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News Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall at a press conference ahead of their September 10 fight (Lawrence Lustig) As Sky Sports prepare to televise their first ever all-female boxing card at London’s O2 Arena, promoter Ben Shalom tells Roy Kelly, “We’re having conversations about it now – It’s out of our hands really.” BOXING’S historic

Feature Savannah Marshall says she has no doubt she will repeat her victory against Claressa Shields this weekend (Interview: Roy Kelly) TEN years ago, I boxed and beat a girl who went on to be a two-time Olympic gold medallist and multi-weight world champion as a professional. To come full circle and beat her again will

Feature Claressa Shields (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) In her own words, Claressa Shields says a rude awakening awaits Savannah Marshall this weekend (Interview: Roy Kelly) IF SAVANNAH MARSHALL thinks she is going to walk all over me, she’s in for the shock of her life. I’m going to break her. I can’t believe she underestimates my

Feature • Premium Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez fought on June 7, 2014 at Madison Square Garden, New York (Rich Schultz/Getty Images) Reflecting on his journey through the sweet science, Sergio Martinez tells Thomas Hauser, “Life sometimes takes you through a path where the lighter thing is boxing.” At 9.15 on the night of June

Letters • Premium Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall at a press conference ahead of their September 10 fight (Lawrence Lustig) This week’s panellists were asked to pick a winner in Saturday’s women’s superfight between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall Jane Couch (Women’s boxing pioneer) It’s a really hard one. I’ll go with Savannah, though, just

Editor’s letter • Premium Jimmy Batten alongside Duke McKenzie and James Cook It shouldn’t be so hard for an industry to work together, writes Matt Christie JIMMY BATTEN, the man who went 10 rounds with Roberto Duran in 1982, will openly tell you he has brain damage. He nonetheless still adores the sport of boxing

Letters • Opinion • Premium One win over Anthony Joshua has catapulted Ruiz into the land of eternal opportunity, writes Jack Hirsch IN 2012, a welterweight from Riverside, California, named Josesito Lopez created a stir by breaking the favoured Victor Ortiz’s jaw and stopping him in five rounds. Although Lopez was already established to a

Letters • Premium Katie Taylor (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) This week’s panellists were asked to name their number one female boxer of all time Jane Couch (Women’s boxing pioneer) Lucia Rijker. She had so much skill and power. She didn’t just have the skill of a man; she had the power of a man. You’ll never

Feature Claressa Shields argues with Savannah Marshall back in February at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff (Huw Fairclough/Getty Images) Rare is it to see a hate-fuelled grudge match in women’s boxing, yet this Saturday two will take place on one night. Elliot Worsell investigates why WHEREAS normally I might see two male boxers engage in a

Letters • Premium Jessica McCaskill, AKA “Caskilla”, goes up against Ceclia Brækhus, AKA “The First Lady” (Melina Pizano/Matchroom) On what is a big week for female boxers we take a look at the 10 best nicknames in women’s boxing right now… 1 Il Capo “Il Capo”, or “The Boss”, was a nickname given to Chantelle

News Chantelle Cameron, AKA “Il Capo” (David Becker/Getty Images) Chantelle Cameron has been keen to fight Jessica McCaskill since 2017 and now, as two champions, they are finally set to meet on November 5, writes Elliot Worsell ALTHOUGH she has never been one to raise her voice, stamp her feet, or demand things out of

News • Opinion Andy Ruiz Jr and Luis Ortiz do battle in Los Angeles (Harry How/Getty Images) Though still a work in progress, former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz beats Luis Ortiz to continue moving in the right direction, writes Elliot Worsell THERE was always a sense Andy Ruiz would first have to shame, beat up

News • Opinion Natasha Jonas (Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer) In Liverpool, Liam Smith didn’t get the fight he anticipated against Hassan Mwakinyo, while Natasha Jonas delivered a career-best performance, writes Elliot Worsell THE middleweight fight between Liam Smith and Hassan Mwakinyo appeared a decent enough one on paper, but there was always a sense Natasha Jonas’ WBC

Opinion Frazer Clarke Heavyweight Frazer Clarke moved to 3-0 tonight in Liverpool but would end up apologising to his opponent, the crowd, and anyone else who had the misfortune of watching it, writes Elliot Worsell IT has been a good few weeks for Frazer Clarke in terms of winning over the British public with his

Premium • Preview Andy Ruiz and Luis Ortiz meet on September 3 in Los Angeles Heavyweights Andy Ruiz and Luis Ortiz collide tonight in Los Angeles, with both relevance and a second chance up for grabs, writes Elliot Worsell OFTEN the heavyweight division resembles a box of children’s toys, with the more popular ones located

Premium • Preview Liam Smith before fighting Anthony Fowler in Liverpool on October 9, 2021 (Mark Robinson, Matchroom Boxing) Mwakinyo can bang with the best of them so Smith has to remain focused in Liverpool, writes Matt Christie WHEN Liverpool’s Liam Smith made the move back to Sky Sports this year – via promoter Ben

Feature • Opinion KSI and Swarmz “boxed” at The O2 Arena on August 27, 2022 (Luke Walker/Getty Images) Like the unwanted gatecrashers at a party, YouTubers and influencers won’t be leaving boxing anytime soon, writes Elliot Worsell I came to discover the latest action from the world of YouTube Boxing the same way I came

Feature In 2016, Earnie Shavers reflected on the best and worst moments of his career HARDEST PUNCHER I FOUGHT “TWO guys spring to mind in the late Ron Lyle, a very good friend of mine, and George Foreman. Lyle hit me the harder – the hardest I’ve ever been hit in my life! Lyle had