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Opinion A panel of experts on Demetrius Andrade vs Liam Williams Tony SimsTop trainerI’ve got a feeling Williams might pull that off. Williams is another tough middleweight, a good fighter. I think he might do it. He’s a good fighter and a rough customer as well. Don’t get me wrong Andrade is very clever, I’ve

Issue • Premium • Preview Danny Dignum is coming up against an awkward customer in Sirotkin, writes Matt Bozeat THE winner of Demetrius Andrade vs Liam Williams might one day face the victor of the top-of-the-bill fight on MTK’s show at the Bolton Whites Hotel this Saturday (April 17). There, Essex middleweight Danny Dignum, rated

Issue • Premium • Preview Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Matt Christie outlines why Liam Williams has every chance of upsetting Demetrius Andrade in Hollywood THE already impressive reinvention of Liam Williams will become a thing of Welsh legend if he defeats WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade on Saturday night (April 17). While the might of Andrade is

Issue • Premium • Q and A Joel Tambwe Djeko tells Paul Wheeler what it was like fighting an Olympic champion AT the beginning of last month (March 5), former cruiserweight Joel Tambwe Djeko, 17-3-1 (8), travelled to France to face 2016 Olympic super-heavyweight champion Tony Yoka. Despite ultimately being stopped by Yoka, Djeko was

Feature • Issue • Premium David Starie tells Bernard O’Shea about his infamous contest with Joe Calzaghe, the brain infection that terrified him, why he rejected a deal with Matchroom and the night he won a title fight then put out a flaming caravan at 4am IN January 2000 the so-called “Baddest Man on the

Feature • Issue • Premium Justin Setterfield/Getty Images Regis Prograis is not your typical fighter or even your typical human being. He talks in-depth to Donald McRae about the dreams that both inspire and haunt him, and the ‘peaceful and demonic’ spiritual episodes he’s encountered. He realises all too well he sounds crazy EVERY time

Amateur The Americas Olympic qualification was due to start in Argentina on May 10. But it has now been cancelled and will not be rescheduled THE Americas Olympic qualification event, that was due to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 10-16 has been cancelled. This is due to tighter travel restrictions and lockdowns

A decade after the passing of great warrior Arturo Gatti, Declan Warrington caught up with the fighter’s mentor and manager, Pat Lynch, his sister, Anna-Marie Gatti and old rival and friend, Micky Ward Ten years have passed since, following an incident that remains shrouded in mystery, Arturo Gatti, perhaps the most entertaining fighter of his

Feature Dan Azeez calls for Britain’s crop of talented light-heavies to get fighting one another DAN AZEEZ is taking an old school approach with his boxing. He is not looking to bypass the domestic scene. He’s hoping to thrive in it. In his 12-0 career, he’s boxed British rival after British rival, winning the Southern

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium The tales of Joe Bugner and co are cruel but irresistible chunks of boxing folklore, writes Steve Bunce THERE has to be a bit of truth, a few lies, excess, invention, delusion and suffering in any good boxing story. The history of the men and women that travelled on

Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Matchroom Courtenay vs Bridges was terrific but the debate about the world title is a worthwhile one, writes Matt Christie THERE are two contrasting opinions regarding Shannon Courtenay’s victory over Ebanie Bridges. The first, that the bout drew new fans to the sport and Courtenay winning a world title

Issue • Opinion • Premium George Gigney examines Claressa Shields’ latest comments in his boxing media review WE could be on the verge of a potentially game-changing fight in women’s boxing after Savannah Marshall held onto her world middleweight title with ease at the weekend. Marshall holds an amateur win over America’s Claressa Shields, the

News Martin Ward set for final eliminator for IBF super-featherweight title on the May 29 Haney-Linares bill in Las Vegas SUPER-featherweight Martin Ward is closing in on a world title shot. He is set for a final eliminator for the IBF title against Azinga Fuzile on the May 29 Devin Haney-Jorge Linares bill in Las

News Joe Smith Jnr is the new WBO champ at 175lbs but his win over Maxim Vlasov not without controversy JOE SMITH JNR won the WBO light-heavyweight title after a 12-round battle with Maxim Vlasov at the Osage Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday (April 10). Smith finished with a majority decision, winning 115-113 for

Issue • Premium • Reports Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Conor Benn trounces gatekeeper Samuel Vargas inside 90 seconds. Steve Bunce reports from ringside CONOR BENN sent out an old-fashioned message during a night when legitimacy was a backdrop to the action. Benn left Samuel Vargas helpless and hopeless on the ropes, forcing the referee, Michael Alexander,

Issue • Premium • Reports Amanda Westcott/Showtime Jaron Ennis continues to impress, but there is no need to rush his development, writes Nigel Collins JARON ENNIS’ flamboyant style is a hybrid, grounded in bedrock fundamentals but expressed in a seemingly spontaneous manner. It was far too much for the normally durable Sergey “Samurai” Lipinets to

Premium • History He is Walker Smith, who boxed under the ring name of Sugar Ray Robinson and lit up the Forties and Fifties with a dazzling array of skill, power, good looks and, when he had to, tremendous courage. Claude Abrams pays homage to him… the greatest fighter of all-time TIME has done little

Oliver Goldstein examined the meaning of the biggest and tallest heavyweights in history WHEN Tyson Fury miraculously righted himself after being collapsed by Deontay Wilder for a second time in the dead hours of December 1, 2018, all six feet and nine inches of his massive frame somehow re-arranged into fit and proper condition, so