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1 Isaac Chamberlain A former Southern Area cruiserweight champion, Chamberlain is currently 14-2 (8) as a pro and was last seen giving Chris Billam-Smith plenty to think about in a 2022 barnstormer in Bournemouth. 2 Mikael Lawal Unbeaten at 17-0 (11), Lawal, born in Nigeria but raised in England, won the British cruiserweight title with

IF YOU see a brand-new Dodge Charger Hellcat cruising through the streets of Houston, then there’s a good chance it will be O’Shaquie Foster behind the wheel. Or Ice Water as he is also known. Or Shock, as his close friends call him. Growing up in the small Texan town of Orange, he went by

WHEN Martin Bakole travelled to Paris, France last May to emphatically shatter the unbeaten record of 2016 Olympic champion Tony Yoka, any post-fight jubilation was tempered somewhat by the realisation that that the whole world now knew the extent of his danger. If, in other words, he was hard to match before, and he was,

LOOKING back, Rendall Munroe finds reasons to be glad he didn’t become a world champion. “I turned pro [in 2003] because [late uncle Dave] ‘Sticky’ [Pratt] said: ‘You’ve got a kid and you need to make some money out of boxing,’” he said. “Dad told me: ‘When you get titles, then the money will come.’

IN THE November 1930 edition of The Ring, the top 10 middleweights are ranked in order behind the champion, Mickey Walker.  Standing prominently as the number one challenger is the Californian, Dave Shade. Immediately behind him stand two Europeans, Rene De Vos of Belgium, and Britain’s Len Harvey. Shade had beaten De Vos over 10

MANNY STEWARD studied form all the time and that is because he was from a distant side of the sport, where knowing all the details was the difference between a State champion and a kid crying in the back of a car. It was Manny, many years later, who cooked and prepared food in suites in Atlantic

Websites IT LOOKS as though there will finally be official confirmation of Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia fighting each other in April. According to those involved, as well as reports from the likes of ESPN, contracts have been signed. The announcement may have even happened by the time you’re reading this. But there’s a far

THE STORY of the fight was simple from the moment it was announced: Could Leigh Wood avoid getting knocked out by Mauricio Lara? Wood survived until about the final 20 seconds of round seven, when he was caught clean with a beautiful left hook. Wood was out cold when he was dropped and came back

Part III: The Examples IT was somewhat fitting that for the next part of the process a gaggle of potential referees – 43 had now become 10 – found themselves sitting in an upper-floor room at the new Peacock Gym in Epping, their thoughts disturbed by the sounds of punch bags being struck by boxers

THE day before featherweights Leigh Wood and Mauricio Lara went to war in a Nottingham boxing ring, they both hit the scales at a pre-fight weigh-in, as is customary before a fight, and stared each other down for the benefit of the cameras, hoping to gain some sort of psychological edge both knew, in their

THE domestic boxing calendar again gathers pace this weekend when Mexican Mauricio Lara, the number one-ranked featherweight on the planet, takes on Leigh Wood, ranked fourth and the WBA belt-holder. The sumptuous contest, which surely can’t fail to catch fire, takes place on Saturday night (February 18) inside the same Nottingham Arena where Wood defeated

Wayne Alexander (Former European welterweight champion) I expect it to be a very good, hard-fought contest and can see a way for both to win. You have to give the utmost credit to Wood for taking a hard defence when it’s not a mandatory.  He has the better boxing ability and is a good punch-picker.

WHILE watching clips of British cruiserweights Lawrence Okolie and Richard Riakporhe clashing at the European premiere of Creed III, it was hard to determine which of the two things – Creed III or an altercation between British rivals – had the clunkiest choreography and corniest script. Certainly, knowing what we know about the Creed franchise,

QUEENSBERRY’S show at the York Hall on Friday night is topped by a 10-rounder between unbeaten heavyweights. David Adeleye and Dmytro Bezus are both 10-0 going into a fight screened live on BT Sport. For both it is their first fight over the distance and to prepare, Adeleye has been in Florida for five weeks

YOU WOULD be forgiven for forgetting that Mauricio Lara is just 24 years old. The Mexican featherweight – who challenges Leigh Wood for a featherweight belt this weekend in Nottingham – looks unpolished and speaks with the assurance and nonchalance of one of boxing’s seasoned veterans. It’s late afternoon in Mexico City. “Bronco” Lara, 25-2-1

WHEN journalist extraordinaire Ron Lewis passed away on Friday morning, at the age of just 54, the reaction from within the boxing industry was akin to what follows the death of a great fighter. One of the tragedies of sudden death is that the departed never fully understand the impact they made in life, and

THIS weekend at the Nottingham Arena, Dec Spelman will be in attendance watching the action inside the ring, wishing he was there. Every muscle, bone, and sinew, that makes up the 5ft 11ins of Dec Spelman screams fighter… except he isn’t one anymore. Spelman should have been out there under the lights, trading with Cheavon

UPSTAIRS, a woman driving a McClaren was talking to the gym’s boss and downstairs David Adeleye was shadow boxing in some considerable style. Earlier that day, Ron Lewis had died. The previous day, Anthony Joshua had opened his soul at a conference and Ron Lewis was there. The following night at Wembley, Adam Azim went