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Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium PIERRE GUILLAUD/AFP/Getty Images Steve Bunce recalls the night he dined with the ‘Bronx Bull’ at an Italian restaurant in New York in 2001 JAKE LaMOTTA never got to dine with royalty in Dubai and that makes me very happy. He did get to dine with me one night in

News Mark Robinson Kell Brook insists the weight is no problem ahead of his grudge match against Amir Khan A MONTH out from his long awaited grudge match with Amir Khan, Kell Brook has insisted he is on track with his weight-making and his training for their February 19 clash in Manchester. Brook hasn’t scaled

Opinion We ask the Boxing News panel whether they think Dillian Whyte is taking the right stance in his negotiations with Tyson Fury Sunny EdwardsIBF flyweight belt-holderI have no idea of the true commercial value of Dillian Whyte and what he generates by fighting – but if he doesn’t think the split is fair then

Opinion Al Bello/Getty Images Errol Spence vs Terence Crawford is the fight we all want to see. But what should Crawford target if he can’t get it? Sunny EdwardsNo.2 flyweight in the worldTerence Crawford needs to be in the biggest fights possible for him. Outside of Errol Spence I’d like to see him face Yordenis

Issue • News • Premium Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Simon Euan Smith remembers explosive British champion Jimmy Anderson JIMMY ANDERSON, who has died aged 79, is in the record books as Britain’s first champion at super-featherweight (then called junior-lightweight).Anderson won the inaugural title bout at the weight in February 1968, flooring and halting previously unbeaten

Issue • News • Premium Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile/Getty Images Michael Conlan tells Elliot Worsell how beating Leigh Wood will complete phase two of his career THERE is a moment in the career of every so-called golden boy when the constant adulation, the sounds of the home crowd, and walking to the ring second become somewhat old

News ‘The Bull,’ Jerry Martin was one of the very best light-heavies in a golden era JERRY “THE BULL” MARTIN died in November at the age of 67. Though Martin did not win a major championship he was a key member of the light-heavyweight wrecking crew that provided the division with its most violent and

News Mikey Williams/Top Rank/Getty Images Steve Geffrard overmatched against Joe Smith Jr and more in Eric Armit’s international action round up JANUARY 14 MONTERREY, MEXICO Filipino JADE BORNEA, 17-0 (11), gets his biggest win to date as he beats MOHAMMED OBBADI, 22-2 (13), in three rounds in their super-flyweight contest. Obbadi used slick foot work

Born on this day in 1942 Muhammad Ali confronted boundaries like no other. Claude Abrams paid tribute to The Greatest LIFE is a journey of self-discovery, achieved through our experiences and relationships, but most searchingly by displaying courage and being fearless. Muhammad Ali confronted boundaries almost like no other man. He fought against the odds,

Opinion Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions Every British boxer ranked: professional ratings from heavyweight to flyweight, division by division compiled by Andy Whittle Division-by-division, compiled by Andy Whittle *International boxer fighting out of Britain **Does not have current BBB of C licence ***Holds BUI licence HEAVYWEIGHT – Over 200lbs 1: Tyson Fury (Morecambe)  31-0-1** 2: Anthony

Feature • Premium Tyson knocks down Nielsen in Denmark, October 2001 (KELD NAVNTOFT/AFP via Getty Images) In October 2001, the fearsome Mike Tyson ventured to Denmark to take on the 62-1 Brian Nielsen. Here’s what really happened… “Life’s a piece of s**t, when you look at it.” NOT an unusual quote for a reporter to

Opinion Barry Jones has some advice for Kash Farooq as the Scot is forced to retire BARRY JONES joins us this week as we digest the shock retirement of Kash Farooq. We hear from Farooq, and his manager Iain Wilson, as he prepares for life on the other side of the ropes. Jones goes in-depth

Feature • Premium Joe Smith Jnr has a life outside boxing, an escape route, but for now he remains focused on conquering the light-heavyweight division before retreating back to the day job MAKE a Google search on the Team Smith Tree Service, and pretty much across the board you will see five-star ratings and rave

Letters • Premium Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer This week’s panellists were asked to take at look at the February boxing schedule and pick their favourite all-British fight Michael Conlan (Featherweight contender) Khan vs Brook because it has the history behind it. I’m looking forward to it finally being settled. Though they are both past their primes, I

News ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images After attacking Oleksandr Usyk on social media, Tyson Fury discovered that Wladimir Klitschko has now adopted the Big Brother role at heavyweight, writes Elliot Worsell MUCH of what makes Tyson Fury such an engaging and compelling character is that he says either what other people are thinking or what other people

Editor’s letter • Premium The fate of Farooq and Saakyan put Whyte’s demands into perspective, writes Matt Christie FOUR months after 26-year-old Kash Farooq threw the final punch of his professional career, Arset Saakyan took the last blow of his. On January 7, Farooq announced his retirement following complications with his annual medical and Saakyan,

News Anthony Yarde hopes for a “happier year” in 2022 and hopes, too, to unify the world’s light-heavyweight titles, writes Elliot Worsell BIT by bit, things are getting better for Anthony Yarde, even if it wasn’t all that long ago he thought they couldn’t get much worse. By now a story well documented, the London

Feature • Premium Ryan Garcia should have been on top of the world when he hit rock bottom. Thoughts of suicide and deteriorating mental health forced the young star out of boxing but now he’s back, writes Dan Rafael RISING lightweight star Ryan Garcia had just scored the biggest win of his career. It was