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Jawaid Khaliq MBE

Danny Flexen speaks to a former champion who retired at his peak

Marlon Starling

Mercurial Marlon remembers the good times, writes Tris Dixon

Dave McAuley

Glynn Evans talks to Larne's former 'world' flyweight king who enjoys his life after boxing

Ensley Bingham

Tris Dixon talks to Manchester's big-hitting 'Bingo', who might find his way back into boxing

All in a day's work

The stars come out for Sir Henry as Steve Holdsworth goes to the golf classic to catch up with more old-timers

Catching up on old times

Steve Holdsworth takes a trip to the Alan Minter Golf Classic in Hove and finds more than a few ex-boxers doing well

Bobby Czyz

James Slater speaks to a former 'world' champ who nearly died in a car smash

Kamel Bou Ali

Luca De Franco speaks to a former 'world' champion as he looks back on his career

Eugene Bryant

Tris Dixon speaks to a good-class journeyman who has become a trainer

Caveman Lee

Claude Abrams speaks to a man who went from victim to contender to addict

Mickey Goodwin

Claude Abrams speaks to a level-headed contender turned trainer

Leroy Caldwell

Tris Dixon speaks to a former heavyweight who could always be relied upon

Michael Olajide

Claude Abrams catches up with a former middle star who has not changed much

Tony McKenzie

FAMILY get-togethers at the McKenzies would never be the same again . . .

Floyd Harvard

Claude Abrams talks to a former Welsh marvel on his comeback as an agent

Damon Hague

Gary Vyse talks to a former good-value light-middle

Brian London

James Slater says the former British and Empire champ is fitter now than ever

Alessandro Duran

Luca De Franco catches up with an Italian matinee fighting idol turned trainer

Nino Benvenuti

Luca De Franco speaks to the Italian great

Armando Muniz

Tris Dixon takes a drive across California to meet a four-time challenger

Pat Dwyer

George Zeleny talks to a former ABA champ who signed pro forms on the box

Doug DeWitt

Former WBO middleweight king Doug DeWitt talks to James Slater

Jim Lloyd

George Zeleny talks to former Olympian Jim Lloyd

Dwight Muhammad Qawi

James Slater talks to the sawn-off former world light-heavy and cruiserweight king

Terry Downes

George Zeleny wants some overdue recognition for Britain’s oldest champ

Colin Jones

Glynn Evans talks to the last Welshman to fight for a world belt in the US

Patrizio Oliva

Luca De Franco talks to an Italian hero who has always enjoyed success

Charlie Magri

He may have held the WBC belt for little over six months, but as he is fond of saying: "Winning that world title has taken me a long way through life."

Richie Kates

GROWING up in a neighbourhood where "You had to fight", there was always a danger that former light-heavyweight title challenger Richie Kates would wind up in prison. He did - but on the right side of the bars.

John Feeney

JOHN FEENEY is fond of saying "life is all about being in the right place at the right time" and few boxers know the value of the phrase better than this former bantamweight pro.

Brian Anderson

Anderson, who boxed out of the Brendan Ingle camp in the 1980s, is now in charge of 1,100 inmates at Doncaster Prison.

Florentino Fernandez

One of the biggest hitters the middleweight division has seen and although he was called “The Ox”, he punched like a mule.

Marvin Johnson

Tris Dixon stops by Marvin Johnson's house on Thanksgiving Day

Chris Pyatt

Leicester may be home to a stream of factories, curry houses and carnivals, but can only claim one 'world' champion.

Giovanni Parisi

The former Olympic champion talks to Luca De Franco

Maurice Hope

MAURICE HOPE hates being called ex-world champion. It makes him sound dead, he feels.

Herol Graham

Tris Dixon talks to one of the best British fighters not to win a world title

Johnny Pritchett

A man who is grateful to boxing talks to George Zeleny

Billy Schwer

Billy Schwer has come out the other side following 18 months of hell

Sumbu Kalambay

Kalambay reflects on boxing the big names, like Herol Graham and Mike McCallum, writes Luca De Franco

Steve Robinson

Glynn Evans talks to the former WBO featherweight champion

Eddie Lloyd

Boxer turned gas engineer talks to Suzanne Nield

Francesco Damiani

The former Italian heavyweight talks to Luca De Franco

Vito Antuofermo

Italian hero Vito talks to Jack Hirsch about his middleweight glory days