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Amateur The amateur championships, eventually, are coming back IT’S a moment so many people in amateur boxing have spent so many months waiting for; the dates for championships in 2021 have come in. After a punishing lockdown, amateur boxing training indoors has restarted with limited padwork coming back. The next step is to bring back

Issue • Opinion • Premium Eric Armit highlights the mind-boggling chaos in the WBA’s boxing rankings IT is a truth universally acknowledged that a sanctioning body in need of fees must work with promoters and promoters of a certain status will want to stage title fights. It happens. It is a fact of life in

Issue • Premium • Reports Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Billy Joe Saunders was a stop along the way for the best fighter and biggest star in boxing, Canelo Alvarez, writes Thomas Hauser BOXING is going through a difficult time. Fights between elite fighters are few and far between. Bogus “world championship” belts have devalued the sport. Contests

Opinion Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Canelo Alvarez has defeated seven British fighter now. Is there anyone in the UK who could beat him? Matthew HattonFought CaneloI don’t think there’s any fighter out there, British or otherwise. I never say anybody’s unbeatable but he almost is. You don’t see him hit that much these days, you don’t see

Opinion Meg Oliphant/Matchroom How were you scoring the fight when Billy Joe Saunders was stopped on his stool after eight rounds? Matthew HattonFought CaneloNo I didn’t have Billy Joe up as the fight got stopped. Personally I had Canelo one round up, I thought Billy Joe was boxing really well, it was a great fight,

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium When Razor Ruddock came to London to take on Lennox Lewis he was far from alone, writes Steve Bunce BILLY JOE SAUNDERS gathered his closest friends and family in a circle of prayer in the minutes before he walked to the ring last weekend. They could probably hear and

Issue • Opinion • Premium Floyd Mayweather looks out of place as hype ramps up for his latest circus act while DAZN let themselves down by criticising Billy Joe Saunders for “not going out on his shield”, writes George Gigney ALTHOUGH the bar was already extremely low, somehow the press conference for Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition

Opinion Michelle Farsi/Matchroom On the Opening Bell podcast Matt Christie and Alex Steedman consider how the Billy Joe Saunders-Canelo Alvarez fight finished, the scorecards and the future for both fighters CANELO ALVAREZ underlined his status as the best fighter in the sport as he forced Billy Joe Saunders to stay on his stool after the

History • Issue • Premium Hygiene-obsessed Joe Bloom maintained pristine standards at his famous West End gym WHEN you think of an old-time gym what do you imagine? Floors, walls and windows thick with grime, dilapidated equipment and a rickety, blood-stained ring? Go back 60 years or more and that’s probably a fair portrayal of

News Michelle Farsi/Matchroom Canelo Alvarez looks to become the undisputed champion next, and ejects an agitated Demetrius Andrade from his post-fight press conference NO ONE had a better view of the damage Billy Joe Saunders took on Saturday night than Canelo Alvarez. The Mexican realised at once that the Briton would not be able to

News Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Canelo Alvarez defeats Britain’s Billy Joe Saunders in front of 70,000 fans in Texas AFTER eight rounds with Canelo Alvarez, Billy Joe Saunders was retired on his stool at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday (May 8). Alvarez had badly damaged Saunders’ right eye in that eighth round. Canelo hacked

News Liam Smith frustrated in Russia as Magomed Kurbanov receives a unanimous decision win LIVERPOOL’S Liam Smith left Russia frustrated at the unanimous decision that went to Magomed Kurbanov after the two fought in Ekaterinburg on Friday (May 7). The judges scored 117-112 and 115-113 twice to Kurbanov, who was in his actual hometown. “Will

News Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders make weight for their super-middleweight unification CANELO ALVAREZ and Billy Joe Saunders made weight for their super-middleweight unification. The two box at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas for the WBO, WBA and WBC titles on Saturday. Today (May 7) Canelo Alvarez, in magnificent condition, scaled

Issue • Premium • Preview Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Canelo Alvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders – Can British rival solve the Canelo conundrum? Paul Wheeler examines the evidence and comes to a conclusion Canelo Alvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders: The Breakdown AGE AND PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT CANELO: A professional since 2005, it is amazing to think that the

Feature • Issue • Premium Derek ‘Sweet D’ Williams reflects on sparring Mike Tyson, Andrew Golota and Gerry Cooney and the mindset required to succeed in a menacing environment MY October of 1997 it seemed that the natural order of the heavyweight division had been restored. Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield were champions again. They

Feature • Issue • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Elliot Worsell gathers evidence from experts regarding the size of the task facing Billy Joe Saunders against Canelo Alvarez THERE can’t be many more pointless how-to guides than the How to Beat Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez guide Floyd Mayweather authored and published in September 2013. That book, though read

Boxers • Issue • Premium Paul Wheeler talks to Gerome Warburton, a man who always has a bag of Haribo on him When and why you started boxing:I started boxing at around 14 or 15 years old. My friends asked me if I wanted to go to the gym with them. They eventually stopped going,

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Andy Holligan loses to Julio Cesar Chavez, Norris is stunned by Brown and I’m floored by the mind-bending conditions, recalls Steve Bunce AT a bullring in Mexico in the winter of 1993 the great Robbie Davies was at ringside wearing his Commonwealth Games blazer. Backstage, in a cold room