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Feature • Issue • Premium Al Bello/Getty Images Behind the scenes with Roy Jones on the night he realised he wasn’t Roy Jones anymore. By Thomas Hauser THE main arena at Madison Square Garden is a nice place to make history. On November 8, 2008, Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jnr did just that, although

Opinion For many the hardest fight comes when they’ve got to retire from boxing. But there is life after boxing, says Tony Jeffries THERE is no single better feeling in the world than getting your arm raise after a fight, especially a big fight. I’m guessing it’s like taking a high quality, addictive drug (I

Floyd Mayweather uses his 50-0 record as evidence that he is ‘The Best Ever’. Eric Armit investigated some other unbeaten runs in boxing history that test ‘Money’s’ theory to the max PERHAPS the biggest controversy to emerge from Floyd Mayweather beating Conor McGregor in August of 2017 was that “Money”, while beating a debutant, officially

Tyson Fury’s rise from troubled former champion on the brink of retirement to the now WBC heavyweight champion should have come as no surprise, writes Elliot Worsell IF rising from the 12th-round knockdown in their first fight was a microcosm of the Tyson Fury story so far, the ‘Gypsy King’s performance in his rematch with

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Steve Bunce remembers the infamous night of Tijunana Tumblers when a selection of visiting Mexican fighters could barely stand up IT was a night of infamy in the boxing game, it was dubbed the Night of the Tijuana Tumblers and every single bad night of professional boxing is measured

Springs Toledo tells the story of Sam Langford and reveals the circumstances of his final days for the first time “IT WAS A DUNGEON,” Marvin Gilmore said about Boston State Hospital. “Like something out of medieval times.” Located on 232 acres of farmland, it began its therapeutic tenure in the late 19th century with promise,

Opinion It proved a tough loss for Josh Kelly, but should he have been put into the David Avanesyan fight in the first place? Callum SmithFormer world champPossibly. In hindsight it’s easier to say now he’s lost it. If he’d won people would be saying it’s a great move. Stylistically it was always going to

News • Premium Mark Robinson Next Josh Warrington will rematch the man who knocked him out and is putting it all on the line, John Dennen reports DESPITE suffering a shock knockout loss to Mauricio Lara on February 13, Josh Warrington is adamant that he will rematch the unheralded Mexican next, and retire if he

Fitness • Training In his ultimate tutorial Tony Jeffries demonstrates how to box EVERR wondered how Floyd Mayweather has great reactions? How Manny Pacquiao gets so much speed in his punches? How Tyson Fury can move his feet the way he does? Well, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks creating a video to show

Feature • Issue • Premium So far we have: Frazier-Ali I (seventies); Hagler-Hearns (eighties); Chavez-Taylor (nineties)… Now, Matt Christie goes back to the 2000s and reveals the fight you voted as your favourite THE premise for Desert Island Fights is simple: You will soon be stranded on a desert island. To ease the boredom, you

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium A year on from that epic Sin City event Steve Bunce recalls when Tyson Fury played a blinder TYSON FURY had been in a house before out on the edge of town and just beyond the stretch of endless lights that never seem to stop glowing in Las Vegas.

Premium • Reports Oscar Valdez sends out a chilling message to the super-featherweight division, writes Sean Nam AFTER four rounds of an all-Mexican super-featherweight title fight, Miguel Berchelt, the champion, seemed to have lost his chin… that’s because it was on the canvas somewhere, splintered into a hundred glass shards. His legs were still beneath

News Jack Hirsch not impressed with Adrien Broner but Otto Wallin marches towards a heavyweight title shot IN the past, Showtime has relieved three of its analysts (Bobby Czyz, Antonio Tarver, and Paul Malignaggi) of their broadcast duties because they crossed a line that did not meet with the network’s moral standards, yet they continue

News Josh Kelly makes bright start but David Avanesyan shows his class again, writes Roy Kelly from Wembley Arena DAVID AVANESYAN produced another ruthless display to retain his European welterweight title in devastating fashion with a sixth-round stoppage of Josh Kelly. The challenger touched down midway through the sixth round at the SSE Arena and

Opinion Terry Dooley explores the idea of Schadenfreude (taking pleasure in the misfortune of others) and its place in boxing THE idea of Schadenfreude — taking pleasure in the misfortune of others — and its place in boxing has sporadically turned over and over in my mind ever since Audley Harrison, a former Olympian and

News Mark Robinson Jordan Gill speaks to Roy Kelly ahead of his clash with seasoned world title challenger Cesar Juarez NEVER employ a Mexican as an opponent. That should have been a lesson learned over the last six months. Josh Warrington’s brutal first career defeat to Mauricio Lara’s hands of stone at Wembley followed on

News Mark Robinson 440 days after Josh Kelly and David Avanesyan were first due to collide, the two are finally ready to fight. Roy Kelly (no relation) reports from the Wembley bubble THE weigh-in was not without its hitches. Issues regarding the scales had to be resolved just before the ceremony without the need for Eddie

Opinion Los Guerreros – Listing 10 classic Mexican rivalries MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA vs ERIK MORALESThe Barrera-Morales trilogy is rightly regarded as one of the greatest collection of contests in history. Their bitter feud was rooted in the historic rivalry between their respective hometowns of Mexico City (Barrera) and Tijuana (Morales). After losing to Morales at