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Opinion Alex Livesey/Getty Images As Leigh Wood prepares to fight Michael Conlan in his home city this weekend, we take a look at some of the best boxers from Nottingham 1. Carl FrochNottingham’s most famous fighter, Froch became WBC super-middleweight belt-holder in 2008, defeating Jean Pascal at home. He won and lost the title before
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Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing What should Anthony Joshua do if he has to wait for the Oleksandr Usyk rematch? Lisa WhitesidePro fighterAnthony Joshua should fight maybe Joe Joyce in an all-British affair, which would be an interesting one for the fans. Charlie SimsBoxing managerAnother southpaw; somebody tough but beatable. Luis Ortiz would be good, he’s
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Issue • Premium • Preview Leigh Dawney/Getty Images Ronnie Clark takes on Craig Woodruff in a bout with more at stake than the Celtic title, writes Matt Bozeat AS he sat in the away changing room at Norfolk Showground waiting to fight a six-rounder he took at short notice, Ronnie Clark glanced at a television.
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Issue • Premium • Preview Mark Robinson/Matchroom Leigh Wood vs Michael Conlan has all the makings of a very close fight, writes Declan Taylor WHEN Michael Conlan made his professional debut as the headline attraction at the Theater at Madison Square Garden back in March 2017, amid much fanfare and cheered on from ringside by
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News Buda Mendes/Getty Images IBA, the world governing body for Olympic-style boxing, has excluded Russian athletes. The BBBoC also won’t permit boxers licensed with the Russian Boxing Federation to compete in the UK AFTER Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called for international sports federations to ban Russian and Belarussian athletes and
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News Lawrence Lustig The British Boxing Board of Control downgrade Ian John-Lewis, say his scorecard didn’t affect the overall result but recommend all the sanctioning bodies make Jack Catterall their mandatory THE British Boxing Board of Control has downgraded one of the judges of the controversial Josh Taylor vs Jack Catterall fight. Catterall lost a
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Feature • Issue • Premium Al Bello/ALLSPORT Eric Bottjer remembers Mike Marley, a true character who lived for the sport of boxing WHEN I was born into professional boxing in 1988, it was as a writer (hack). To me, the Four Kings were Phil Berger (New York Times), Wally Matthews (Newsday, Mike Katz (New York
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Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Holly Stein/Allsport Lennox Lewis vs Frank Bruno was a real and British heavyweight rivalry, writes Steve Bunce BACK in 1993 there were dead deals, live deals, ugly deals and then a great heavyweight fight between Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno one cold and miserable night in Cardiff. Lewis was
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History Alan Hubbard explains what it was like to be a ringside reporter at The Fight of the Century WE were strangers in the night exchanging glances when the guy with the trilby standing next to me in a men’s urinal at Madison Square Garden enquired: “How ya doing fella?” “Fine thanks, Mr Sinatra.” I
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History • Issue • Premium Larry Braysher The case of Edwin John proves that the phenomenon of the celebrity boxer is nothing new, writes Mile Templeton THERE seems to be a trend these days towards the celebrity boxer. With the rise of the YouTube star, backed up by some TV and media personalities also looking
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