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Opinion Esther Lin/Showtime This weekend’s super-bantamweight showdown between Stephen Fulton and Brandon Figueroa has the makings of a supreme contest AT Las Vegas’ Park Theater on Saturday night (November 27), Stephen Fulton and Brandon Figueroa [above right] are set to collide over 12 rounds. It’s matchup to be applauded and a fight, we expect, to

Feature • Issue • Premium Nigel Collins sits down with Stephen Fulton, the mischievous and charming super-bantamweight who warns, ‘You can’t sleep on him. He’s a pressure fighter who creates punching angles’ IMAGINATION is a magical thing, especially when you’re a kid and everything seems possible. Picture a small boy working up a sweat, moving

Archives • Premium 41 years ago Roberto Duran walked out of his rematch with Sugar Ray Leonard. Read the original Boxing News ringside report from the November 25, 1980 fight ROBERTO DURAN, the man they called Stone Fists, the man in whom burned a cold, merciless desire for victory, astounded the boxing world by turning

Opinion Steve Marcus/Getty Images Was Shawn Porter’s father and trainer right to pull him out when he did? Tony JeffriesOlympic medallistYes. For me it was not about the punishment Shawn had received up to that point but the damage that was to come. Kenny Porter knows his son better than anyone and Crawford is one

Boxers • Issue • Premium Wasserman Ahead of topping the Wasserman bill against Fadhili Majiha in London, Harvey Horn answers our questions When and why you started boxing:I started at 10. My family’s always been doing sport. My dad used to box as a kid so it was only a matter of time before I

Issue • Opinion • Premium Sean Michael Ham/TGB Promotions As Canelo Alvarez decides to move up to cruiserweight there is uncertainty in the banner divisions, writes Matt Christie THE business of boxing is as ridiculous as it is fascinating. In the past week, the task of trying to keep on top of it all has

Issue • News • Premium Julian Herbert/Getty Images Elliot Worsell speaks to Bradley Skeete about his welcome return to the ring IT wasn’t all that long ago Bradley Skeete was considered both a hot prospect on the way up and a contender with title ambitions. He played those two roles for years before, inevitably, becoming,

Issue • News • Premium Alex Livesey/Getty Images Jack Flatley insists he’s looking forward to his shot at Kerman Lejarraga in Bilbao, writes Elliot Worsell FOR most of us, the idea of receiving a phone call on our birthday breaking news of an impending trip to Bilbao to fight local hero Kerman Lejarraga would not

Issue • Opinion • Premium Thomas Hauser reviews Nicola Tallant’s book Clash of the Clans MTK Global is a fighter management company now headquartered in Dubai. It offers managerial services to more than two hundred boxers (foremost among them, Tyson Fury) and is affiliated with gyms around the world. Its website states, “We have firmly

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Gray Mortimore/Allsport Steve Bunce remembers the Lewis and Maloney journey WHEN Kellie Maloney, the boxing promoter and manager, was known as Frank Maloney, the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas was one of her playgrounds. The exotic jungle splendour of the hotel, once an isolated building way down the Strip,

Issue • Opinion • Premium Andrade-Charlo is certainly not the ‘biggest fight in boxing,’ while Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter are also making news in George Gigney’s media review IT was the American fighters who claimed most of the headlines this weekend, with Terence Crawford generating the most chatter with his stoppage win over Shawn

Amateur Chris Hyde/Getty Images Australian star Skye Nicolson will balance Olympic-style boxing with a professional career. She speaks to John Dennen THE anger at pushing the women’s World championships months back into 2022, at short notice, is understandable. The announcement was made only four weeks in advance, not long when flights have been booked, plans

News Steve Marcus/Getty Images Terence Crawford halts Shawn Porter in Las Vegas TERENCE CRAWFORD finished his high level clash with Shawn Porter inside 10 rounds at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Saturday. Crawford clipped Porter with a southpaw left to drop him onto the seat of his shorts in the 10th. A strong

News Lawrence Lustig Dan Azeez announces himself as a force in Britain’s light-heavyweight division, as Richard Riakporhe stops Olanrewaju Durodola at Wembley Arena DAN AZEEZ announced himself as a force in Britain’s light-heavyweight division with a thunderous performance, stopping Hosea Burton inside seven rounds. Burton was taller, the more experienced boxer by some margin and

Issue • Premium • Reports Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Demetrius Andrade makes the statement he needs against Jason Quigley, reports Sean Nam THERE may not be a career more undistinguished, irrelevant, and reeking of desperation than that of Demetrius Andrade, and in boxing, a sport no stranger to mediocrity, that is saying something. Long criticized for playing

Opinion Al Bello/Getty Images Blessed with a knack for spoiling undefeated records, Terence Crawford’s rise to the top of the welterweight division has been paved with eye-catching victories in competitive fights Yuriorkis GamboaCrawford’s true breakout performance arrived in June 2014 when the world watched him tame the significant threat of undefeated Cuban amateur star Gamboa

Opinion Mikey Williams/Top Rank/Getty Images What’s your prediction for Terence Crawford vs Shawn Porter? Skye NicolsonTokyo OlympianI don’t see anyone beating Crawford at the moment if I’m honest. Porter’s amazing, don’t get me wrong, I think it’s going to be a cracking fight but I don’t see Crawford losing. Lisa WhitesideCommonwealth Games gold medallistI think

Amateur Alex Davidson/Getty Images Clubs like this need to survive and thrive but, Chris Kempson asks, what’s next for Islington-based Angel ABC THE Angel Amateur Boxing Club has been a major part of the boxing scene in Islington for over 40 years. But it faces an uncertain future as, it is understood, the club’s landlord,