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A standout amateur, the Hatfield southpaw grew up in a Romani travelling community and has come up through the rankings the hard way, beating numerous highly-touted domestic rivals and now looks set to storm the world scene.
Wladimir Klitschko has is being discussed as a possible opponent for Dillian Whyte, while Gennady Golovkin and Billy Joe Saunders could finally meet this year
Jermell and Jermall Charlo are in a spot of bother with the WBC and VADA and Billy Joe Saunders is putting his money where his mouth is this weekend
After the saga of his VADA test, Billy Joe Saunders will go to the courts, as Demetrius Andrade and Walter Kautondokwa fight for his former world title
Billy Joe Saunders won’t be fighting next weekend and is no longer a world champion. Elliot Worsell, with help from Dominic Ingle and Robert Smith, investigates.
WBO president recommends Billy Joe Saunders face a six month suspension
Billy Joe Saunders’ WBO world middleweight title in jeopardy. He will no longer fight Demetrius Andrade in Boston on October 20.
Billy Joe Saunders issues statement, published in full here
Billy Joe Saunders receives punishment for “banter” that “went wrong”, while Joe Calzaghe writes poignant tribute to his late father
WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders was found guilty of bringing the sport into disrepute at a hearing
The British Boxing Board of Control will stage a hearing next week to investigate Billy Joe Saunders incident
Now without a belt, James DeGale lines up a September fight, Chris Eubank gets an opponent for Jeddah, and Billy Joe Saunders comments on Canelo vs. Golovkin II
Martin Murray lays feud with Billy Joe Saunders to rest, writes Jack Figg
‘There’s a lot of smoke and mist in the division right now, and when it clears up I will be the man standing there,’ says WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders
UFC President Dana White concedes boxing is a tough nut to crack, Terence Crawford sees Danny Garcia as easy work, and Billy Joe Saunders and Demetrius Andrade will meet on October 20
A warning for Billy Joe Saunders, Brian Rose tells Matt Bozeat what it’s like fighting Demetrius Andrade
Tyson Fury knows nothing about a potential Dillian Whyte fight, and Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren put differences aside to make a hell of a WBO middleweight title fight
Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren have agreed to make Billy Joe Saunders versus Demetrius Andrade, believe it or not
Billy Joe Saunders could be set for a tricky defence of his WBO middleweight title, and all things WBSS will be revealed at The Draft Gala on July 20 in Moscow
WBO hand Billy Joe Saunders a tough challenge with Demetrius Andrade, writes John Dennen
Why has two-time world super-middleweight champion James DeGale vacated his IBF title? Elliot Worsell investigates
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Boxing News was founded in 1909 by original editor John Murray as, simply, Boxing. Murray had been a regular contributor to Health & Strength magazine and convinced its owner, Bill Berry (later Lord Camrose) to launch a weekly magazine dedicated solely to boxing. It is believed Murray had been inspired by Jack Johnson beating Tommy Burns to become the first black World heavyweight champion. In his first editorial, Murray stated, "Boxing will stand for good clean sport. Its success of failure is in the hands of those who believe in sport of this character. Our energies will be devoted to giving the best paper that time, thought and money can devise." When circulation began to decline in the depression days of the late 20s, the name of the magazine was changed to Boxing, Racing and Football. In October 1931, the paper was sold to a syndicate of London sportsmen, who installed Sydney Rushton, a long-time London fight reporter, as the new editor. The layout changed, the page size was increased and Rushton proved less popular than Murray. The paper was again put up for sale and, while waiting for a buyer, the old features were reinstated and there was no official Editor. Another set of sportsmen bought the paper and Godfrey Williams was named editor. He attempted to run Boxing as a newspaper, cutting popular features and reducing news stories down to the shortest possible length. The circulation quickly dropped to its lowest ever.
Billy Masters, a city printer and huge boxing fan, saved the paper, appointing W.H. Millier as the new editor. He completely reinvigorated the magazine, helped in no small measure by its first colour cover. In 1935, Millier departed and the owner replaced him with Sydney Ackland, who had previously worked as John Murray's assistant editor and had been taught by him. World War II brought many changes as first Sydney, then replacement Stanley Nelson, contributed to the war effort. Murray made a popular comeback as editor but ill health forced him to step down in 1941. Gilbert Odd took over until the building housing the paper was destroyed by the enemy. Odd was then called up for national service and both Masters and Murray served further terms. Now with the new name of Boxing News, the paper was bought by Australian publicist Vivian Brodzky and former promoter Sydney Hulls. Northern sports writer Bert Callis was the new editor. Odd took over for a second term upon Callis' retirement. Odd implemented the tradition of reporting the results and fighters' weights for every single fight in the country. When Odd quit to write books, he was succeeded by Jack Wilson and then Tim Riley. When Brodzky died, Boxing News was sold twice in quick succession, and Graham Houston became editor in 1971, immediately broadening the range of coverage, especially in North America. Houston left in 1977 to work on morning newspapers in Canada. This prompted the appointment of perhaps BN's greatest Editor of recent years, Harry Mullan. Circulation increased exponentially during the Mullan years, which doubled as a time of great change in the boxing world. Most notable new developments were the proliferation of 'world' titles and the increase in the number of major British promoters. Mullan was fiercely principled and tremendously well respected in the boxing fraternity. When Mullan left in October 1996, he was given this glowing tribute from then BN Publisher Peter Kravitz: "His writing stands comparison with the Lieblings, Hausers and Mailers of this century of boxing." Assistant Editor Claude Abrams succeeded Mullan in November 1996. Boxing News was redesigned and switched to a full-colour format and become more extensive in content. In March 1999 the paper went to A3 size before reverting to A4, and increasing in size to 48 pages (from 24) in September 2005. The magazine remained the main trade paper in Britain. Abrams left BN – after 22 years – in December 2009, just three months after the publication celebrated its centenary, and was succeeded as editor by Tris Dixon.
Tris left the magazine in December 2014, with Matt Christie taking over as editor.
