Jun 10 2021
Remembering Kirkland Laing
Always travelling. Ephemeral. A figure eternally in transit. Once upon a time, boxing writer Ian Probert got to know Kirkland Laing as well as almost anyone got to know Kirkland Laing. He shared his personal…
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Ian Probert
Ian Probert is the best-selling author of the children’s books Internet Spy and Johnny Nothing. He has also written two highly-acclaimed books on boxing, Rope Burns (1998) and Dangerous (2016). He is the former editor of Boxing Weekly and has written extensively on a wide range of subjects for myriad publications. Ian was first published in Boxing News in 1988 and after a 24-year break from the sport resumed writing for us in 2014. Recently Ian returned to his first love of painting, his exhibition Dead (2018) drawing an overwhelmingly positive response.
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May 14 2021
Canelo Alvarez – The Mexican Masterchef
In all my years watching boxing, it’s rare that I’ve seen a fighter as awe-inspiring as Canelo Alvarez, writes Ian Probert
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Feb 18 2021
Editor’s Pick: When Michael Watson rewatched the fight that nearly killed him
In 2019 Ian Probert sat down with Michael Watson to watch the fateful rematch with Chris Eubank. Read the feature here
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Oct 09 2020
John H. Stracey – Mission Improbable
Reliving one of the greatest victories in British boxing history with the man who orchestrated it, John H Stracey. By Ian Probert
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Sep 15 2020
Remembering Alan Minter
Ian Probert pays tribute to Britain’s former world middleweight king Alan Minter
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Apr 23 2020
Alan Minter reflects on his own career
'I’d achieved what I wanted to achieve there was nothing else I could do.' Alan Minter spoke to Ian Probert
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Mar 30 2020
The converging paths of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury
The intoxicating race between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua intensifies to signal a golden era for heavyweight boxing, writes Ian Probert
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Aug 19 2019
James Branch: ‘They want to see blood and gore’
James Branch tells Ian Probert what it feels like to land a fight-winning punch