OCTOBER 14 1980 will be remembered as a black day in British professional boxing and an especially low point between the editor and staff of Boxing News and the leading British promoters at the time, Mickey Duff and Mike Barrett. The sport was already reeling from the plight of Johnny Owen, who was lying in … Read more
Johnny Nelson: “What drives Anthony Joshua to box on? If it’s for the wrong reasons, he will be found wanting… Bar [Dillian] Whyte, Tyson Fury and [Oleksandr] Usyk are the two fighters that I think would set AJ alight. If the fight has gone in him, we’ll see it in those fights” By Johnny Nelson, … Read more
A huge match will take place at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday, as Leicester City play for the first time since the departure of Brendan Rodgers. Aston Villa will be the visitors, as they search for a third straight win in the Premier League. Premier League Preview It has been all change at … Read more
Broadcasts WHATEVER you may think of Anthony Joshua’s performance against Jermaine Franklin at the weekend – and there have been a wide variety of takes on it – the Brit can surely mark it down as job done. He won comfortably and, in the later rounds, seemed to be regaining some of the confidence and … Read more
Australia’s top women’s cricketers could earn upwards of a million Australian dollars a year in the new pay deal Cricket Australia has introduced; the five-year deal includes a headline funding increase of 66 per cent 7:27, UK, Monday 03 April 2023 Top Australian women cricketers could earn more than A$1m (£543,000;$666,600) a year with increases … Read more
It’s a new month, and we have a straight run to the end of the Italian Serie A season. The international results are in the book, and that’s the last we’ll see of the Euro 2024 qualifiers until after the club campaign has been decided. That’s excellent news for followers of Napoli who have enjoyed … Read more
IT IS entertaining to think what would have happened if Anthony Joshua had to pick from Angelo Dundee, Lou Duva, Eddie Futch or Richie Giachetti. Joshua picked Robert Garcia last summer and Derrick James for this spring, but what if the ancient quartet were still operating, still growling, still teaching fighters the way of the … Read more
After finishing in the top seven in successive top-division seasons for the first time, West Ham raised expectations last summer by spending £179m. Only Chelsea and Manchester United spent more in Europe. But the Hammers have gone backwards dramatically in the Premier League and sit in the relegation zone, one point from safety. “We brought … Read more
Lazio restart their Serie A campaign on Sunday, as they travel to Monza. They will be looking to maintain their excellent run before the international break, as they bid to claim second in the overall standings. Serie A Preview It has been an excellent campaign to this point for Lazio, but they will need … Read more
THEY say a boxer learns more in defeat than in victory, which, if true, suggests Anthony Joshua will continue being influenced more by two defeats to Oleksandr Usyk than by the routine and somewhat dull decision victory over Jermaine Franklin he secured tonight (April 1) in London. For while Joshua got back in the win … Read more
