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News Jaron Ennis continues his rise through the welterweight ranks as he drops and stops former world champion Lipinets JARON ENNIS knocked out Sergey Lipinets to continue his rise up the welterweight rankings. He stopped the former 140-lbs world champion inside six rounds at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville on Saturday (April 10). Lipinets

News Matchroom Conor Benn needs barely more than a minute to hammer Samuel Vargas into defeat CONOR BENN lived up to his “Destroyer” moniker and savaged Samuel Vargas in just 80 seconds at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday (April 10). Benn came out with a sharp jab, catching Vargas early. The Canadian could not

Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing After Samuel Vargas Conor Benn is looking for Amir Khan or Kell Brook. He explains in his own words SAMUEL VARGAS is an experienced fighter. He’s got tonnes of heart. He’s got tonnes of grit and sheer determination that so many fighters lack. He brings the heat! This ain’t going to

Julio Cesar Chavez looked back on his incredible career and difficult retirement. He spoke to Thomas Gerbasi BEFORE Julio Cesar Chavez became a boxing Hall of Famer and a beloved icon to those in his home country of Mexico, he was just a son trying to make life better for his hard-working and struggling family.

Feature • Issue • Premium Elliot Worsell talks to three boxers who spent time behind bars after murky pasts full of violence and drug abuse. Each would find their salvation in boxing IT was never his intention to start fighting the day he left prison, not after seven years of doing too much of that

Issue • Premium • Preview Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis looks to advance against former world champion Lipinets, writes John Dennen JARON ‘Boots’ Ennis faces the next test in his burgeoning professional career on Saturday (April 10). At the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville Philadelphia’s rising star takes on Sergey Lipinets to prove himself a world level

Issue • Premium • Preview Matt Christie wonders if Maxim Vlasov can buck the current Covid trend when he takes on Joe Smith Jnr WITH the striking lethargy of Alexander Povetkin still fresh in the memory one wonders if Maxim Vlasov, who like his Russian countryman recently contracted Covid-19, will be hangover-free when he takes

Amateur • Issue • Premium She’s beaten the likes of Shannon Courtenay before and now, with her Olympic dream over, Amy Andrew can look to the pros AMY ANDREW’S Olympic dream is over. The Haringey boxer had come to the sport late but won a place to represent New Zealand in international competition. She had

Boxers • Issue • Premium Paul Wheeler talks to Tom Ansell, a man who switched from the rugby pitch to the boxing ring When and why you started boxing:I began boxing in my first year of university, in order to get fit for the rugby pre-season. I started at Elite Fitness Academy in Hitchin. Favourite

Opinion To celebrate Gennady Golovkin’s 39th birthday, we pick out the middleweight maestro’s 10 best wins 1. DANIEL JACOBS (UD 12 – MAR 2017) An imposing athlete and heavy hitter, Jacobs was in fine form heading into his clash with Golovkin, yet “GGG” came through a close and highly competitive contest with a victory on

Opinion After Carl Frampton’s loss to Jamel Herring, Alex Steedman and Matt Christie reflect on the Northern Irishman’s career and legacy on the Opening Bell podcast FOLLOWING Carl Frampton’s loss to Jamel Herring in Dubai, Alex Steedman and Matt Christie reflect on the Northern Irishman’s career and legacy, from the headiest of highs in Belfast

Feature • Issue • Premium George Wood/Getty Images Dave Allen once left a casino at 5am and headed back to his hotel armed with a load of beer. The following day, he took part in a professional prize fight. He speaks to Elliot Worsell about his heavyweight career AT a time when a working-class sport

Issue • News • Premium It wasn’t just Tristan Kalkreuth’s sheer size that caught the eye of the esteemed Ronnie Shields, writes Phil Rogers RONNIE SHIELDS has seen it all before. The renowned trainer’s resumé of tutelage includes Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Arturo Gatti and Pernell Whitaker; some of the greatest boxers in the history

Issue • Opinion • Premium Christopher Lee/Getty Images I often think I should have stayed in Australia but my ambition is too great, says Conor Benn MANAGING expectation because of my surname was a massive challenge at first. It was hard because I was young but you become used to it and you are constantly

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium ‘Watch it sunshine,’ Nosher Powell had to warn Jean Claude Van Damme. ‘Or you’ll find my knee in your b*****ks’ BEN HUR, Jean Claude Van Damme, Billy Knuckles, James Bond and Eddie Hearn are all part of Nosher Powell’s life in and out of the ring. Powell fought 53

Harry Mullan, at ringside, saw Sugar Ray Leonard seal one of the great comebacks with hotly disputed verdict over the formidable Marvin Hagler in 1987 THE richest fight in boxing history produced one of the sport’s most controversial decisions as Sugar Ray Leonard defied the odds and the still formidable skills of middleweight legend Marvelous

Issue • Opinion • Premium Jamel Herring and Carl Frampton highlight their class but the event didn’t do a lot for promoting Dubai as a new world force in boxing, writes George Gigney in his media review AS Carl Frampton sought to make history and become the island of Ireland’s first ever three-weight world champion

History • Issue • Premium Larry Braysher Billy Thompson wanted to make sure his dad would never need to go down a mine again and lit up the British fight game in the gloomy post-war years, writes Alex Daley IN the aftermath of World War II, the British public craved excitement and entertainment like never