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Feature • Opinion Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Having just got back in the win column with a decision against Kubrat Pulev, heavyweight Dereck Chisora will soon be on the hunt for his next opponent. Elliot Worsell offers some ideas IN keeping with the tradition of selling a product as something it’s not, the promised 41 potential

Feature • Premium Frank Warren (Scott Rawsthorne / Queensberry Promotion) In the year that Frank Warren turned 70, Declan Warrington got the chance to sit down with the legendary promoter and have him reflect on his career To mark Frank Warren’s 70th birthday and his four decades in boxing, the Boxing Writers’ Club hosted a

Letters • Premium Paul Charters Former two-weight Northern Area champion Paul Charters is the focus of this week’s Yesterday’s Heroes I RECEIVED a text this week from a stalwart of the North-Eastern scene, Paul Charters, telling me that he is stepping back from the game. Paul has been a familiar face on the North-Eastern circuit

Feature • Premium Hamzah Sheeraz (Scott Rawsthorne / Queensberry Promotions) Slough’s Hamzah Sheeraz has experienced both isolation and ramshackle living during his American adventure, but knows it’s all for the best, writes Declan Taylor THE RISE of Hamzah Sheeraz had been about as serene as any of British boxing’s other blue chip prospects since the

News • Opinion Dereck Chisora lands on Kubrat Pulev (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) Dereck Chisora wins his 45th pro fight, beating Kubrat Pulev by decision, but winning and losing have come to mean the same thing for the entertaining heavyweight, writes Elliot Worsell HOLLYWOOD is littered with stories of confused and often troubled protagonists stuck

Letters No sport has gifted as many idioms to everyday language as the sport of boxing and no sport embraces a cliché quite like boxing, either. Here are 10 of the best… 1 Styles make fights This is often said in response to an assumption that Boxer A beats Boxer B due to their form

Premium • Preview Derek Chisora and Kubrat Pulev at the press conference to announce their rematch (Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing) Veterans Pulev and Chisora set to collide in bizarre return, writes Matt Christie EVEN if we include Teenwolf Too, Neverending Story III and Chad Dawson-Antonio Tarver II, it’s unlikely we’ll be able to find a

Letters • Premium Matchroom This week’s panellists are asked to name their favourite characters in boxing Dave Allen (Heavyweight contender) I think the biggest character in boxing right now is Tyson Fury. He’s big and loud and, while his controversial days are behind him, he’s always making headlines. Michael Conlan (Featherweight contender) I think the

Letters • Premium Jack Thomas/Getty Images This week’s panellists are asked to pick a next opponent for undefeated heavyweight Joe Joyce Dave Allen (Heavyweight contender) I think Joe Joyce could beat everyone, but I could also see his lack of defence leading to early knockout defeats if he faces the likes of Anthony Joshua or

Feature • Premium Mark Magsayo fights Gary Russell Jr. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) Featherweight Mark Magsayo tells Lewis Watson all about the moment he was first inspired by countryman Manny Pacquiao MARK MAGSAYO is in good spirits. It’s easy reminiscing on his childhood now he’s regarded as one of the best featherweights on the

Feature Herbie Hide in 1995 (John Gichigi/ALLSPORT) Days before Chisora and Pulev attempt to bring “total carnage” to the O2 Arena, Elliot Worsell tells the story of a man who made both appear quite tame and predictable THE first time I met and interviewed Herbie Hide we were in Spitalfields market on a weekday and

Feature • Premium Ellie Scotney looks on during her super-bantamweight fight against Eva Cantos (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images) Ellie Scotney is her own worst critic and pains over every performance. That desire for perfection is a quality that could take her to the very top, writes John Evans IT’S SAID that if you do

News Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall will fight on September 10 in London (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images) While en route to the press conference to announce Shields vs. Marshall on September 10, Peter Fury, Marshall’s coach, tells Elliot Worsell why the fight means so much to him SEVEN years ago, Peter Fury was accompanying

Feature Jai Opetaia lands on Mairis Briedis in Australia (Photo by Peter Wallis/Getty Images) As Australia’s Jai Opetaia becomes the latest champion to emerge at cruiserweight, Elliot Worsell investigates why its previous suitors rarely stuck around NO division in boxing is used and abused quite like the cruiserweight division and therefore its abandonment issues are

Letters • Premium Ginger Sadd and his manager Wally Day Ginger Sadd was a clever and majestic boxer who could hold his own with, and beat, the best, writes Miles Templeton AT ONE time, it was said, Ginger Sadd was more famous in his own city than the local football club, Norwich City. Ginger was

News • Premium Tyler Denny celebrates beating River Wilson-Bent (Pic Lawrence Lustig) Tyler Denny, the new English middleweight champion, has done things the hard way so far and is now hoping for some kind of security, writes Elliot Worsell THEY say there is no sport as lonely as boxing, which, if true, means there is

News Boxing News win big at the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) annual writing awards BOXING NEWS figured prominently in the Boxing Writers Association of America annual writing awards, The Bernies, with the brand being named as the leading publication/website for 2021. Several writers and contributors also picked up key individual awards. In addition

News • Opinion Joe Joyce wades into Christian Hammer at Wembley (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images) After taking two rounds to clear his throat, Joe Joyce walked through Christian Hammer in round four, writes Elliot Worsell LIKE a 19-stone, monosyllabic metaphor for life itself, heavyweight Joe Joyce offers opponents so much hope and opportunity only