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Boxers • Premium Jennifer Charlton Photography George Storr talks to April Hunter – a proud Geordie When and why you started boxing:I started when I was 21, so I haven’t actually been boxing long. I just went to the gym to lose weight and they said, ‘You’re talented. Will you join our amateur team?’ A

News Promoter Oscar De La Hoya has emphasised the need to get superstars like Canelo Alvarez back in the ring LAST week Oscar De La Hoya was announcing his intentions to return to the boxing ring at the ripe old age of 47. This week, meanwhile, he is extolling the virtues of another Golden Boy,

Daniel Dubois lays out his targets for the years ahead. He speaks to John Dennen HAS British heavyweight boxing ever been so strong? Between them Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury hold all four of the major heavyweight titles. Dillian Whyte remains a contender. Joe Joyce, who was unfortunate to come away from the last Olympics

Feature • Issue • Premium Part of a famed fighting family, boxing has always coursed through Gary Russell Jnr’s veins. Here, he details his journey from a basement gym to a world title MY earliest memory of boxing is from when I was about four years old. My father, Gary Russell Snr, used to box

News Croatian heavyweight Alen Babic says countryman and fellow prospect Filip Hrgovic has no match for his “life experience” ALMOST as important as being able to fight these days is being able to talk a good one and Croatian heavyweight Alen ‘The Savage’ Babic, though very much unproven, appears to be working hard on developing

Feature Tony Bellew is the guest on the lastest Opening Bell podcast and analyses Dillian Whyte’s loss to Alexander Povetkin After Alexander Povetkin stunned Dillian Whyte with a sensational knockout win, Tony Bellew joins Alex Steedman and Matt Christie to dissect where Whyte went wrong and the changes he must make to win the rematch.

Feature • Issue • Premium LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 30: Liam Walsh (L) of England and Paul Appleby of Scotland exchange blows during the Commonwealth Super Featherwight Title Fight held at York Hall on September 30, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) Former British champion Paul Appleby is no longer a boxer

Issue • Premium • Preview LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 20: Daniel Dubois poses for a photo after the Media work out at Peacock Gym on June 20, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images) Dubois left with far more straightforward assignment against Snijders after Pfeifer pulls out, writes Matt Bozeat AFTER Joe Joyce

News Frank Warren says Daniel Dubois would do an Alexander Povetkin on Dillian Whyte should their paths ever cross IT’S fair to say Dillian Whyte’s career took a step back on Saturday night (August 22), thanks in large part to the almighty uppercut Russia’s Alexander Povetkin landed on his chin in Brentwood. But that doesn’t

Feature • Issue • Premium Tom Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions Glory came late to Bernard Hopkins, arguably the best over-forty fighter ever. He restated his case for greatness against Winky Wright BERNARD HOPKINS is unique as a fighter in that he will be remembered more for what he accomplished in the ring when he was

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium The silence when Dillian fell was deafening but the disappointment an age old tale, writes Steve Bunce There was the truck with the jets of cleansing mist, the temperature reading, the familiar lines that could not be crossed and then there was a garden shed for my night of

Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Richard Heathcote/Getty Images It was a disastrous night for Whyte but the conclusion of Fight Camp may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for the sport IT had all gone so smoothly. Almost eerily so. Eddie Hearn had staged four outdoor events on four consecutive weekends during

Issue • Letters • Premium Stephanie Trapp/Showtime For some boxers a reign as world champion will be short-lived, whereas for others it can last years. 1. WANHENG MEENAYOTHIN (NOVEMBER 2014) Closing in on six years as the WBC strawweight champion, the 54-0 Meenayothin has successfully defended his title 12 times. The Thai was contemplating retirement

News UFC President Dana White believes he knows the reason why Oscar De La Hoya is eager to return to the ring at the age of 47 LAST week former multi-weight world champion Oscar De La Hoya announced his intention to return to boxing at the ripe old age of 47. Some, like Amir Khan,

Alexander Povetkin makes a mockery of the past as he wrecks the dreams of Dillian Whyte, writes Matt Christie IF Dillian Whyte is looking for inspiration when he dusts himself off and makes his inevitable return he only needs to look at the man who sensationally knocked him cold on Saturday night for inspiration. For

Issue • Premium • Reports HENNESSY SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING FLY BY NITE STUDIOS REDDITCH pic;LAWRENCE LUSTIG BRITISH LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE SHAKAN PITTERS V CHAD SUGDEN SHAKAN PITTERS WINS West beats East in all-Midlands British title showdown, writes Andy Whittle THE last time Redditch played host to pro boxing, almost 70 years ago, the winner of the

Fitness • Technique Tony Jeffries reveals the most common mistakes in boxing training and how to put them right IN the video below I show you the six most common mistakes in boxing training.  What is crazy is I won an Olympic medal making some of these mistakes. It does make me think, if my

News • Premium John Dennen speaks to a promoter hoping to take boxing in India to a new level BOXING is a global sport, even if it is only just coming out of hibernation after the coronavirus lockdown. But there are still markets with untapped potential. India could be exactly that. In the amateur sport