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Feature • Issue • Premium As Gennadiy Golovkin prepares to turn 40, speaking to Matt Christie, ‘GGG’ explains that he’s just like the rest of us when it comes to getting older SHORTLY after world middleweight champion Sergio Martínez pounded the resistance out of Matthew Macklin on St Patrick’s Day in 2012, the hands that

Feature • Issue • Premium For those who observe Ramadan, it means fasting from dawn to sunset for 30 days. For boxers who observe Ramadan, it means exactly the same, but with the grind of boxing training thrown in too, writes Elliot Worsell THERE will no doubt be plenty of boxers training hard and making

Feature DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images What would have happened if these famous 10 fights had got the rematch they deserved? OBVIOUS rematches sometimes don’t happen, irrespective of the sense they make. Here are 10 that the public assumed would, yet they somehow drifted away. 10. JACK JOHNSON w pts 15 SAM LANGFORDApril 26, 1906 – Chelsea,

Amateur LUIS ROBAYO/POOL/AFP/Getty Images Boxing remains in Paris 2024 and the new Olympic weight classes have been set. But IBA must still satisfy the IOC’s requirements to restore the sport to the 2028 Games THE weight classes that will be contested at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris have been confirmed. For the first time

News James Chance/Getty Images The undercard and pay-per-view price for Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte have also been set Extra tickets go on sale so a crowd of 94,000 will attend Fury-Whyte at Wembley stadium The pay-per-view will cost £24.95 on BT Sport Box Office in the UK The undercard for the bill has been

Issue • Premium • Reports Andy Whittle watches a late count deny Craig Derbyshire against Tommy Frank in Yorkshire A COUNT given to Craig Derbyshire with barely 10 seconds of his British flyweight title bout against old adversary Tommy Frank remaining at the Magna Centre on Sunday saw the Bentley man’s gallant title aspirations thwarted

Issue • Premium • Reports Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Savannah Marshall gives the watching Claressa Shields something to think about with an eighth consecutive KO win, writes Roy Kelly WITH Claressa Shields watching on from ringside, Savannah Marshall knocked out Femke Hermans in just three rounds on Saturday (April 2) in Newcastle. The same Hermans who

Reports Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Another victory for Sandor Martin in Spain, writes Eric Armit in his latest international round-up APRIL 1 BARCELONA, SPAIN Local hero SANDOR MARTIN, 40-2 (13), kept his hopes of a shot at Josh Taylor for the super-lightweight title alive as he outclassed Mexican JOSE FELIX, 39-6-1 (30). Martin outboxed Felix over

Archives Simon Bruty/Allsport Ray Mercer pulled no punches when he spoke about his unforgettable career – ‘We are in a sport, mother f**ker, and if I wanna talk s**t, I’m gonna talk s**t’ BOXING relies on the graphic and evocative. Images of glory and agony are etched into the history of a sport that promises

The enduring love-hate relationship between Roy Jones Jnr and Bernard Hopkins eventually reached its conclusion 12 years ago this week, writes Elliot Worsell THIS is a story about patience, perseverance and playing the long game. It is appropriate, therefore, more now than ever. Specifically, it is a lesson in longevity taught by Bernard Hopkins and

History Larry Braysher Gunner Moir was the heavyweight champion of his country when he became the first Briton to challenge for the world crown under modern rules against Tommy Burns in 1907. Simon Euan-Smith tells the fascinating story of a fight from a forgotten era and a chance meeting with Gunner’s son, Lon Moir I

History • Issue • Premium Michael Fresco/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Boxing scoring has always divided opinion, as the 1979 Needham-Cowdell contest illustrates, writes Miles Templeton THERE has been much criticism of the scoring of important contests across the UK in recent years and it is easy to believe that this is a modern phenomenon. Many

News LAWRENCE LUSTIG Savannah Marshall demolishes Femke Hermans in Newcastle. American rival Claressa Shields will be next, Roy Kelly writes from ringside WITH a stunning finish Savannah Marshall destroyed Femke Hermans in three rounds to pave the way for a world middleweight title spectacular with Claressa Shields. Unbeaten American superstar, owner of the WBC, WBA

News Barrington Coombs/Getty Images/BOA Olympic champion Lauren Price and Tokyo bronze medallist Karriss Artingstall sign with Sky Sports and Boxxer. They speak to John Dennen TWO of Britain’s stars from the last Olympic Games are turning professional. Lauren Price, the middleweight champion in Tokyo, and Karriss Artingstall, the featherweight bronze medallist, have signed with broadcaster

Feature • Issue • Premium Al Bello/Getty Images Bernard Hopkins once said, “If you don’t know how to control your emotions, that’s a signed death warrant in boxing.” Chad Dawson controlled his emotions when it mattered most – in the ring during his rematch against Hopkins, writes Thomas Hauser ON April 28, 2012, Chad Dawson

Issue • Premium • Preview Craig Derbyshire has lost 28 times and this weekend challenges Tommy Frank for the British title, writes Matt Bozeat TOMMY FRANK makes his first defence of the British flyweight championship on Sunday (April 3). Fightzone televise from the Magna Centre in Rotherham where the 28-year-old from Sheffield puts the 112lbs

Boxers Sam Mellish/GB Boxing Olympic bronze medallist Frazer Clarke answers our questions When and why you started boxing:I was 11 or 12. I started because I wanted to lose a bit of weight and I couldn’t fight. I wanted to look after myself because I was going up to high school and I was a

Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Josh Warrington’s latest, crucial fight is under discussion in the Opening Bell podcast and much more DANIEL KINAHAN continues to split opinion in the boxing world. For the boxers he represents, he is a breath of fresh air. Many promoters say he’s a dream to work with. And following Mauricio Sulaiman last