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Amateur Clive Wood/England Boxing The first Angel of the North Box Cup takes place at the Rainton Arena this weekend (Saturday May 28 to Sunday May 29), writes John Dennen THE inaugural Angel of the North International Box Cup begins on Saturday at the Rainton Arena. It’s the start of what will be a regular

Opinion The Opening Bell podcast on Canelo Alvarez’s next fight, Buatsi vs Richards and much more CANELO ALVAREZ and Gennadiy Golovkin look set to renew their hostilities on September 17. Alex Steedman and Matt Christie examine the appeal of their trilogy bout and make some early predictions. Last weekend, Joshua Buatsi overcame a spirited Craig

Opinion Ed Mulholland/Matchroom We ask a Boxing News panel who they think is the best fighter in the world today Chris Billam-SmithEuropean championI’d go for Oleksandr Usyk. Achieved everything at cruiserweight against a lot of great fighters and he’s not a big heavyweight so for him to go up to that weight and win convincingly

Editor’s letter • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Joshua Buatsi’s small steps are more beneficial than giant leaps like Danny Dignum’s, writes Matt Christie PLENTY have wondered if Joshua Buatsi was taking a little too long to progress through the light-heavyweight ranks. Certainly, his breakout bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics seems like an

History • Issue • Premium Miles Templeton remembers Manchester flyweight, Tony Barlow THE flyweight division nearly went extinct in Britain during the 1960s. By the end of the decade the British rankings listed John McCluskey as the champion and Tony Barlow, of Manchester, as the number one challenger. That was it, there was no number

Opinion Nathan Stirk/Getty Images We ask the Boxing News panel what has been their favourite Amir Khan moment Chris Billam-SmithEuropean championHas to be the Marcos Maidana fight and specifically the right and left hook to the body in that first round. Always loved that combination since. Joe GallagherTop trainerObviously the Olympics, but his performances against

News After two contentious fights Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin are set to complete their trilogy THE third fight between Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin has been confirmed. It will take place on  September 17, though the exact location is not yet certain. Boxing News understands that the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas was

Boxers Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Calum French will box next on Matchroom’s June 4 show in Cardiff. He faced our 60 Second Interview When and why you started boxing:I started at nine after watching The Contender series with Sugar Ray Leonard and Sylvester Stallone. Favourite all-time fighter:Manny Pacquiao. Best fight you’ve seen:One of the best fights

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Francois LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images How Harold Smith almost conquered the boxing world with bent cash “HE’S living in Dubai right now,” Gerry Cooney told me, the giant’s bright eyes smiling at the mention of the man’s name. He was talking about a man called Harold Smith, the man behind the

Feature • Issue • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Matt Christie considers the top 10 active male pound-for-pound fighters according to the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board 10. JERMELL CHARLO JERMELL comes in at at 10th at the expense of Gennadiy Golovkin. Charlo was supreme while proving his supremacy over Brian Castano and, in turn, the super-welterweight

News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Craig Richards gives Joshua Buatsi a tough battle at the O2 Arena JOSHUA BUATSI won his fierce, all-London rivalry with Craig Richards after an exciting 12 round battle at the O2 Arena in Greenwich on Saturday. Buatsi took a unanimous decision, winning 116-112 on one card and 115-113 for the two

Feature Joshua Buatsi has sacrificed living a normal life for fights like this. But, in his own words, he insists that will all pay off tonight against Craig Richards This camp was horrible. It’s a relief to be back in England and we’re close to the fight. I kept on saying, there’s a price to

Preview Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images David Lemieux appears disadvantged in all departments bar brute force against David Benavidez WITH world super-middleweight champion Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez deciding what comes next following his recent loss to Dmitry Bivol up at 175lbs, the WBC has wasted no time in creating an interim belt at 168 because it’s been a

Preview Lewis Storey/Getty Images Danny Dignum takes a huge step up when he faces Zhanibek Alimkhanuly IN a curious battle of southpaws the esteemed Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, 11-0 (7), takes on 30-year-old Danny Dignum over 12 middleweight rounds. Alimkhanuly, ranked number seven at middleweight by BN, is an Olympic quarter-finalist (2016) and winner of the Worlds

Issue • Premium • Preview Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing South Londoners Joshua Buatsi and Craig Richards meet in what promises to be an excellent battle at the O2, writes John Dennen DID Craig Richards do a better job against Dmitry Bivol than Canelo Álvarez? is a question that two weeks ago no one thought they’d ask.

Preview Dave Thompson/Matchroom Boxing Kerman Lejarraga is hard to beat in Bilbao… but it can be done. James Metcalf takes him on this Friday JAMES METCALF will be looking to break a telling and violent trend when he heads to the Bilbao Arena to do battle with local favourite, Kerman Lejarraga. Metcalf is the seventh

Preview Fanlong Meng awaits former light-heavyweight boss Jean Pascal AMIR KHAN this week admitted that he knew it was over before it ended. That while training for Kell Brook, his 35-year-old body could not do the things it used to do. It’s a realisation nearly all fighters face. Jean Pascal, now 39, must have had

Preview Queensberry Brad Foster hopes to rise above his old foe in the rankings by beating Baluta, writes Matt Bozeat QUEENSBERRY promote at the York Hall on Friday night. BT Sport televises the show topped by a good-looking super-bantamweight 10-rounder between former British and Commonwealth champion Brad Foster and the dangerous Ionut Baluta. The Romanian