Latest

Feature Simon Bruty/ALLSPORT When Tommy Morrison finally reached the end of the road. By Carlos Acevedo ON July 12, 1995, Tommy Morrison was on a plane heading to New York City, where he and his adviser, Tony Holden, were expecting to attend a press conference to announce an October date against Riddick Bowe in Madison

Preview Tom Hogan/Golden Boy Blair Cobbs warns Alexis Rocha: ‘Each moment, each day, I am getting better and better’ VERGIL ORTIZ was meant to be fighting England’s Michael McKinson this weekend. But the American was hospitalised with rhabdomyolysis on the week of the fight. It means Blair Cobbs’ bout moves up from the undercard into

Issue • News • Premium ‘Boxing saved my life,’ Seamus Devlin tells George Storr SOME boxers don’t manage 20 professional fights in a career spanning many years. Seamus Devlin – “The Celtic Cobra” – has already got that many bouts under his belt after making his debut as recently as July 2021. It seems an even

Issue • Premium • Preview Lawrence Lustig/Sky/Boxxer David Avanesyan has to make do with a disappointing opponent but it’s not for the want of trying, writes Matt Bozeat VERGIL ORTIZ JNR, Jaron Ennis and Conor Benn have all taken different routes, leaving David Avanesyan to defend his European welterweight title against a lesser-known foe on

Issue • News • Premium Probellum Muhammad Waseem is not remotely expected to beat Sunny Edwards but is ‘1,000 per cent certain’ that he will, writes Elliot Worsell IF in need of additional motivation ahead of his fight against Sunny Edwards this Saturday (March 19), the birth of Muhammad Waseem’s first child would have provided

Reports Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Both fighters covered themselves in glory during an unforgettable fight destined to live long in the memory. Andy Whittle was ringside for Leigh Wood vs Michael Conlan LEIGH WOOD made his way to the ring to the strains of Labbi Siffri’s Something Inside So Strong after former Olympian Michael Conlan strutted

Issue • Opinion • Premium James Chance/Getty Images I’ve never said something like this before, but on Saturday I am going to stop Muhammad Waseem, writes Sunny Edwards in his own words I think Muhammad Waseem is tough. I was maybe a little bit disappointed that this was the most lucrative, most viable fight for

Opinion Lawrence Lustig The British Boxing Board of Control downgraded one of the judges after Josh Taylor vs Jack Catterall and recommend Catterall be mandated by the sanctioning bodies, but is it the right call? Anthony CrollaFormer WBA belt-holderIan John-Lewis got it badly wrong that night. He’s not the first and he won’t be the

Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing If, after plenty of rest, they do it again, how would see a Leigh Wood vs Michael Conlan rematch going? Anthony CrollaFormer WBA belt-holderIt’s crazy but I think the defeat and the manner of the defeat probably doesn’t affect Michael Conlan as it should. So I’d probably lean towards Conlan on

Archives JEFF HAYNES/AFP/Getty Images The late, great Harry Mullan saw Mike Tyson make it hell for Frank Bruno CUS D’AMATO, the trainer and guru whose master-work was Mike Tyson, had his own much-quoted theory about fear. Control and use it, he taught, and it will become a weapon with which to beat your opponent, but

Feature ‘It seemed like a sweetheart deal. I was a frontman. I knew my s**t. Well, I thought I did.’ Nigel Collins recollects his stint as a boxing manager I left Madison Square Garden before the main event started and headed for the parking lot, depriving myself of the only opportunity I would ever have

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Michael Conlan tumbling from the ring triggers memories of Michael Watson and Jimmy Murray, writes Steve Bunce MICHAEL CONLAN pushed at the oxygen mask with his glove. He wanted to speak, he wanted to say he was fine. And he was, by the way. Conlan was

Boxers Philip Sharkey Connor Marsden will box hot prospect Adam Azim in an eight-round bout on the March 26 Wembley Arena bill. Giant lightweight Marsden faced our 60 Second Interview here When and why you started boxing:I started when I was 16. I’d always wanted to do it but was too scared to do it

Issue • Opinion • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing But the DAZN production team handle the aftermath of Wood vs Conlan with care and compassion, writes George Gigney IT was a difficult line to tow for DAZN on Saturday night. On the one hand, the main event in Nottingham was an instant classic, producing one of

Issue • Premium • Reports Marc Leach boxes superbly to beat Chris Bourke, writes Daniel Herbert from ringside MARC LEACH won the vacant British super-bantamweight title by outclassing Chris Bourke in front of the BT Sport cameras at York Hall on Friday. This all-southpaw 12-rounder had seemed a 50-50 fight beforehand – but turned out

Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing The Opening Bell podcast reflects on Leigh Wood’s stunning come-from-behind last round KO of Michael Conlan THE morning after Leigh Wood scored a stunning come-from-behind last round KO of Michael Conlan, Alex Steedman and Matt Christie reflect on one of the most incredible fights in recent memory. Also digested is the

News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Michael Conlan had dominated almost all of their fight when Leigh Wood knocked him out of the ring to conclude an astonishing clash LEIGH WOOD pulled off an astonishing comeback to stop Michael Conlan in the 12th and last round at the Nottingham Arena on Saturday night. Conlan had dominated the

Opinion ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images The Opening Bell podcast on Tyson Fury’s end game, the ongoing Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall controversy, Anthony Joshua developments and more TYSON FURY has suggested that his next fight with Dillian Whyte will be his last. But as Amir Khan and Kell Brook seem to be proving, talking about retirement is much