By Matt Christie Many people who have worked in boxing for a long time will say the sport no longer surprises them. That’s something I can understand but not completely agree with. I’d argue that boxing has the capacity to shock like no other sport, and it’s not always what happens inside the ring that … Read more
Solomon Dacres on the recent showing of his sparring partner, the switch from Matchroom to Queensberry, and his difficult debut for his new promoters. (With Shaun Brown.) BN: What was your immediate reaction to your performance against Michael Webster on November 18? SD: Just thank God I got the win in that one (laughs). It … Read more
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
Former European super-lightweight champion Joe Hughes was the matchmaker for an amateur show at Paddy John’s gym in Bristol last Saturday. After the event he sat down to watch Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou. In his latest column for Boxing News, he believes what happened isn’t necessarily a bad thing for the sport. BOXING has … Read more
By Elliot Worsell AT school, it seemed almost unacceptable for either boys to get good grades or for girls to break a sweat. It was mainly for this reason the boys neglected to do their homework and took pride in failing exams and the girls, brighter but just as prone to herd mentality, excused themselves … Read more
By Matt Christie EVERY time we publish a cover that highlights the chaos inside the boxing industry, like last week’s Silly Season cover, I am contacted via email and on social media by a small percentage of readers who are critical of our decision. Generally, it’s because they feel we should not give contests like Tyson … Read more
1) That left hook It wasn’t quite Henry Cooper on Muhammad Ali levels of shocking, but it wasn’t far off, particularly when you consider that the left hook he landed in round three was maybe the first full-blooded left hook Francis Ngannou had ever landed in a professional boxing match. 2) One judge thought Ngannou … Read more
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
By Elliot Worsell ALTHOUGH we expected tonight’s heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia to be disappointing or amusing, it turned out to be something completely different. Thanks to Ngannou’s performance, it resembled a bullfight, where the bull wasn’t weakened beforehand and had enough strength to shock the matador. It’s hard … Read more
By Matt Christie IT WON’T matter to some what is written here in this preview because they’ll already be irate that Boxing News is giving a contest between a man claiming to be the world heavyweight champion (Tyson Fury) and a 37-year-old debutant (Francis Ngannou) any coverage at all. On numerous occasions BN has been … Read more
