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Issue • News • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Jordan Gill gets his European title shot at Guerfi at last, writes Elliot Worsell IT’S fair to say that the fortunes of Karim Guerfi, whenever fighting in Great Britain, have so far been mixed. A visitor to these shores on three occasions, he currently stands at 1-2,

Issue • News • Premium John Phillips/Getty Images for KOBOX Bilal Fawaz has had years of his career taken from him. He wants to make up for that stolen time when he turns pro, writes John Dennen THE wait is almost, finally, over. On February 11 at York Hall in Bethnal Green, Bilal Fawaz will

Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium James Chance/Getty Images It’s slim, but hope remains for Fury and Usyk to collide in a true defining contest. Matt Christie on the latest developments in the heavyweight division THE Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua-Dillian Whyte saga continues. This week we’ve been teased with all manner of scenarios, as the

Opinion Ian Walton/Matchroom Boxing We ask an expert panel what the best case scenario for the big-name heavyweights would be and what’s the best fight to make in the division without Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk Matt MacklinFormer European championWe want to see an undisputed champion. AJ getting step aside money suits him,

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom The contrasting journeys of Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan set to come together in Nottingham, writes Steve Bunce LEIGH WOOD is not the first fighter to suddenly start to look and sound like a world champion. The transition is certainly smoother when you get the title you

Issue • Premium • Reports Amanda Westcott/Showtime Injured Gary Russell Jr’s career reaches crisis point as he’s outworked by Mark Magsayo in a minor upset, writes Nigel Collins LONGTIME WBC featherweight title-holder Gary Russell Jnr had a shoulder injury and was coming off almost two years of inactively when he entered the ring to face

Issue • Opinion • Premium ‘Total chaos.’ Tyson Fury, Dillian Whyte, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk are still going round in circles, writes George Gigney in his media review DESPITE weeks of apparent negotiations and backroom talks, the heavyweight picture looks no clearer than it did at the end of 2021. What we do know

News Amanda Westcott/Showtime Unbeaten since 2014, Gary Russell Jr succumbs to Mark Magsayo in Atlantic City but blames an injury in his shoulder IT’S been a long time since Gary Russell Jr lost a fight. After his 2014 points loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko, the American went on a winning run. Though he’s only fought sporadically

Amateur • Issue • Premium England Boxing ‘It’s been an honour to have been a part of amateur boxing.’ As Gethin Jenkins prepares to depart as England Boxing chief executive he speaks to John Dennen about his time at the helm AFTER becoming England Boxing chief executive in 2017, Gethin Jenkins will step down this

Boxers • Issue • Premium Dave Thompson/Matchroom Boxing Matt Christie talks to the up-and-coming middleweight prospect Bradley Rea When and why you started boxing:First time I went into the gym I was seven or eight years old. I was just a fat chubby kid and it was to keep fit to start off with. Then

Feature • Issue • Premium PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images An eye-witness account of the immediate aftermath of Tyson Fury’s historic victory over Wladimir Klitschko. By Elliot Worsell UPON winning the heavyweight championship of the world on foreign ground, in an upset for the ages, all the new champion did was moan. “My foot is killing me,”

History Express/Getty Images Gareth Jones’ exhaustive book series provides fitting tributes to well known, and lesser known, Welsh boxers, writes Alex Daley CONSIDERING its size – with a population of just 3.1 million – Wales is phenomenally good at turning out quality boxers. From the days of Jim Driscoll, Freddie Welsh and Jimmy Wilde to

Issue • Premium • Preview Amanda Westcott/Showtime Gary Russell Jr returns after two years to take on the lively Magsayo, writes Matt Christie ON SATURDAY night, in a bout that would be labelled a comeback for anyone else, Gary Russell Jr ends his latest hiatus when he takes on unbeaten Filipino Mark Magsayo at the

Feature • Issue • Premium Steve Eichner/WireImage Before he became one of the best trainers in the world, Buddy McGirt was one of the best fighters in the world “MY real name is James Walter McGirt. Rather than “Buddy”, my son calls me JW and my brother called me JW. My mother, though, started it.

Feature • Issue • Premium Khaosai Galaxy was a wrecking ball at his peak, every bit as dangerous as ‘Iron’ Mike albeit substantially smaller. He tells Phil Rogers about his life and career WREATHED in a fog of cigarette smoke and boisterous agitation stood a 25-year-old Thai fighter on the brink, left fist cocked as

Opinion Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images There have been few more dominant heavyweight champions in history than Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko. Here are 10 of his best wins 1. Alexander PovetkinFormer amateur star Povetkin was 26-0 as a pro when meeting Klitschko in 2013. Four knockdowns later, the Russian’s scalp had been added to Klitschko’s collection. 2. David

Feature • Issue • Premium Tom Briglia/WireImage There were no titles on the line when Wladimir Klitschko and Samuel Peter met in the ring for the first time. But it was a match-up with far-reaching implications that captured the imagination of fight fans, writes Thomas Hauser KNOCKOUT power is an aphrodisiac in boxing. And the

Issue • News • Premium James Chance/Getty Images Charlie Edwards was almost done with the sport. But now after linking up with trainer Joe Gallagher he is determined to get back on track. He spoke to John Dennen CHARLIE EDWARDS was almost done with boxing. Only 28 years old, a former WBC belt holder, he