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Letters GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – JULY 02: Jai Opetaia during the IBF cruiserweight title fight between Jai Opetaia and Mairis Briedis at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 02, 2022 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Peter Wallis/Getty Images) With the cruiserweight division heating up, we look at the 10 best fights to

News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing The decision to fight noted puncher Miguel Marriaga this Saturday speaks to Michael Conlan’s confidence, writes Elliot Worsell IT is customary following any big knockout loss for us to look for weaknesses or evidence of reticence in the knocked-out boxer as they attempt to resume his or her career. Often, their

News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing On the day he turns 34, featherweight Leigh Wood reflects on his role in arguably the best fight of 2022 and discusses the possibility of a sequel ONE of British boxing’s great late bloomers, Nottingham featherweight Leigh Wood turns 34 years of age today, yet, 28 fights into his professional career,

News • Opinion Chris Billam-Smith and Isaac Chamberlain go to war in Bournemouth (Pic: Lawrence Lustig) You can only get fights as good as Billam Smith vs. Chamberlain if boxers are properly matched and tested on the way up, writes Elliot Worsell BEFORE cruiserweights Chris Billam-Smith and Isaac Chamberlain combined to produce one of the

Feature • Premium Kevin McCauley with his dad In his own words, top journeyman Kevin McCauley tells Boxing News why, at the age of 43, it is time to hang up the gloves THE TARGET was to get to 301 fights and then retire. I wanted to get there to wind up Peter Buckley and

News Josh Kelly (Mark Robinson) It’s not enough for Josh Kelly to simply beat Argentina’s Lucas Bastida this Saturday. He wants to win and also look good, writes Elliot Worsell WINNING and looking good is a skill Josh Kelly has long tried to master and a goal he has for the most part achieved in

Premium • Preview A shot at the world champion beckons for the winner of Billam-Smith and Chamberlain, writes Matt Christie BEN SHALOM, alongside Sky Sports, will stage an intriguing and important domestic cruiserweight clash that is exceptionally difficult to call. From that opening sentence alone, the July 30 contest between Chris Billam-Smith and Isaac Chamberlain

Feature • Premium Cruiserweight Isaac Chamberlain While cruiserweight Isaac Chamberlain and his team are very much learning on the job, they are forever being inspired and guided by legends who paved the way, writes Don McRae The gritty old Eastside Boxing Gym on the Whitworth Industrial Estate in Birmingham might seem like an unlikely dream

Feature • Premium Chris Billam-Smith prepares to fight Tommy McCarthy (By Dave Thompson Matchroom Boxing) Chris Billam-Smith was 16 when he went to see Arctic Monkeys in his hometown. This weekend, 15 eventful years later, he’ll take centre stage at the same venue, writes Craig Scott “I REMEMBER I was sat at some random car

News Alicia Ashley, then the WBC super-bantamweight champion, poses in 2016 (Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage) Alicia Ashley, who boxed until she was 50, reveals the secrets behind her success to Oliver Fennell MOST boxers who turn pro in their 30s don’t get very far. Alicia Ashley, despite claiming boxing was only ever a hobby, became

Editor’s letter • Premium Tyson Fury and trainer SugarHill Steward (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) As Tyson Fury claims he will only fight Anthony Joshua “for free”, Elliot Worsell explains why the words of a boxer should rarely be trusted THE playwright Harold Pinter once said, “Language is the tool we

Letters Dave Thompson/Matchroom No longer is it enough to just be good in the ring. Nowadays fighters have to try to express their personality, too. Here are 10 of the biggest… 1 Tyson Fury There are few men as big in boxing as Fury and few personalities as big, either. He has, as well as

Letters • Premium Don Broadhurst wins Commonwealth gold in 2006 (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images) In his own words, Don Broadhurst explains how winning gold opened doors for him and says it can do the same for 2022 boxers THE Commonwealth Games gives boxers the chance to change their lives. I won flyweight gold in

Opinion Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua at a press conference to announce their August 20 rematch in Saudi Arabia (Picture: Mark Robinson) On the day it’s announced Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua II will land on Sky Sports Box Office, Elliot Worsell asks, “At what cost?” THE cost of watching Oleksandr Usyk try to repeat

Letters Evander Holyfield clashes with Carlos De Leon in 1988 (Photo by: The Ring Magazine via Getty Images) This week’s panellists were asked to name their number one cruiserweight Linus Udofia (Middleweight contender) It’s a toss-up between David Haye and Evander Holyfield but I’ve got to go with the ‘Real Deal’. He was something else.

Bunce Diaries • Premium Spencer Fearon and David Walker Boxers have always been good at funerals, writes Steve Bunce THE men in black had shared over 30 world title fights and they stood in silence and reverence as the coffin came down the aisle between them. They were not all champions, not all veterans of

News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Nottingham’s Leigh Wood has had to wait patiently for news regarding a fight against Leo Santa Cruz, but things are now starting to move, writes Elliot Worsell SUCH is both Leigh Wood’s punch power and ambition, all he requires is a chance, an opening, just one. Grant him that, either when

Letters The increasing desperation for “content” has resulted in boxers like Ryan Garcia talking a lot but saying next to nothing, writes George Gigney WEBSITES Alright, boxing may have jumped the shark now. OK, actually, that probably happened a long time ago. But still, this past week has seen some serious overkill when it comes