It’s Learning Nothing That Keeps Us Young: Dubois Stops Tetteh In 1

0 comments by Jason Langendorf on 9/29/2019

It’s hard not to think about Michael Grant. Two decades ago, Grant was boxing’s latest next big thing. A chiseled, athletic 6-foot-7 250-pounder with an 86-inch reach, Grant was a radioactive-spider-bitten unicorn — a powerful, athletic American heavyweight. Born in Chicago, he would have appeared just as formidable a figure rushing the quarterback off the […]

Boxing Trash Talk And The Art Of Promotion

0 comments by Andrew Ryan on 11/15/2015

Vulgarity makes an easy news story. Promoters have always known it. Insults, expletives and occasionally even racism and homophobia have long been go-to methods for convincing fans to spend. Media outlets, desperate for content to fill 24-hour channels and websites, have little choice but to play along. Yet for much of the boxing public, a […]

A Puncher’s Chance: Five Boxing Knockouts That Turned Around A Sure Defeat

0 comments by Cathal McGuigan on 8/28/2014

The puncher’s chance is a beautiful thing. A boxer can be barely standing, fighting more by muscle memory than will, and yet there is always a chance that a single perfect punch can turn a hopeless fight — and sometimes even a drooping career — around in a split second. This wild card factor is […]

British Beat: Kid Galahad And Derry Mathews Favoured For Weekend Honours

0 comments by Andrew Harrison on 5/8/2014

Sheffield junior featherweight Kid Galahad, 16-0, 8 KOs, will attempt to sew another badge on his rucksack this weekend when he vies for Commonwealth honours against imported Aussie wildcard Fred “The General” Mundraby, 15-1-1, 7 KOs. Having already secured British and European awards in successive fights (he has since discarded the Lonsdale belt), the tricksy […]

The Outsider: Amir Khan’s Battle For Acceptance

0 comments by Andrew Harrison on 5/1/2014

Like all teen stars, Amir Khan seems to have been around forever. It is nigh on a decade since an unknown 17-year-old lightweight boxer from Lancashire captured the hearts of a nation. His gallantry at the Olympic Games in Athens returned an unexpected silver medal. And while the Val Barker trophy for the tournament’s most […]

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