Issue • Premium • Reports David Becker/Getty Images Steve Bunce watches Josh Taylor edge ever closer to greatness as he proves he’s the best in his weight class following a stirring war with Jose Ramirez JOSH TAYLOR turned away and raised one hand when Jose Carlos Ramirez went down in a heap at the start
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Opinion Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul is being screened on Sky Sports Boxing’s pay-per-view platform Thomas StalkerGB Boxing Olympic captainIt is a circus. But I’ll watch it. Don’t hate, enjoy, I suppose. Lisa WhitesideCommonwealth Games gold medallistMayweather vs Logan Paul on Sky Box Office is a bit of a circus event. It may well get good numbers
History Thomas Hauser on Marvelous Marvin Hagler MARVELOUS MARVIN HAGLER, who was universally respected within the boxing community and was one of boxing’s greatest champions, died suddenly on March 13 at age 66. Usually, there are warning signs before a great fighter dies. He’s old. Or he’s relatively young but in failing health. Newspapers dust
News Mikey Williams/Top Rank Tyson Fury takes Deontay Wilder fight next, as Anthony Joshua is left to wait AFTER months of negotiations for an undisputed heavyweight title fight with Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury has signed for a trilogy bout with Deontay Wilder. The defence of Fury’s WBC belt is likely for Las Vegas at the
News Josh Taylor becomes the first British boxer to simultaneously hold all four world belts with rousing victory over Jose Ramirez JOSH TAYLOR is the undisputed world super-lightweight champion after defeating Jose Ramirez via unanimous 12-round decision in Las Vegas. Taylor, who dropped Ramirez twice inside the Virgin Hotel, now holds all four sanctioning body
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Opinion We ask a panel of experts how they see Josh Taylor vs Jose Ramirez going Thomas StalkerFought Taylor as an amateurI pick Taylor to win on points. I feel he is all round the better fighter. Taylor was only a baby when I boxed him twice, now he has his man strength. He has
News James Chance/Getty Images Ahead of his June 5 comeback, Daniel Dubois opens up about the loss to Joe Joyce, the subsequent decisions he made as he twice changed trainers and that odd interim title that’s on the line against Bogdan Dinu. By Matt Christie IT wasn’t supposed to be this way for Daniel Dubois.
News Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions As the big fight everyone was talking about collapses, Manny Pacquiao delivers a contest with Errol Spence that no one was expecting WHILE the big fight everybody was talking about, Anthony Joshua-Tyson Fury, was falling apart, a great fight nobody was expecting was being made. Manny Pacquiao will fight Errol
News Andrew Couldridge/Pool/Getty Images The dream of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fighting for the undisputed heavyweight title has, at least in the near term, crumbled. Matt Christie reports ANY hope of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fighting in a boxing ring this summer, as opposed to just squabbling on social media, has dramatically faded
History • Issue • Premium Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Ten years have passed since George Groves got the better of bitter amateur rival James DeGale in the professional ranks. Elliot Worsell was closer to the rivalry than most and remembers it well HE appeared heavier in the face but lighter in both the head and shoulders
Boxers • Issue • Premium Mike Stobe/Getty Images Hank Lundy, a man who fights through the pain barrier, talks to Paul Wheeler When and why you started boxing:It was in my senior year at high school, when I was about 18. Some guy – he had to be about 24 – was out in the
Feature • Issue • Premium Thirty-five years after his retirement Birmingham middleweight Willie Wright – the kind of fighter they just don’t make anymore – talks to Mike Lockley WILLIE WRIGHT’S rugged features – a nose bent and broken more times than the 10 commandments – betrays an uncompromising, 56-fight career against Britain’s best boxers.
Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Runnacles/Getty Images Josh Taylor tells Matt Christie about his frustrations surrounding the impending showdown with Jose Ramirez and his long-term plans for retirement JOSH TAYLOR still has seven pounds to lose and undisputed recognition as the best super-lightweight in the world to gain. But right now, nine days out
Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium The story of Remigijus Ziausys and other hard nuts who made careers out of losing in British boxing rings, writes Steve Bunce IF Saul Canelo Alvarez is building a chess set of the British men he has beaten for display somewhere in his latest mansion, then Remigijus Ziausys could
Issue • News • Premium Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images John Dennen speaks to Fightzone’s Jim McMunn about the new boxing broadcaster that launches this week A new boxing channel is being launched in the UK. Fightzone TV will stream their first event on Friday (May 21), the first of what they expect to be 50 shows
Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury hits an almighty Wilder-shaped snag just as we were starting to believe, writes Matt Christie TYSON FURY said it first. Then Eddie Hearn said it and kept saying it in different ways. Bob Arum said it, seemed to change his mind for
Issue • Opinion • Premium Sky Sports confirm the latest Floyd Mayweather pantomime will be a Box Office event, writes George Gigney as he casts his eyes over the boxing media IN the latest sign of the apocalypse, Sky Sports revealed that it will be broadcasting Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition bout against YouTuber Jake Paul –