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Amateur • Issue • Premium Julian Finney/Getty Images John Dennen considers what’s next for boxers who rose to fame at the Olympic Games and what next for the sport ahead of Paris 2024 IT used to be simpler. Make a name at the Olympic Games and wait for the offers from professional promoters to roll

Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/Getty Images Matt Christie pays tribute to Manny Pacquiao, the man and the fighter PEOPLE who are not Manny Pacquiao, and do not know what it feels like to be Manny Pacquiao, will attempt to advise him on what to do next. ‘Hold your head up high’,

Issue • Opinion • Premium James Chance/Getty Images Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Lou DiBella is facing a difficult decision if he wants to remain in the sport and the World Boxing Organisation make an interesting move on social media, writes George Gigney in his media review SPEAKING on the SI Boxing

Opinion PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images What would have happened if Manny Pacquiao had been fighting Errol Spence on Saturday? What would have happened if Manny Pacquiao had been fighting Errol Spence on Saturday? Paul EdwardsFormer British flyweight champI think Pacquiao would have got stopped. An absolute blessing in disguise. He’s one of our

Issue • Premium • Reports Steve Marcus/Getty Images After one of the greatest of all boxing careers, the only thing left for Manny Pacquiao is retirement following loss to Yordenis Ugas, writes Matt Christie THE eighth loss of his career did not feel like the other seven. Manny Pacquaio could justify, explain and then wipe

News Alex Livesey/Getty Images Marcus Morrison is back with a win, Callum Thompson makes his pro debut and there’s a nightmare start for Anthony Phythian. Andy Whittle reports from Manchester HAVING been outpointed over 10 by Chris Eubank Jr up the road at Manchester Arena in May, Hattersley middleweight Marcus Morrison returned to winning ways

Issue • News • Premium Steve Marcus/Getty Images Michael Conlan tells Elliot Worsell that whoever comes next, and in whatever division, his dreams are close to being realised HAVING defused the brave challenge of TJ Doheny at Falls Park on August 6, featherweight and super-bantamweight contender Michael Conlan is now considering which of those two

News PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Manny Pacquiao reacts to his loss to Yordenis Ugas and contemplates retirement MANNY PACQUIAO is contemplating the end of his boxing career. After losing on points to Yordenis Ugas in Las Vegas on Saturday, Pacquiao is considering the retiring from the sport. “I did my best tonight. But

Boxers • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson Hannah Rankin is scheduled to take on Maria Lindberg for the vacant WBA super-welterweight belt in an all-female show on November 5 in the UK When and why you started boxing:I was 23, I’d just finished university where I studied music and I wanted to get fit again.

News PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Manny Pacquiao’s astonishing career could have come to an end in Las Vegas YORDENIS UGAS stepped up at short notice to replace Errol Spence, and on Saturday night (August 21) he defeated the great Manny Pacquiao at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Even at 42 years old

Feature Spending time with Nigel Benn following the Gerald McClellan fight was unforgettable for so many different reasons, writes Steve Bunce IN the summer of 1995 Nigel Benn ran up a mountain in Tenerife daily to prepare for one fight and forget another. It was, trust me, a form of punishment. He wanted to forget

Opinion We ask a panel of experts how the great Pac Man, Manny Pacquiao will be remembered Paul EdwardsFormer British champion He’ll be an all-time great, without a doubt. But would I rank him in my top five? I’m not too sure. The best of his era was Floyd Mayweather. He is an all-time great

History • Issue • Premium Joe Jeannette hammered five British heavyweights in a combined total of 12 rounds just to start his European tour, writes Miles Templeton IN the period immediately before the first world war there was a group of four black American heavyweights that were of exceptional quality. I have already written about

Opinion Ed Mulholland/Matchroom By fighting Caleb Plant on November 6 in Las Vegas, Canelo Alvarez is doing exactly what pound-for-pound leaders should do, writes Matt Christie CANELO ALVAREZ is doing exactly what pound-for-pound leaders should do when he aims for inarguable supremacy over his weight class by fighting Caleb Plant on November 6 in Las

Feature Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images Afghanistan’s first boxer Ajmal Faizy spoke to Declan Warrington THE Taliban torturing his father to death wasn’t enough to force Ajmal Faizy to flee Afghanistan for England. That only came when the light-welterweight and his remaining family were warned he’d be next. Then only 13, Faizy, who by 14 had suffered

Opinion Sean Michael Ham/TGB Promotions We ask a panel of experts who will win when Manny Pacquiao fights Yordenis Ugas on Saturday Bradley SkeeteFormer British championYes. I think Pacquiao will beat Ugas this weekend. I think he’ll want to make a statement and prove he is a [WBA] super champion. Tony JeffriesOlympic medallistUgas is a

Opinion Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions The Opening Bell podcast previews Manny Pacquiao’s return, contrasting it with the novelty bouts masquerading as real fights AS Manny Pacquiao prepares to take on Yordenis Ugas in a top drawer welterweight contest, David Haye is getting ready to take on Joe Fournier in a ludicrous bout masquerading as a

Feature • Issue • Premium Ahmet Patterson experienced a twist of fate as cruel as any suffered by a boxer in their athletic prime, writes Elliot Worsell FIVE years ago, Ahmet Patterson allowed me to watch one of the last sparring sessions of his training camp, not knowing that it would also be one of