12 BUDDY McGIRTSeptember 3, 1988; Harrah’s Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, NJBEFORE defending his IBF 140lbs belt against the burgeoning Meldrick Taylor, Buddy McGirt – a narrow favourite – claimed his opponent had been fast-tracked

Amateur • Issue • Premium Andy Chubb Photography John Dennen finds out about the important work of programmes at Tamworth Boxing Club AS well as restarting boxing training after the coronavirus lockdown, Tamworth Boxing Club has been running a programme to prevent radicalisation and extremism. Having to restrict numbers, due to Covid precautions, it’s a

Matt Christie speaks to those who were closest to the action when Frank Bruno, at last, claimed the world heavyweight title IN the land of the hardest game, where the bravest of hearts bend and break, feel-good stories as uplifting as the one achieved by Frank Bruno are rare. The British boxer, the musclebound everyman,

History Frank Bruno survives torturous last round to at last win a version of the world heavyweight title FRANK BRUNO w pts 12 OLIVER McCALLSeptember 2, 1995; Wembley Stadium, London IT’S true, this bout was scrappy and cumbersome for large periods, but in September 1995, with the nation’s favourite athlete winning but tiring and the

Issue • News • Premium Tony Bellew reveals plans for a new division to be created between cruiserweight and heavyweight and the fights that can be made AT the WBC Annual Convention last month, the sanctioning body put forward plans to create a new division that will sit between cruiserweight and heavyweight in an effort

Issue • Opinion • Premium Jeff Horn’s trainer Glenn Rushton did his fighter no favours by letting him continue against Tim Tszyu ONE of the last things that boxers are told before answering the opening bell is that they should protect themselves at all times. Hopefully the advice is taken to heart because they can’t

History The impact of Bundini on Muhammad Ali, his relationship with Angelo Dundee and the theatrics of professional sport. Read an extract from Todd Snyder’s new book here TO understand Drew Bundini Brown’s approach to motivation, one must first come to understand his views on spirituality. Bundini believed that truly great fighters were chosen by

Issue • Premium • Reports Jose Ramirez’s 12-rounder with Viktor Postol fails to catch fire writes Matt Christie as he rounds up the week’s action VIKTOR POSTOL had been out of the ring for 16 months before his challenge to Jose Ramirez inside Top Rank’s Bubble in Las Vegas’ MGM Grand on Saturday night (August

Kevin Johnson became a contender under the watchful eye of Larry Holmes long before he became the gatekeeper he remains today. But not everyone is allowed through, as Yoan Pablo Hernandez discovered last month. Pete Carvell talked to one of the most colourful characters in boxing KEVIN JOHNSON knew the day before how it would

History Joe Louis forced into the trenches to outpoint Tommy Farr in stirring encounter JOE LOUIS w pts 15 TOMMY FARR August 30, 1937; Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NYTOMMY FARR was the first of 25 successful defences (a record that still stands today) for world heavyweight champion Joe Louis and few were tougher than this for

History • Premium Larry Braysher Yorkshire heavyweight Herbert Crossley’s US trip started with a fight with the legendary Gene Tunney but ended in tragic circumstances soon after THE South Yorkshire town of Mexborough, perhaps best known for its coal-mining roots, was once a hotbed of boxing. Before World War II, fights were held there regularly

Premium • Reports James Chance/Getty Images The outgunned Ricardo Snijders is devoured by Daniel Dubois, whose attention now turns to Joe Joyce AS expected, highly touted young heavyweight Daniel Dubois blasted through Ricardo Snijders with minimal fuss at the BT Sport Studio, needing just three minutes and 20 seconds to dispatch the outgunned Dutchman. Heerlen’s