Jake LaMotta was proud of never being knockdown, included a series of fights with Sugar Ray Robinson. A life told in film, Raging Bull by Martin Scorcese & played by Robert DeNiro. LaMotta's last nigh...

It is difficult to over-state the significance of Jack Johnson's victory over Tommy Burns on December 26th in 1908. Johnson became the first black fighter to win the Heavyweight title and so began a t...

Lawrence Okolie is the WBC Number 1 contender. That is a factual sentence. The basis for this status is harder to establish. As a former Cruiserweight champion he has credence, as a heavyweight, he ha...

Jake Paul is not a boxing innocent. He didn't wander into this Anthony Joshua fight unaware of the potential to be hit in a way he'd never experienced. The risk was the selling point. The perversity o...

Following humiliation at the hands of Daniel Dubois in 2024, Joshua stepped away from the spotlight. Undertook surgery and stayed away from the fight game that made him. A belated fight Tyson Fury now...

The Jake Paul fight with Anthony Joshua may be scoffed at, but yet again Paul provides a platform for elite female fighters to demonstrate their ability in front of a huge television audience. Alycia ...

It is 43 years since Bobby Chacon won the WBC Super-Featherweight title against arch rival, Rafael Limon. Their fourth meeting proved the most poignant as it came in the same year Chacon had contempla...

Likeable rogue Johnny Fisher got back in the win column last night but much was revealed about his potential to sustain a career worthy of the legion of fans who buy tickets and the attention his prom...

Hughie Fury returns from yet another lull in activity which has stolen the modicum of momentum he acquired beating three trial horses in 2024. He boxes in Rotterdam this weekend against Middlesbrough'...

Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer

A famous surname opens doors in the sprawling dystopia of boxing. Super-Lightweight contender Armando Casamonica is followed by a name with rich boxing history, father Sandro was a capable fighter too...

Article first appeared at Roundtable Boxing As Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn emerge from the darkness and drills of their respective training camps and into the dwindling light of boxing’s gaze, their shared animosity, whether real or contrived, is a reminder of the many great rivalries that have been woven into the tapestry of British boxing history. The dynastic element of their story is a unique one and elevates their place in the folklore of the sport beyond the sum of their respective abilities.

In a pulsating encounter in London, Fabio Wardley of Ipswich found a way to stop Kiwi Joseph Parker in the 11th round and in doing so positioned himself as Oleksandr Usyk’s next opponent for the Undisputed Heavyweight title. Wardley’s rise from the anonymity and peculiarities of White-Collar boxing to the cusp of such opportunity is both romantic in its appeal and astonishing in its reach.

Inside Dave Allen, he of the self-deprecation and tales of humility, regret and over hand right, lives a capable heavyweight. One of much greater boxing acumen than his lack of preparation invariably exposes to the watching public. Much of his enduring box-office appeal is founded on whimsical charisma, improbable durability and, well, man-child Yorkshireness. An area of England known for its grit, community and truculence.

The moment Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed fell to the floor simultaneously in final round of the fictional Rocky II rematch, Balboa rising to beat the count and win the title, fight fans could be forgi...

As is customary for British title fights at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, a venue situated in the heart of London’s East End and steeped in fight history, Kieron Conway and George Liddard offered a compelling fight for those who gathered, and the handful of customers DAZN hasn’t yet ostracised. Champion Conway entered the ring as the tried and trusted, Liddard as the upstart in a rush.

Article first published at BigFightWeekend.com October 2nd 1980. The Last Hurrah. 45 years ago, Larry Holmes beat up his hero. A fight which sickened those watching on who loved his hero too. Muhammad Ali had reached into his deep reserves of magic and found there were no more miracles to summon. Aged 38, Ali’s feet were now slow, his energy sapped by a decade of grueling encounters with Frazier, Foreman and Norton, weight drained by misuse of Thyroid pills and the first creep of neurological demise becoming ever more evident.

Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

Article first appeared at BigFightWeekend.com This Saturday in Las Vegas, alas no longer the singular mecca of boxing that once it was, Terence Crawford reaches the final scenes of his decorated career on the grandest stage of all. A 17-year voyage in which he has become undisputed champion in the Lightweight, Junior Welterweight and Welterweight divisions. It is a compelling assembly of titles in an era more famous for the obstacles the sanctioning bodies impose on those pursuant of transcendent glory than the fights won to overcome them.

Article first published on BigFightWeekend.com Ricky Hatton’s impact on British boxing during an illustrious 15-year career is difficult to over state. The council estate beginnings were as important as the Vegas venues he would eventually reach in carving out his place in the affections of the tens of thousands who would follow him to the States, famously drinking the bars dry, and the many millions who loved him from afar.

A variety of Norwich gyms and sports centres are offering free passes today, September 24, to celebrate National Fitness Day.