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History • Issue • Premium CURTIS COMPTON/AFP/Getty Images July 19, 2021, marks the 25th anniversary of a historic moment, when Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic cauldron, writes Thomas Hauser SHORTLY before the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, I was on the telephone with Muhammad Ali. “Will you be going to the Olympics?” I asked. “I can’t

News Thousands of pounds raised for Ringside Charitable Trust by the abseilers, writes Matt Christie APPROXIMATELY two metres into his nerve-shredding 170-metre descent down Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower, former British welterweight champion Ashley Theophane started screaming. Terrified of heights, yet determined to complete the abseil last weekend (July 10) that has so far raised over £7,500

Feature • Issue • Premium Terry Dooley speaks to Jamie Moore, Martin Murray and more about the indelible legacy of the brilliant Oliver Harrison FUNERALS are either an exercise in lamentation or a celebration of someone’s life. Oliver Harrison’s funeral was the very definition of the latter.The hugely-respected trainer passed away in April 2019 after

Reports Another unfathomable scorecard steals the headlines from the terrific Jermell Charlo vs Brian Castano contest ON the few (all too few) occasions that boxing manages to carve out for itself some measure of respectability, all it takes for it to revert to its usual sordid form, it seems, are a few harebrained strokes of

Feature • Issue • Premium Mickey Williams/Top Rank As Nico Ali Walsh prepares for his professional debut, he knows the weight of his legendary grandfather’s name brings both pressure and opportunity, writes James Lupton “MY main objective is to become world champion and to make a name for myself. But while I’m also making a

History • Issue • Premium Larry Braysher Jack London reached a British title shot after 13 years and 121 fights, writes Alex Daley READING of the recent death of Brian London, I was reminded of his father, Jack, and it struck me what a special achievement it was for father and son to hold the

Boxers • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Meet rugby player turned fighter Nick Campbell When and why you started boxing:I started boxing seriously at 27, after eight years of professional rugby. I’d done bits when I was younger but never seriously, as rugby was my main focus. Favourite all-time fighter:Growing up, I always thought that

Amateur • Issue • Premium Karl Bridgeman/Getty Images/BOA A week before the Opening of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Caroline Dubois is ready to box and beat the best in the world BOXERS generally like to stay on their feet. In the most significant bout of her career to date, Caroline Dubois kept hitting the

Issue • Premium • Preview Number one meets number two as Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano vie for super-welterweight supremacy, writes Paul Wheeler A KING will be crowned in the super-welterweight division this Saturday (July 17), when No. 1 Jermell Charlo fights No. 2 Brian Castano for the world championship. This is exactly how boxing

News Mikey Williams/Top Rank After a Covid outbreak, Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder has been rescheduled THE Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder heavyweight clash has been rescheduled after Fury was infected in an outbreak of coronavirus in his training camp. Their bout will now take place on October 9 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las

Opinion Dave Thompson/Matchroom Mickey HellietBoxing managerOleksandr Usyk was a brilliant cruiserweight with excellent skills and can use his movement and southpaw style to cause problems for Joshua. I think he probably needs more experience at heavyweight. Joe GallagherCallum Johnson’s trainerAJ’s improving with his feet, Usyk’s got good feet as well. It’s who can hold their

Feature • Issue • Premium Twenty-five years ago a former world champion and unhinged contender engaged in one of the most mind-boggling contests in heavyweight history. Elliot Worsell tells the story of their rivalry THERE was a moment some 25 years ago when Lou Duva once again believed he had the best heavyweight in the

Opinion Meg Oliphant/Getty Images In the Opening Bell podcast the postponement of the third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder takes the lead as the heavyweight division breaks its latest promise IN the latest Opening Bell, the postponement of the third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder takes the lead as the heavyweight

Opinion Andrew Couldridge/Pool/Getty Images We pick out 10 top tussles that could occur between the two leading fighters in a division – what you might like to call actual world championship fights TYSON FURY vs ANTHONY JOSHUABoxing politics and legal disputes have so far prevented this all-British heavyweight megafight from taking place. For the sake

Opinion Nigel Roddis/Getty Images We ask a panel of boxing figures who they consider to be the best British light-heavyweight at the moment Mickey HellietBoxing managerJoshua Buatsi’s polished skills and consistency make me think he is at the top of the British light-heavies. A fight with Lyndon Arthur is needed before he moves up to

Carlos Acevedo tells the story of the hell-bent-for-leather Mickey Walker’s days at heavyweight that began with a draw linked to Al Capone and ended in a frightful beating “It’s easy for a guy like me to live violently, as if there were no tomorrow.” ALTHOUGH nearly every historical overview of the 1920s has Jack Dempsey

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Duke McKenzie’s achievements are too often overlooked – they shouldn’t be, writes Steve Bunce IMAGINE being called Duke, winning titles at three weights and yet there is another fighter nicknamed the Duke getting the publicity? It can happen, trust me. It is not often that we miss an anniversary,

Issue • Opinion • Premium But Deontay Wilder won’t forgo his long-awaited third bout with Tyson Fury to accommodate Dillian Whyte, writes George Gigney WITH the news of Tyson Fury and his camp being hit with a Covid-19 outbreak, the heavyweight champion’s trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder – initially planned for July 24 – will