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Amateur Richard Heathcote/Getty Images/BEGOC Champions new and old are crowned at the Irish national championships, including Darren O’Neill’s remarkable return THE Irish Elite championships concluded at the national stadium in Dublin on October 2. Middleweight Aoife O’Rourke, who won her final by walkover, was the only Tokyo Olympian to take part. But remarkably Darren O’Neill,

Issue • Premium • Reports Lawrence Lustig/Sky/Boxxer David Avanesyan provides a timely reminder that to be a European champion – a real one that is – you still have to be very good. Ron Lewis reports on the whole Wembley Arena show from ringside DAVID AVANESYAN provides a timely reminder that to be a European

Issue • Opinion • Premium Mikey Williams/Top Rank/Getty Images Triller’s latest date for Lopez-Kambosos Jnr is shot down by woeful planning from the controversial platform, writes George Gigney WELL well well, Triller is up to no good again. For the past few weeks there have been fairly regular updates about the ongoing negotiations to stage

Issue • News • Premium ‘We’ve talked about a night like this for years.’ The Fail twins, Carl and Ben were born a minute apart and on Sunday they fight on the same bill, writes Matt Bozeat THE Deco Theatre in Northampton will be full when Mo Prior promotes there on Sunday (October 10). The

News David Avanesyan retains his European welterweight title with dominant showing at Wembley Arena DAVID AVANESYAN retained his European welterweight title with a second round stoppage of Liam Taylor at Wembley Arena. Referee Mark Lyson stepped in at 2-18 of the session as the impressive Avanesyan – ready for another raid at world level –

News Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Chris Eubank Jr’s bout falls off the bill, but the show still goes on CHRIS EUBANK JR’S fight tonight has been called off. It was announced on the day of the contest at the SSE Arena in Wembley that his opponent Anatoli Muratov had failed a medical. It’s another unfortunate twist

Amateur Christian Petersen/Getty Images Richard McLaren delivers a shocking, but not surprising, report into corruption at AIBA before and during the Olympic boxing tournament at Rio 2016 CORRUPTION and manipulation marred the boxing tournament at Rio, as well the events leading up to that competition. We knew something was rotten in AIBA but the first

History • Issue • Premium Frankie Lucas and Carl Speare had an amateur rivalry with zest and needle ON May 4 1973 Frankie Lucas of the Croydon-based Sir Philip Game ABC beat Carl Speare of Liverpool in that year’s ABA middleweight final at the Empire Pool, Wembley. This was Lucas’ second straight ABA championship victory,

Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing The Opening Bell podcast takes a seismic event in the heavyweight division – Oleksandr Usyk’s win over Anthony Joshua in London OLEKSANDR USYK turned in a performance loaded with class and style to defeat Anthony Joshua last weekend.  But what was it like to witness that from ringside? Is he that

Boxers • Issue • Premium Meet Germaine Brown, who went to Belarus an underdog expected to lose, beat Dmitry Chudinov and now boxes on Sky this weekend When and why you started boxing:I started boxing when I was 15. They brought it to my school, an after-school activity. My brother was boxing down at Fitzroy

History The greatest fight in heavyweight history ends the most compelling rivalry of them all MUHAMMAD ALI w rtd 14 JOE FRAZIEROctober 1, 1975; Philippine Coliseum, ManilaA FEW minutes before 11am on October 1, 1975, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier began the fight that would end their rivalry. After the frightfully punishing encounter, neither boxer

Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Oleksandr Usyk doesn’t just beat everyone he fights, he does it on their terms, and in their back yard. Here are 10 of his best wins ANTHONY JOSHUAUsyk, the ultimate road warrior, had no qualms going to London and challenging Joshua, the darling of British boxing, in front of 66,000 fans

Opinion After stepping up to heavyweight and defeating Anthony Joshua, where would you place Oleksandr Usyk in your pound-for-pound rankings? Frazer ClarkeTokyo Olympic medallistCanelo’s had more fights, but I’d say Usyk. I think what he’s done there, he’s beaten an in-form champion, a good champion, at heavyweight. Everyone knows how difficult the heavyweight division is

Issue • Premium • Preview Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Chris Eubank Jr busies himself with late substitute as Sky Sports relaunch without any involvement from Matchroom, writes Declan Taylor IT IS a case of out with the old and in with the new on Sky Sports this weekend as the post-Matchroom era kicks off at Wembley

Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Is Anthony Joshua right to activate the rematch clause and go straight into a second fight with Oleksandr Usyk? Frazer ClarkeTokyo Olympic medallistYes. He’s done 12 rounds with Usyk, he lost the fight, there were some close rounds where Usyk’s ring generalship and his brain won the rounds. It’s a fight

Issue • Opinion • Premium James Chance/Getty Images He’s been out a long time, but Richard Riakporhe comes back this weekend. In his own words he looks forward to boxing on Sky IT was very frustrating being out of the ring for so long. I had to stay motivated, and just focus on training and

Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson David Avanesyan thinks of home with every punch he throws, writes Terry Dooley BEING in a boxing gym for the first time since Covid turned the world upside down was both a weird and completely normal experience. David Avanesyan had invited Boxing News over to former pro Eric

History TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images Steve Bunce recalls being in New York for Hopkins vs Trinidad A FEW hours after Bernard Hopkins beat Felix Trinidad, I was having poached eggs with Budd Schulberg and he was telling me about arresting Leni Riefenstahl. “She was beautiful,” Budd told me that morning. “But she mixed