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THANKS to Tyson Fury taking himself off social media last week, much to the relief of all involved, the noise surrounding an Oleksandr Usyk showdown momentarily quietened. In boxing, that generally means that things are progressing towards a conclusion. It seems that conclusion is now upon us. BN understands there will be one last ditch

IT TOOK me 10 years to get a world ranking, I was almost at the pinnacle and then it gets ripped away from me. What can I do? This doesn’t happen very often. There was nobody I could turn to for any advice. I had to just crack on with it and look at it

IT WILL be about more than the four belts when the streets of Dublin fall silent for a fighter once again in May. Katie Taylor was not sure this day would ever happen; not sure she would get to fight in front of her people as a professional. The emotion was in her voice when

Nate Collins (British and Commonwealth featherweight champion) As sad as it is, because I like supporting British fighters, John Ryder has no chance at all against Canelo and I don’t see him lasting to the end of the fight. That’s no shame, though. As long as he goes out and puts on a performance, he

MAX BAER was one of the most colourful of all heavyweight champions. He was a devastating puncher and his rise to the title during the years 1930 to 1934 showed him at his best. In 1935 he lost out to Jimmy Braddock in a huge upset in a title defence before being destroyed by Joe

IN THE summer of 1984, the gaze of the sporting world was on the Olympics that took place in Los Angeles. America aimed to deliver a spectacle that would strike an ideological blow in its Cold War with the communist, Soviet Union, who led a boycott of the event in reply to America staying away from the Moscow games, four years before. Their withdrawal was followed by Cuba,

SO early is it in the career of Cyrus Pattinson, his next opponent, Chris Jenkins, admits he knew very little about the Newcastle prospect before being offered the chance to fight him and had, until that point, seen no footage of him whatsoever. That has changed since the fight was made, of course, and now

IN a misguided effort to endear himself to fans seemingly all out of trust and sympathy, welterweight contender Conor Benn has targeted two men he believes people want to watch him beat up this summer, thinking only of the money he can make in the process (lots) and not the message it sends (a bad

TEN years ago, almost to the day, Tim Bradley and Ruslan Provodnikov stepped into a boxing ring in Carson, California, to face one another. What took place over those 12 incredible rounds became more than just the Fight Of The Year, it crystalized for many of us why we fell in love with this great

IF someone had told you eight years ago that John Ryder, after being stopped inside seven rounds by Nick Blackwell in a British title fight, would one day travel to Mexico to fight Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, the sport’s biggest star, you would have been forgiven for thinking it was a case of mistaken identity. Indeed,

“NO REMATCH clause,” exclaimed Tyson Fury on Monday. “The winner takes the glory, the loser goes home with his dick in his hand. How about that? Agree to that you f**king b**ch.” That charming social media address to Oleksandr Usyk, as negotiations reach a crucial stage to seal their April 29 showdown at Wembley Stadium,

THEY just walk away and are never seen or heard from again. They are the vanished boxers, the true lost souls from our sport. They are the fighters with the names and fights you have forgotten, and then they are mentioned in casual conversation and you invariably utter: “What happened to him?” Some had a handful

Wayne Alexander (Former European super-welterweight champion) As long as they have put their hands up and admitted their guilt as soon as the test comes back positive, they should take the punishment – whether it be a fine or a ban, or both – and be prepared for random tests in future. If it happens

TRYING to goad an opponent into a winner takes all bet is nothing new. Frequently, the challenge is issued on the spur of the moment when emotions are running high. But apparently in Jake Paul’s case he had meticulously planned his challenge to Tommy Fury. Paul wisely set up the parameters where his risk was

Wayne Alexander (Former European super-welterweight champion) I have to go with Fury. Even though Tyson has made it a difficult fight to make – almost as if he doesn’t really want the fight – I still believe he has all the attributes to come out on top. He is bigger, stronger, taller, and heavier, and

FEW British boxers have been as busy and in-demand as Chris Jenkins in recent years and there’s good reason for that, too. The Welsh welterweight, whether in victory or defeat, always gives a good account of himself and, perhaps more importantly, invariably provides the same answer whenever his services are requested: “Yes, no problem. When,

LIFTING his head from the pillow, Callum Walsh drinks in the Californian sunshine and ponders his journey from Cork, Ireland, to Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Club in glamorous Los Angeles. “It’s a crazy feeling,” he tells Boxing News. “It’s, like, I’m here! Right now! In LA! Waking up and I’m just about to go

THERE was an inauspicious beginning, a stressful middle and a glorious end to Dan Azeez’s Parisian story, but c’est la vie for the new light-heavyweight champion of Europe. Azeez missed his initial Eurostar to Paris and was initially told he would have to wait until Thursday of fight week to get on another one. In