THIS Saturday evening, in the Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, Nathan Heaney tops the card against Brad Pauls. The card is stacked with a good selection of fights to choose from. Let’s have a look at where the value is. The Boxing News betting picks for Nathan Heaney vs Brad Pauls 2: Nathan Heaney by decision…
By Miles Templeton A couple of years ago I wrote about the decision given against Pat Cowdell by referee Sid Nathan when he fought Dave Needham for the British featherweight title in 1979. Although this decision was highly controversial it would be wrong to place too much emphasis on it when remembering Pat and his…
THE Edwards family have an interesting night ahead of them on September 27 at York Hall. Brothers Charlie and Sunny will be in opposite corners for the first time when Charlie challenges Thomas Essomba, (13-8-1, 4 KOs), for the European bantamweight title. Sunny will not be lacing the gloves up, however, but he will be…
THE ideal vantage point from which to view and assess a sport like boxing is not dissimilar to the sweet spot a boxer seeks to find when in the ring about to launch an attack. It is close but not too close. It is removed but not so far removed that distance can be mistaken…
AFTER the demise of Benny Lynch, the world flyweight champion, in June 1938, Britain was still in an excellent position to provide enough little men to contest the newly vacant title. Lynch had failed to make the weight in a defence against the American, Jackie Jurich, at the home of St Mirren football club in…
By Oscar Pick JUNTO Nakatani is one of boxing’s most under-appreciated gems. Whenever he enters the ring, an electric performance is always guaranteed. Yet, when it comes to discussing the sport’s mainstream attractions, his name rarely gets mentioned. The 26-year-old is a three-weight world champion, ranked 10th on the Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound list and remains…
ALTHOUGH it is often said that the key to finding success in any field boils down to a willingness to do the hard work in silence, it is easier to say that of some professions than it is others. In boxing, for example, it is all well and good training alone for years and honing…
FORMER unified super-welterweight world champion Tim Tszyu will return to the ring on September 22 in Australia. The 29-year-old has been out of action since his defeat to Sebastian Fundora on March 30 at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Fundora, who was set to face Serhii Bohachuk on the undercard for the vacant 154lb WBC…
By Eric Armit IT may have flown slightly under the radar, but Sulaiman Segawa pulled off a huge upset by scoring a unanimous decision win over Ruben Villa in Las Vegas last weekend. The Ugandan won the battle of southpaws, using his longer reach and high work rate. He was feeding Villa right jabs from…
BRAD PAULS credits his defeat to Tyler Denny last year as the best thing that could have happened to his career. Their 10-round fight at Wembley Arena for the English middleweight title was a competitive one, but Denny never looked in any real danger of losing in the second defence of his belt. The 98-93,…
