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Don King wants to promote Bermane Stiverne-Alexander Povetkin, with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin ringside

Mike Tyson

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Aug 04, 2016

Bill Cayton: ‘I feel so sorry for Mike Tyson’

Boxing News’ late great former editor Harry Mullan spent two weeks in America in 1991, talking to some of the most significant figures in the game. There he met Bill Cayton, the man who, with Cus D’Amato and Jim Jacobs, steered Mike Tyson to greatness. Cayton talked frankly about Tyson and about Don King’s role in their break-up in this piece from our archives

Mike Tyson

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Bill Cayton: ‘I feel so sorry for Mike Tyson’

muhammad ali

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Mar 24, 2016

On This Day: Rocky is born as Chuck Wepner drops Muhammad Ali

James Slater catches up with Chuck Wepner 41 years after he turned in a spirited effort against Muhammad Ali

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On This Day: Rocky is born as Chuck Wepner drops Muhammad Ali

Pernell Whitaker

Feb 20, 2016

On This Day: Defensive genius Pernell Whitaker beaten clearly for the first time

Felix Trinidad beats Pernell Whitaker to put himself in prime position for a unification clash with Oscar De La Hoya, writes Sam Corbishley

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On This Day: Defensive genius Pernell Whitaker beaten clearly for the first time

mike tyson vs james buster douglas

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Feb 11, 2016

On This Day: Down Goes Tyson! Buster Douglas stuns Mike Tyson

James Slater reviews the upset of the century on its 26th birthday

mike tyson vs james buster douglas

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On This Day: Down Goes Tyson! Buster Douglas stuns Mike Tyson

Adrian Granados

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Jan 15, 2016

EXCLUSIVE Adrian Granados: Loss to Frankie Gomez only legitimate defeat on my record

Adrian Granados tells James Slater what his upset over Amir Imam should lead to

Adrian Granados

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EXCLUSIVE Adrian Granados: Loss to Frankie Gomez only legitimate defeat on my record

Don King

Oct 28, 2015

I’ll bring Floyd Mayweather out of retirement, vows Don King

Floyd Mayweather will be lured out of retirement to fight my fighter, Don King tells Declan Warrington

Don King

I’ll bring Floyd Mayweather out of retirement, vows Don King

New Issue: Chris Eubank Jnr batters overmatched Jeter

DonKing

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Sep 12, 2015

Don King: Floyd Mayweather is not ‘The Best Ever’

King rates Muhammad Ali as No.1 and warns Mayweather about the threat of Andre Berto

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Don King: Floyd Mayweather is not ‘The Best Ever’

Mosley-Kushner

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Feb 03, 2015

Boxing promoter Cedric Kushner dies at the age of 66

Cedric Kushner, once one of the most powerful men in boxing, dies from heart attack

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Boxing promoter Cedric Kushner dies at the age of 66

Klitschkobelts

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Jan 22, 2015

Snips and Snipes: There is more chance of a bridge being built from California to Hawaii than the WBC creating one unified world champion in each division

Eric Armit’s unmissable blog rounds up all the boxing stories including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Jermain Taylor, Deontay Wilder, and Crawford-Algieri

Klitschkobelts

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Snips and Snipes: There is more chance of a bridge being built from California to Hawaii than the WBC creating one unified world champion in each division

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Bermane Stiverne and Deontay Wilder promise destruction as their heavyweight showdown is confirmed for January 17 in Las Vegas

TimWitherspoon

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Oct 13, 2014

Tim Witherspoon prepares to tell all about the murky world of 1980s heavyweight boxing in new book

James Slater catches up with Terrible Tim Witherspoon who has ‘waited’ for the right time to release his book

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Tim Witherspoon prepares to tell all about the murky world of 1980s heavyweight boxing in new book

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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.
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