The big men will soon be back. Only three weeks out from the from the next Riyadh Season show in Saudi Arabia and, with another announced yesterday for February 22 containing big match-ups, the heavyweights are in vogue. But, will we be any closer to confirming the dominant heavyweight of this era ? Each decade …
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Ron’s Reflections
Collectors The gloves that Floyd Mayweather wore when he beat Manny Pacquiao are among the most desired collectables in sport. But they are already unaffordable, and will be for many years, to all but a few extremely wealthy collectors. Boxing fanatics all over the world rushed to obtain T-shirts, miniature gloves and other items that …
Ron’s Reflections
A Fistful of Legends A global, inspirational father’s story of ‘Faith and Fight’ which helped his sons overcome many obstacles and write history, earning them a place in the Hall of Fame and transforming the history of a nation. At long last a book has been published on the life of the fighting Toweel’s from Benoni, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Alida …
The Monday LunchBox
The co-main event of ‘Latino Night’ in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday resulted in two-divisional ‘world’ champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez unifying two world title belts in the cruiserweight (200lbs/14st, 4lb) division. It was a gruelling twelve-round fight that showed the toughness of both combatants and forced them to answer many of the questions that the …
The Mid-Rounds
Welcome to a new regular feature to hopefully retain and feed your boxing interest over the quieter mid-weeks. Best action of last weekend was the standout victory by American lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis. The Tokyo 2020 silver medallist registered an emphatic two-round stoppage over up-til then, tough Argentinian Gustavo Lemos. Davis (now 12-0, 8 KOs) …
Respect
The soul-diva Aretha Frankin sang about having “a little”. Three-time and twice lineal world heavyweight champion Lennox Claudius Lewis deserves it, and he definitely commands it. Those who continue to attend his British ‘meet and greet’ tour will listen attentively to his story and achievements and be impressed, as ever, with his class and humility. …
Ron’s Reflections
In a week marking the 50th anniversary of the iconic ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ held in former Zaire, Central Africa when ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali captured the World Heavyweight title for, a then record third time, we post another article by esteemed South African boxing writer and historian Ron Jackson. My connection with Muhammad Ali …
The Monday LunchBox
In July 1987 the then Editor-In-Chief of The Ring magazine Nigel Collins had finally seen enough of the proliferation of boxing weight classes and multiple sanctioning bodies. He penned a cover article titled A Return to Sanity and it was followed by affirmative action. In it he decreed the magazine would return to only recognising …
The Monday LunchBox
At the end of the night and fight that mattered, Artur was simply better. Some will argue ‘not’, some will say ‘just’, but we firmly believe the incoming WBC, IBF and WBO champion Artur Beterbiev won the fight and proved his superiority on the night. Beterbiev raised his impressive record to 21-0 (20 KOs) and …
The PressBox
This Saturday (12 October) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the match-up of the boxing year takes place. Two undefeated Russians with excellent amateur pedigrees will meet to determine the undisputed world light-heavyweight (12st, 7lbs/175lbs) champion. Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) will bring the WBC, IBF and WBO belts to the ring, and Dimitry Bivol (23-0, 11 …
The Undisputed 