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Matt Christie @MattCBoxingNews Editor NEWS broke over the weekend that Conor McGregor plans to return to boxing and Manny Pacquiao has agreed to face him in the new year. It’s the sport’s biggest story – purely in terms of interest – since Mike Tyson

Josh Taylor World No.1 IT was a good shot that knocked Apinun Khongsong out. I felt it sinking in straight away, I felt it go through my arm and I thought I’d put his rib cage out his back. I definitely caved his rib cage in. I knew that’s what he do

MAY I, through the medium of Boxing News, thank the wonderful boxing fraternity for signing a glove for Ashley Waters. Ashley, a keen boxing fan, has been isolating since March due to the pandemic. When informed of Ashley’s plight, “Big” Joe Egan, wh

SteveBunce @BigDaddyBunce Voice of boxing IT happened one warm night in Las Vegas in 2007 when my head was tanned, I was wearing my lucky world title gold tie and my man from Del Monte suit. The message was stark from the American producer. “We don’t

THE heavyweight clash between perennial contender Dereck Chisora and former cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk is scheduled to take place on October 31, with Matchroom promoting the event and Sky Sports broadcasting on their box office platform. Lee S

WE could yet see Canelo Alvarez fight in a professional boxing ring this year. As reported by The Athletic – who have covered the Mexican’s fallout with DAZN and Golden Boy extensively – a 10-hour mediation session was held last week in an attempt to

REIGNING English middleweight champion Linus Udofia knows a thing or two about soul searching. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Luton boxer took a few steps back; he enjoyed playing football again, and he studied psychology. His lockdown didn’t cons

UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT SEPTEMBER 26 CHARLO-DEREVYANCHENKO CHARLO-ROSARIO THE Brothers Charlo, perhaps the most malcontented identical twins to arrive on the American boxing scene in recent memory, have spent the better part of the past two to three

NANTERRE, FRANCE SEPTEMBER 25 MAIN EVENT UNDERCARD ATMOSPHERE ON a windy Friday night inside the Paris La Défense Arena, Tony Yoka did everything right as he stopped former heavyweight contender, Johann Duhaupas, in just 87 seconds. Here in France, t

MUNICH, GERMANY SEPTEMBER 26 DORTICOS-BRIEDIS BEHIND closed doors at the Plazamedia Broadcasting Center, cruiserweight standouts Yuniel Dorticos and Mairis Briedis met in the final of Team Sauerland’s World Boxing Super Series. Having both been beate

RIGA, LATVIA SEPTEMBER 26 BOLOTNIKS-BURTON NINE months after blasting out Steven Ward inside a round at the Brentwood Centre, bearded Latvian Ricards Bolotniks was back in action on home soil in the semi-finals of MTK’s Golden Contract light-heavywei

IF you ever hear the chant: “There’s only one Chantelle Cameron,” don’t believe it. There are several. There’s the Chantelle Cameron who’s a glamorous presence at charity functions, there’s the one who puts on overalls and helps her father do jobs ar

ON November 22, 2008, Paulie Malignaggi fought Ricky Hatton at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Entering the ring, Malignaggi knew that the hopes and dreams and hard work of 28 years would be distilled into a handful of three-minute segments.

AT first, football was my number-one sport, but because a couple of my mates were boxing, I ended up drifting into it with them. Mickey Hughes, who went on to box at the 1984 Olympics, was at the same school as me. And I lived in the same block of fl

With JOHN DENNEN | @BoxingNewsJD SEND us your club's news, results or upcoming events to john.dennen@boxingnewsonline.net or 020 7618 3478 THE greatest challenge facing the sport is the crisis affecting amateur boxing. The outlook is of profound conc

October 5, 1988; Grand Hall, Wembley, London IN the first IBF flyweight title fight to be scheduled for 12, Rolando Bohol of the Philippines – who had won and defended the belt via two 15-round decisions – risked his championship against the fluent a

Alex Daley @thealexdaley Historian & author THEY say fortune favours the brave and that’s a mantra Bootle middleweight Harry Scott could have taken heart from this week in 1965. The great Emile Griffith was in Britain looking to complete a hat-trick

When and why you started boxing: I didn’t walk into an amateur boxing gym until I was 21 years old. That was Danson ABC. Then I moved to Rumbles Boxing Academy. Favourite all-time fighter: The one and only “Prince” Naseem Hamed. He was unique – the p