PERHAPS the only thing worse than the decision delivered following Jack Catterall’s 2022 super-lightweight title fight against Josh Taylor in Glasgow was the fact that Catterall, rather than receive an immediate and deserved rematch, would instead have to choice but to return to the wilderness. By wilderness, of course, I mean obscurity and even that…
By Elliot Worsell TWO things we know. We know, one, that Shakur Stevenson is an acquired taste, as brilliant as he is frustrating, and we know, two, that his days with Top Rank, his current promoter, are numbered on account of him being, well, an acquired taste. In boxing, you see, often to win –…
By Elliot Worsell IF ever you have sauntered across a park on a Sunday morning and happened upon a football pitch and scores of screaming kids, you will know that there is no sound more terrifying than that produced by the parents watching these screaming kids from the sidelines. A blend of encouragement, negativity, and…
WHEN catching up with Macaulay McGowan just days after his sterling effort against Abass Baraou in a European title fight, I found someone torn between enjoying the acclaim he was currently receiving and preparing himself for the darker days of silence he knew would follow. This, after all, was not the first time the Mancunian…
By Paul Webb CALLUM Latimer is the latest off the Shoe-Box gym production line to turn professional, and his debut will come on July 19th on BCB Promotions ‘Summer Showdown’ at the Dudley Town Hall. The 20-year-old from Corby has been passionate about the sport since childhood. Following a steady amateur background, he will be…
By Elliot Worsell (June 20) AS Euros fever sweeps the nation, you will find it harder and harder to forget that for Toni Kroos, one of Germany’s star players, this will be his last assignment in a Germany shirt. It is a nice story, after all, and Germany’s hope, with this being a home tournament…
“WHAT makes me the best in the division? I can do everything, whatever you want, I got it.” Those were the assured words of Jaron Ennis as he prepares for a homecoming special this weekend. The IBF welterweight champion, known colloquially as ‘Boots’, reckons his replacement opponent in the Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, David Avanesyan,…
By Oscar Pick BECOMING a parent can completely change a fighter’s mindset. All of a sudden, the thought of taking risks and making tremendous sacrifices will seem less appealing as they instead make a conscious effort to mitigate the occupational hazards associated with boxing. This, in turn, may cause some to remove themselves from the…
IN the lineal era, John Henry Lewis was one of the very best world light-heavyweight champions. He dominated the division during the mid-1930s in a similar way that Bob Foster did in the early 1970s. Like Foster, he defended his title regularly and like Foster, he came unstuck when stepping up to fight for the…
By Oliver Fennell WHOEVER says youth is wasted on the young has never met Tony Curtis. The teenager from Southeast London has already lived abroad twice, won two amateur boxing titles, been taken on by a legend of the sport, turned professional and fought in three countries – all before he was a legal adult….
