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Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson Angel Fernandez was something of a mystery man when he emerged as a new member of Anthony Joshua’s training team. Declan Warrington delves deeper to find out about the trainer and how he joined Team AJ IT WAS the little-known figure of Angel Fernandez who, perhaps more than

Issue • Opinion • Premium Matchroom Boxing Anthony Joshua in his own words explains why Oleksandr Usyk has bitten off more than he can chew I LOOK at the sport today, my legacy and what the sport was like years ago. The difference between then and now is that a lot of those guys actually

Opinion Amanda Westcott/Showtime ‘All those people who tell me that I can’t do something, you live believable lives and you do believable things. I set out to live an unbelievable life.’ Caleb Plant on his clash with Canelo WE just had some normal back-and-forth banter up there and then whatever happened, happened. It’s none of

News Amanda Westcott/Showtime Ahead of their November 6 clash, Caleb Plant condemns Canelo Alvarez as a ‘drug cheat’ BOXING press conferences are rarely dramatic in their own right. Typically a few anodyne comments follow thanks to God, and Al Haymon, sometimes even the venue operator chimes in with a speech of their own. But when

News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Oleksandr Usyk will count down the hours to his fight with Anthony Joshua watching Peaky Blinders and insists he’ll feel no nerves at all OLEKSANDR USYK touched down in London on Monday cutting a relaxed figure. The Ukrainian, the former cruiserweight champion, takes on Anthony Joshua in a major heavyweight clash

Issue • Opinion • Premium Ethan Miller/Getty Images George Gigney examines the upcoming boxing schedule for each of the big three boxing broadcasters in the UK Sky SportsAS things stand, it would be hard to argue against Sky Sports having the strongest upcoming boxing schedule in the ongoing broadcast wars in the UK, when it

Issue • News • Premium Mark Robinson Josh Kelly will move up in weight as he rebuilds with Wasserman after leaving Matchroom, writes Roy Kelly UNDER new management but with the same end goal. That is Josh Kelly, who has begun the countdown to a December ring return on Sky Sports after joining Wasserman and

Issue • Premium • Reports Tommy Frank came back from back-to-back defeats to Mexico’s Rosendo Hugo Guarneros to beat Matt Windle and win the British title. Andy Whittle was ringside in Sheffield LEAVING any memories of Mexico far behind Sheffield’s Tommy Frank turned his attention to domestic matters at Ponds Forge and duly secured the

Issue • News • Premium Caoimhim Agyarko wants to break through. He speaks to John Dennen HE’S not the Irish Canelo, but middleweight Caoimhim Agyarko is looking to make his breakthrough. A stylish boxer, who was brought in as a key sparring partner for Billy Joe Saunders ahead of his fight with Saul Alvarez this

Issue • Premium • Reports Daniel Herbert watched Connor Marsden secure a big win over Boy Jones SOME say there are too many titles in boxing, but the Southern Area belt is still worth plenty, judging by the Connor Marsden vs Boy Jones Jnr fight at York Hall on September 17. Topping a Priority Promotions

History Nigel Collins’ superb tribute to the Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta THERE’S a blurry video that had been popping up on the Internet for months, a bare-chested old man throwing slow-motion punches in a dimly lit room. It looks like he’s in a dream and perhaps he was, maybe dreaming of past glories, maybe trying

History Scotland’s greatest heavyweight might well have been Manuel Kid Abrew but there aren’t many to choose from I THINK it’s a surprise that Scotland has produced very few top-class heavyweights. From Wales we have had Tommy Farr, Joe Erskine, Dick Richardson and, more recently, David Pearce and Scott Gammer. Gary Cornish, from Inverness, challenged

Opinion Alex Livesey/Getty Images The Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury saga is nothing compared to other comedies the heavyweight division has staged in years gone by, writes Steve Bunce STOP moaning about lost heavyweight fights, please. Instead, consider for a minute all the heavyweights who have been ignored, forgotten and rejected by champions. And all

Feature • Issue • Premium Al Bello/Getty Images Thomas Hauser revisits Cotto vs Foreman, one of the worst examples of a fighter being needlessly endangered ON JUNE 5, 2010, at Yankee Stadium, Yuri Foreman defended his 154-pound WBA championship against Miguel Cotto. Foreman was a Chabad rabbinical student and the first practising Orthodox Jew to

Feature • History • Premium Mark Thompson/Allsport Mark Prince didn’t like what he saw in the mirror when he emerged from a night on crack with nothing to show for his life. From that point on, any adversity he encountered, whether in life or in a boxing ring, only made him stronger. He explains in

History Michael Carbajal wins his first world title against Muangchai Kittikasem IT was a long time ago – when I was five years old and I said to my dad, “Dad, I’m going to be a world champion.” He said, “Amigo, if you become a world champion always be the same, don’t ever change. Stay

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Late on Sunday evening, after a long wait for the doctors and an impromptu party, a 20-year-old made his professional debut in Walsall. Steve Bunce was there IN Walsall last Sunday, the medics went missing, one fighter fell over at a swimming pool, one had Covid, one vanished and

Issue • Premium • Preview Scott Heavey/Getty Images Kash Ali seems to be coming of age while Tommy Frank will scrap with Matt Windle for domestic supremacy, writes Matt Bozeat ROTHERHAM heavyweight Kash Ali headlines in Sheffield on Saturday night. Fightzone screens a show from Ponds Forge Arena that also features local favourite Tommy Frank