External Crossover boxing freak shows like Joshua-Ngannou should be stopped before it is too late Ngannou’s out cold, ladies and gentlemen! He’s not even moving!” This was how the DAZN commentator salivated over the sight of Francis Ngann… Sun, 10 Mar 2024
External If Anthony Joshua beats Kubrat Pulev, not a second should be wasted in arranging Wembley showdown with Tyson Fury For a fight doubling as a loveless business obligation, a champion’s fulfilment of a mandatory challenge en route to more lavish pay-days, A… Fri, 11 Dec 2020
External Mike Tyson regarded Diego Maradona as a kindred spirit - but Tyson is notorious for vastly different reasons After they both became world champions in 1986, Mike Tyson and Diego Maradona found themselves drawn together, identifying with each other’s… Fri, 27 Nov 2020
External Mayweather vs McGregor was an unedifying cash-driven mismatch, more Dancing with the Stars than elite sport ?My ideal last dance partner,? Floyd Mayweather said of Conor McGregor, which seemed as apt a label as any. For as a showpiece his 10-round … Sun, 27 Aug 2017
External Money-grabbing Floyd Mayweather is just a blinged-up David Brent On Friday night, Floyd Mayweather?s theatre of the absurd takes its most tragicomic turn yet. His self-styled ?victory tour? of the UK ? one… Fri, 12 Feb 2016
External Floyd Mayweather will never be forgiven for delivering knock-out blow to boxing's romantic ideal Folded into all the venom and vitriol at Floyd Mayweather, who at face value has done nothing more than win a fight very clinically, is an e… Thu, 07 May 2015
External Fighting for boxings future: The showdown of the century heats up The MayPac showdown this weekend may well be the bout of the century so far, writes Oliver Brown from Las Vegas. But the real worry for the … Sat, 02 May 2015
External Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao: Boxing has lost itself to money men in the Wild West Since Floyd Mayweather crows that it is his quest to separate the ordinary from the extraordinary, it follows that his showdown with Manny P… Fri, 01 May 2015
External Mayweather v Pacquiao: Lionisation of Floyd Mayweather makes for a strange and tawdry spectacle The lionisation of Floyd Mayweather can make for a strange and tawdry spectacle. He is venerated by his disciples as a man of mystique, even… Wed, 22 Apr 2015
