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Preview Savannah Marshall headlines as she waits for that elusive showdown with Claressa Shields, writes John Dennen WE want to see Savannah Marshall fighting Claressa Shields. Marshall is the only boxer to have beaten the American star, in a now long distant 2012 amateur bout. They have a budding rivalry, the qualities they possess should

Issue • News • Premium Craig Derbyshire is trying to go somewhere no journeyman has gone before, writes Matt Bozeat NINE fights into his pro career, Craig Derbyshire wasn’t just waiting for his first win. He was waiting to land his first punch. “I went straight into pro boxing from cage fighting and there’s a

Issue • News • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Linus Udofia will get his chance against Denzel Bentley, writes Elliot Worsell SIX years into his professional career, Luton’s patient and promising Linus Udofia finally gets his shot at the British middleweight title on May 13 in London (Indigo at The O2, Greenwich). To win the belt, the

News Ryan Garcia on his struggles beyond the ropes, returning to the ring and why Gervonta Davis is the most realistic super-fight for him right now AFTER more than a year out of the ring, Ryan Garcia returns on April 9, when he boxes Emmanuel Tagoe at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Garcia needed that

Opinion EDDIE KEOGH/Matchroom Boxing Joshua Buatsi, Callum Smith, Anthony Yarde, Callum Johnson and more, there is a groups tremendous British light-heavyweights. Who’d win if they all fought through a tournament? Tony JeffriesOlympic light-heavyweight medallistFor me it is either Joshua Buatsi or Callum Smith. At this stage I would opt for Callum as he would hold

Opinion As the featherweight division takes centre stage domestically, here is a list of 10 featherweight belt-holders from the United Kingdom and Ireland 1. Naseem HamedHamed redefined the weight class with his power and showmanship. After winning the WBO featherweight title against Steve Robinson in 1995, he defended it 15 times, adding the IBF and

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing The dressing room after a defeat is a time of raw emotion. Steve Bunce was backstage in the aftermath of Josh Warrington vs Kiko Martinez LONG after Kiko Martínez had left the building, the floor in his changing room was still slick with his blood and

Issue • Opinion • Premium James Chance/Getty Images In the absence of Fury and Whyte we get a slanging match between a promoter and a lawyer, writes George Gigney in his boxing media review IF we’re not going to get any confrontations in the media between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte ahead of their Wembley

Archives Ron Case/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images In his own words George Chuvalo recalled how he angered the great Muhammad Ali MUHAMMAD ALI was supposed to fight the winner of my fight with Mike DeJohn in Louisville, Kentucky in September 1963. I saw Cassius, as he was known then, and he was wearing a three-piece suit with

Reports Martin Rose/Getty Images Felix Sturm’s comeback surely ends with defeat to Szili, writes Pete Carvill A MAJORITY decision was ridiculous. The 43-year-old Felix Sturm looked like a clear loser to Hungary’s Istvan Szili after 12 rounds at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund on Saturday (March 26). The first event from LIB Boxpromotion was the first

Reports Gareth Jones watches a 35-year-old Lee Selby fail to turn back the clock against Gustavo Lemos LEE SELBY saw his dreams of becoming Wales’s first two-weight ‘world’ titlist turn to dust beneath the relentless fists of new star Gustavo Lemos in front of a delirious crowd in Buenos Aires on Saturday (March 26). “Time

Opinion Jack Hirsch makes the case why Joe Louis should be considered a greater fighter than even Muhammad Ali THE year was 1979 and Muhammad Ali was heavyweight champion of the world having regained the title from Leon Spinks the year before. I was hanging around the ring at the Sweeney Center Police Athletic League

Feature DOUG KANTER/AFP/Getty Images Twenty years after seeing both his unbeaten record and reputation ruined, Shane Mosley explains why Vernon Forrest was a fighter he could not defeat. By Elliot Worsell TWENTY years ago, there were three Americans at the top of the mythical pound-for-pound list and each of them fought within a week of

Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing After stopping Kiko Martinez in seven rounds Josh Warrington still belongs at the top of the featherweight division, writes Declan Taylor A year and a month after his career was rocked by Mauricio Lara at an empty Wembley Arena, Josh Warrington proved that he is no spent force on the world

Reports Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer Richard Riakporhe’s power is a legitimate threat, but he can’t solely rely on that to challenge the best in his division, writes John Dennen from Wembley RICHARD RIAKPORHE settled his rivalry with fellow London cruiserweight Deion Jumah inside eight rounds at Wembley Arena on Saturday (March 26). Both started cautiously with Jumah,

News Dave Thompson Oleksandr Usyk had stayed to serve in Ukraine as Russia invaded, but the heavyweight will go forward with his rematch with Anthony Joshua OLEKSANDR USYK will start training for his rematch with Anthony Joshua, likely to take place in June of this year. Ukraine’s Usyk had spectacularly outpointed Joshua last September to

News Probellum Troy Williamson prevails in a thrilling battle, while Olympic silver medallist Pat McCormack blitzes opponent to win pro debut, writes Roy Kelly in Newcastle TROY WILLIAMSON showed his championship qualities by climbing off the canvas to win the maiden defence of his British super-welterweight title in Newcastle on Friday (March 25). The 30-year-old

Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing The Opening Bell podcast examines and previews the Martinez vs Warrington rematch, and much more THE rematch we never knew we wanted but are suddenly very excited about – Kiko Martinez-Josh Warrington II – is examined and previewed in the latest Opening Bell. We also examine the issue of risk and