Queensberry will promote Joshua vs. Wilder, Frank Warren confirms

By Declan Taylor FRANK WARREN has confirmed the reported March 9 clash between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in Saudi Arabia will be a Queensberry Promotions event, even though neither of them are signed with him. The two heavyweights are in separate fights on Saturday’s Day of Reckoning card in Riyadh and should both come … Read more

The Week: Yafai’s last dance, Heaney rises to the occasion, and the PFL wants to pair Ngannou with Wilder

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags By Declan Taylor Wednesday, 15 November BY MY RECKONING I’m still not exactly sure how they pulled it off but on Wednesday evening, one of the biggest press conferences in British boxing history took place in London at Wembley Arena. The Week has been involved in some bizarre, … Read more

Opportunity Knocks: Inside the neighbouring dressing rooms of Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua

By Declan Taylor THERE were no more than six yards between the door to Deontay Wilder’s dressing room and that of Anthony Joshua on Wednesday night. Although the Saudi money did not manage to finally put the two fallen heavyweight champions together in the ring, they did at least get them in the same venue … Read more

Media Review: Warren and Hearn finally sit at the same table, but still crucial questions go unasked

By George Gigney THERE’S really only one place to start, isn’t there? Seeing Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren sitting at the same top table of a press conference, then standing next to one another for pictures, was mad. You almost had to rub your eyes and check you were seeing things right when each person … Read more

No Need: Putting Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in against Otto Wallin and Joseph Parker is just asking for trouble

By Anish Parekh “WHEREVER you are in the world tune-in December 23 for one of the greatest boxing cards ever put together!” announced the Queensberry Promotions X account on Wednesday (November 15). A card featuring Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in Saudi Araba certainly caused a stir and created intrigue among boxing fans around the … Read more

Editor’s Letter: For as long as it’s a fixture in the boxing calendar, Riyadh Season can conquer all

Instead of using the pages of this week’s Boxing News magazine to wrap up his fish and chips, Frank Warren may want to keep it for prosperity. As well as staging what is surely the most stacked British card of 2023 this weekend, the Hall of Famer is at the heart of a seismic shift … Read more

Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder “finishing deals” to appear in separate fights on December 23

By Elliot Worsell IF anything can finally get Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in a ring together at the same time, it will probably be Middle East money and, specifically, the considerable influence of General Entertainment Authority’s Turki Alalshikh, whose plan it is to host another major boxing event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December … Read more

The 10 scariest fighters in boxing reimagined as classic horror films

By Elliot Worsell ODDLY, despite the fact boxing consists of scores of well-trained men and women trying to punch one another in the head until someone is left unconscious, the scariest aspects of the sport have nothing to do with the boxers whatsoever. Though it is true, yes, that events in the ring can sometimes … Read more

Welcome, Francis: Five options for Francis Ngannou now that he has been anointed saviour of boxing’s heavyweight division

By Elliot Worsell IF you had told me that on Monday, October 30, two days after a “boxing match” between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou, I would spend my morning drawing up a list of five potential opponents for Francis Ngannou, in a boxing ring, I wouldn’t know which of us was crazier: you or … Read more