Much of what makes ageing so cruel is that it happens so gradually, the damage done in increments largely imperceptible until suddenly it is all you see. If it’s not something you see in yourself, it will be something you see in those around you, may...
Regardless of the score, or the balance of play, it is inevitable. It is usually shouted with about a minute to go in the match and the implication, when it is called, is that everything that came before it, including even the score, is now effective...
While preparing to fight Anthony Joshua on Saturday, Daniel Dubois celebrated his 27th birthday. That is an age of little significance, true, yet it is interesting all the same to consider how, in the context of Daniel Dubois, a heavyweight, it is co...
Josh Kelly likes to feel settled. He is not alone in wanting this feeling, of course, but on account of his career choice, finding this feeling is for Kelly more difficult than it is for most. In boxing, after all, the feeling of being surprised or e...
Kieran Farrell, while on his way home one Thursday in September, came to understand this. He had earlier that day been in the boxing gym, his office, training Daniel Dubois, yet was now stuck on a train, surrounded by passengers as desperate as him t...
On this day 20 years ago Wayne Alexander, wounded badly by a body shot, found the mother of all left hooks to disconnect Takaloo from his senses and turn their fight on its head. Here, he remembers that stunning night at York Hall.
On this day 20 years ago, Carl Thompson simultaneously derailed the career of David Haye and provided the Londoner with a valuable lesson he would later use in his quest to become world cruiserweight champion. Now 62, Thompson remembers the night fon...
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When seeing that Chris Eubank Jnr had been tasked with offering his opinion on four fighters – Conor Benn and Billy Joe Saunders, plus Terence Crawford and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez – one couldn’t help but feel his opinion on 50% of this so-called Hit Li...
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Sometimes, especially when it comes to social media, it is best not to say anything at all. If, for example, someone dies, famous or otherwise, there is really no need for JoeBloggs649264883 to comment publicly or express what the deceased meant to t...
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