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News Usyk and Joshua ahead of fight one (Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) Anthony Joshua returns to Saudi Arabia for another rematch, this time against Oleksandr Usyk on August 20 THE last time Anthony Joshua needed to both exorcise the demons of a painful defeat and secure a payday the like of which most other boxers can

News Artur Beterbiev stops Joe Smith Jnr in New York (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Joe Smith Jnr wanted a quick answer and resolution in New York tonight and Artur Beterbiev was happy to oblige, writes Elliot Worsell WHILE it wasn’t quite on par with Peter McNeeley’s sterling effort in ’95, Joe Smith Jnr’s cavalier and

Feature • Premium Joe Smith tells Thomas Gerbasi he wants to be known as a ‘true world champion’, hence why he’s aiming at Artur Beterbiev JOE SMITH JNR had a feeling that Dmitry Bivol was going to beat Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on May 7. He had better insight than most, having gone 12 rounds with

Premium • Preview Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith in New York (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) Light-heavyweight Artur Beterbiev will look to steal back some of the limelight from countryman Dmitry Bivol when he meets Joe Smith Jnr this Saturday, writes Elliot Worsell IT wasn’t too long ago that the light-heavyweight

News • Opinion Joe Joyce in Las Vegas (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) After a year out the ring, London’s Joe Joyce will return in July against Christian Hammer, though surely hopes for more meaningful fights in the future DESPITE being out of the ring for a year, and despite being now 36 years of

Feature • Premium Ahead of his appearance on the Beterbiev-Smith undercard, Bruce Carrington tells Phil Rogers about losing his brother, missing out on an Olympics place and growing up in Brownsville PAIN is a sensation familiar to every fighter. It’s accepted, overcome, and dispensed with relish. Yet the agony of grief is something all of

Bunce Diaries • Premium 22nd February 1964: British pop group The Beatles at Miami’s 5th St Gym. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) How The Beatles ended up getting chinned by Muhammad Ali IF YOU are ever in Miami and you want to spar at Big Dino’s 5th St gym, it will cost you nothing for the

Letters • Premium Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer This week’s panellists were asked to name the fighter they believe carries the most amount of power in the UK currently Jason Cunningham (Current European super-bantamweight champion) There are different kinds of punchers: one-punch or accumulative. My pick is based not on one-punch power but the way he breaks his

Premium • Preview Two stalled fighters make their cases for big fights down the line in televised show, writes Matt Bozeat NATHAN GORMAN and Josh Kelly are the star attractions on Wasserman Boxing’s latest offering on Channel 5 this Friday night (June 17). Both fighters are keen to get their careers back on track on

Editor’s letter • Premium Dave Harris and Johnny Clark Ringside Charitable Trust to stage press conference to heighten awareness of the plight of ex-boxers BOXING, on the surface, is flying high. Two months ago, Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte competed at a sold-out Wembley Stadium for the world heavyweight championship. In August, Anthony Joshua and

Letters • Premium A tribute to Tommy Wright who fought some of the best of his era THE sport lost another good man recently with the death of Tommy Wright of Doncaster, aged 70, in early May. Tommy had exactly 50 professional contests in a topsy-turvy career that lasted between 1973 and 1980. He lost

Letters • Premium Following Daniel Dubois’ straightforward win against Trevor Bryan last weekend, this week’s panellists were asked to predict the outcome of a fight between Dubois and Dillian Whyte Jason Cunningham (Current European super-bantamweight champion) Good fight. At this stage I’d expect the fresher of the two, Dubois, to win. Dillian’s always dangerous but

Feature • Premium CANASTOTA, NY – The International Boxing Hall of Fame (Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images) Hall of Fame trilogy induction weekend with Mayweather, Jones, Hopkins, Toney et al sees the good times return to Canastota, writes Tris Dixon BOXING finally came home. They call Canastota ‘Boxing’s Hometown’ in upstate New York but for

News TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images Surprise, surprise, Tyson Fury announces his intention to return to the boxing ring if paid enough money for his time, writes Elliot Worsell WHENEVER children declare they are taking a vow of silence in the name of competition, there is always one child who, despite wanting to win, has a crippling

Opinion Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Having successfully reached 5-0 (4) as a professional boxer, and also flourished as a manager and promoter, isn’t it about time Jake Paul actually boxed a boxer? Elliot Worsell investigates THERE was a time when the principal mystery surrounding the announcement of a fight promotion was all to do with matchups

Premium • Reports Dubois knocks out Bryan, David Martin-Warr/DKP Following Daniel Dubois’ destruction of Trevor Bryan, Declan Taylor looks back on a strange week in Miami and a promotion redolent of a Monty Python sketch A LITTLE under three hours before Daniel Dubois set about Trevor Bryan in an ageing Miami casino, his trainer Shane

Editor’s letter • Premium An integral part of the Boxing News setup for over 12 years, John Dennen gave a voice to countless British amateur boxers and this week left the team for pastures new, writes Matt Christie THERE are numerous things I could write about this week. Devin Haney being crowned the new lightweight

News Action Images/Andrew Couldridge Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY. Forget about the title he received at the end of it, Daniel Dubois’ fourth-round stoppage of Trevor Bryan in Miami was an impressive performance, writes Elliot Worsell IT was a strange fight in a strange location against a strange opponent for a strange belt, but in the