Feb 16 2020
Memories of Sammy McCarthy
'I always wanted to box but I was always very frightened, very nervous. But I overcame it the way you overcome things, I started doing it.' Alex Daley remembers the impression Sammy McCarthy made on…
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Feb 11 2020
The exploits of Bristol’s Gary Chippendale and Peter Richards
Looking back at the careers of Bristol boys Gary Chippendale and Peter Richards
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Feb 04 2020
This week in 1960
Northern Irish legend John Caldwell and Welsh greats Brian Curvis and Howard Winstone were in action 60 years ago this week
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Feb 03 2020
The ‘long counts’ and the course of history
Jack Hirsch investigates the ‘long counts’ that occurred during Buster Douglas’ win over Mike Tyson this week in 1990 and Gene Tunney’s rematch victory against Jack Dempsey in 1927. Did they change the course of…
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Jan 28 2020
The Crystal Palace – the lost London boxing venue
Miles Templeton on a lost venue that captured the spirit of boxing in the 1930s
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Jan 28 2020
The tragic tale of Terry Young
Carlos Acevedo tells the story 1940s lightweight Terry Young, a successful New York city boxer who led a hold-up gang
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Jan 28 2020
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier – the greatest rivalry in sport
Alan Hubbard was ringside for all three instalments of the Muhammad Ali - Joe Frazier rivalry. Here, he recalls the ups, downs and general craziness of this classic heavyweight trilogy
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Jan 24 2020
My Night: George Foreman survives hellacious war with Ron Lyle
George Foreman details arguably the most thrilling fight in heavyweight history
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Jan 22 2020
Ted Kid Lewis and Oswald Mosley
We examine the bizarre alliance between Ted Kid Lewis, a Jewish boxing legend, and a notorious fascist and anti-Semite
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Jan 21 2020
Colin Jones – one of the greatest British fighters never to win a world title
Gorseinon gunslinger Colin Jones might just have been the most explosive, most ruthless ring executioner in post war British boxing
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Jan 18 2020
When Sonny Liston came to Newcastle
Sonny Liston rode a white horse to the afternoon weigh in. Alex Daley on an episode from boxing history