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Issue • News • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Dmitry Bivol tells Phil Rogers about the complexities of fighting Alvarez and what happens next DMITRY BIVOL won two fights on Saturday night. The first was broadcast to millions around the world, the neon glare of the Vegas strip examining his every move against a modern great in Canelo

Issue • Opinion • Premium Sarah Stier/Getty Images Both Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano and Stevenson-Valdez draw encouraging viewing figures despite the contests taking place on the same night, writes George Gigney in his media review MUCH is often made of the fluctuating popularity of boxing. Some still compare this modern era with the 1960s

Issue • Premium • Reports Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Canelo Alvarez is out of ideas, outsized and thoroughly outboxed by brilliant Dmitry Bivol who is almost undone by unfathomable judging. Declan Warrington reports from Las Vegas WHENEVER the day comes for Canelo Alvarez to retire, his one-sided defeat by Dmitry Bivol risks ensuring that instead of being

News Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Light-heavyweight Dmitry Bivol defeats Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas. Canelo has already spoken of a rematch but the size difference means he will remain out of his depth, writes Declan Warrington from ringside Saul “Canelo” Alvarez had just had his most impressive round, one that suggested he was finally turning his fight

Feature • Issue • Premium Julian Finney/Getty Images It was a long and winding road to get to a world heavyweight title fight that ended with a single punch. Thomas Hauser on Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte ON APRIL 23, Tyson Fury scored a one-punch, sixth-round knockout over Dillian Whyte before 94,000 spirited fans at

Feature • Issue • Premium Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/HBO Legendary commentator Jim Lampley tells Thomas Gerbasi about life after boxing, the integrity that he and his old HBO colleagues held so dear and the possibility of a comeback MOST will still refer to Hall of Fame broadcaster Jim Lampley by his first name, but at the

News Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Declan Warrington watches Canelo Alvarez weigh in for his light-heavyweight clash with Dmitry Bivol, but sees the signs that it would be unwise for the Mexican to keep on moving up in weight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is expected to overcome the significant size disadvantage that was again demonstrated when he and Dmitry

News Melina Pizano/Matchroom While other sports are sanctioning Russian athletes due to the war on Ukraine, Dmitry Bivol takes on boxing’s most high profile star, Canelo Alvarez on Saturday. Declan Warrington reports from Las Vegas “EVERYBODY wants a payday,” Saul “Canelo” Alvarez smiled when, days before he fights Dmitry Bivol at the T-Mobile Arena in

Opinion Ed Mulholland/Matchroom In recent years, Álvarez has turned into an invincible man but next he meets his toughest opponent in several years. Matt Christie breaks down Canelo vs Bivol AGE & EXPERIENCEÁLVAREZ, born on July 18, 1990, is exactly five months older than Bivol. It would be tempting to say that as well as

Opinion Ed Mulholland/Matchroom The Opening Bell podcast looks back on the weekend’s tremendous, tumultuous Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano fight THE Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano showdown was truly sensational entertainment from start to finish. The fight and event triggered plenty of talking points… – Was the decision fair?– Is now the time to extend the duration

News Melina Pizano/Matchroom ‘He’s always saying stupid things about me,’ says Canelo Alvarez. Declan Warrington reports from Las Vegas ON the eve of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s toughest fight since his rematch with Gennadiy Golovkin in 2018, the spectre cast by Golovkin is proving greater than any of those invested in Alvarez-Bivol would hope or expect.

Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Sarah Stier/Getty Images Matt Christie on Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano, the holy grail for boxing NOW and again a fight comes along that changes everything. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, we salute you. Not only for the effort you both put forth inside a prize-ring but for the

Feature • Issue • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Dmitry Bivol might turn out to be another carefully selected opponent or, as Elliot Worsell identifies, he could give Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez one of his toughest fights THE last time Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez ventured to light-heavyweight to take on a Russian, both the challenge and the world

Issue • News • Premium Steve Marcus/Getty Images Bob Arum does not believe Tyson Fury will stay retired for long nor have any problems re-entering the USA. By Declan Warrington BOB ARUM has predicted Tyson Fury will fight again before the end of the year – and doesn’t expect him to have a problem travelling

Feature • Issue • Premium Melina Pizano/Matchroom Jack Hirsch investigates the claim that Álvarez really gets preferential treatment from boxing judges – an accusation regularly levelled at the mighty Mexican CANELO ÁLVAREZ’S 56-1-2 (38) only career defeat has been to Floyd Mayweather Jnr on points. In that 2013 superfight he was outboxed, but never hurt.

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Melina Pizano/Matchroom My love affair with New York began in a then-dangerous part of town alongside boxing royalty, writes Steve Bunce THERE was once a boxing gym above a McDonalds next to the Port Authority in New York City. That part of the city in February 1991 was squalid;

Issue • Opinion • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Jake Paul hogs the limelight, writes George Gigney in his boxing media review POST-FIGHT press conferences don’t often produce much in the way of major news or soundbites. It’s often a lot of “we’ll wait and see what’s next” and the fighters will have (usually) just gone through

History • Issue • Premium Universal/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images Miles Templeton pays tribute to Robert Cohen the recently departed former bantamweight king THE RECENT death of Robert Cohen seems to have gone under the radar in the sporting press. This Frenchman won the world bantamweight title in 1954 by beating Chamroem Songkitrat in a hard-fought 15-rounder in