by Andrew Fairley When and why you started boxing: I started boxing because my grandfather boxed in the Royal Marines and my dad also boxed amateur (50 fights ish). I started at nine years old. Favourite all-time fighter: Sugar Ray Leonard, just brilliant to watch. Best fight you’ve seen: Got to be Ward and Gatti….
by Paul Webb NICO OGBEIDE wants to see his name up on the big screen, but first he has to handle business on Saturday night at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham on the undercard of BCB Promotions ‘For King and Country’. The 30-year-old from the second city has been strongly linked with a slot on…
RIYADH SEASON events have become a permanent fixture in the boxing calendar, with several mouthwatering matchups now emerging from the realm of fantasy. Turki Alalshikh has largely spearheaded this seismic shift, seamlessly realising his lofty ambitions while the sport’s most influential figures dance to his tune. The latest promoters to broker agreements with Alalshikh are…
IN RECENT weeks it has become known that Nick Ball’s next fight would take place in his home city of Liverpool and now he appears to have an opponent. The 27-year-old is the current WBA featherweight champion having won the title against Raymond Ford on June 1 with a performance full of vigour and determination….
ANGELO LEO isn’t known as one of boxing’s biggest punchers but last weekend his 10th round win over Luis Alberto Lopez will go down as one of the knockouts of 2024. Eric Armit looks back at the fight round-by-round and how it reached its conclusion. Round 1 Leo was boxing neatly on the retreat stabbing…
IT WAS expected to be a Fight of the Year contender and it delivered. Super-welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr and Serhii Bohachuk traded huge shots for 12 rounds at the Mandalay Bay leaving fans enthralled but the losing side angered at the judges’ verdicts. Eric Armit looks back at how the fight unfolded while delivering his…
Ten years after the final fight of one of the finest careers of any British fighter, Carl Froch reflects on the journey that, perhaps wrongly, is at risk of being defined by one night above all else. Interview: Declan Warrington BN: You’ve been a retired fighter for 10 years… CF: It’s gone quick. It seems…
THIS weekend, a quietly-spoken Welsh southpaw is looking to tame a hyped, heavy-handed American. Sound familiar ? In 2006, Joe Calzaghe was the underrated Welshman, Jeff Lacy the overhyped American – and on one of the best nights in recent British ring history, Calzaghe dished out a brutal boxing lesson. On Saturday night, Barrie Jones…
IT WAS expected to be a Fight of the Year contender and it delivered. Super-welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr and Serhii Bohachuk traded huge shots for 12 rounds at the Mandalay Bay leaving fans enthralled but the losing side angered at the judges’ verdicts. Eric Armit looks back at how the fight unfolded while delivering his…
by Paul Webb TROY JONES is looking to put the light-heavyweight division on notice when he faces Leon Willings for the English title Saturday night at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham, headlining BCB Promotions ‘For King and Country’ card. The 26-year-old from Tamworth has amassed an impressive 10-fight unbeaten record with six wins inside the…
